Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University

About Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University

Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University (KnAGU in Russian abbreviation; the website is knastu.ru) is a federal state university in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, in the Russian Far East. Its Russian name, in English transliteration, is Komsomolsk-na-Amure State University. It opened on 17 June 1955 as the Komsomolsk-na-Amure Evening Polytechnic Institute, by order of the USSR Ministry of Higher Education. In 1974 it became a day-time polytechnic institute. In 1994 it received the status of a state technical university. Since 2017 it has been called Komsomolsk-na-Amure State University. The founder is the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The main address is 27 Lenin Avenue, Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

Institutes and research

The official structure page lists seven faculties: Energy and Control; Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Technologies; Aircraft and Marine Engineering; Cadastre and Construction; Computer Technologies; Social-Humanities; and Secondary General and Vocational Education. The university also has a Military Training Centre, a Centre for Additional Education, a Centre for Distance Learning and a Career Centre. Research units include the shared-use centre "New Materials and Technologies", a Robotics Centre and a "Digital Production" centre. The university website lists study at undergraduate, specialist, master's, postgraduate and vocational levels.

For international applicants

The university has a Centre for Testing Foreign Citizens. Among its international agreements, the official site lists an open-ended cooperation agreement with the Embassy of Myanmar, dated 28 May 2015. It covers specialised educational programmes and the training of students from Myanmar at the levels of preparatory faculty, master's and postgraduate study.

Housing

The university reports two dormitories with 910 places in total. Dormitory No. 3 is at 3 Kotovskogo Street. Dormitory No. 2 is at 22 Pervostroiteley Avenue. Both are in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.