Facilities

The Institute has good facilities for studies. It has some scientific libraries. The library fund counts more than 619 000 volumes and 216 000 volumes of special collections. Here students can borrow textbooks, instructions and literature on special subjects.

The Institute houses a number of laboratories with up-to-date equipment. The laboratories are specially designed for practical work and carrying out experiments. There are mechanical workshops, a computer center, a large hall for meetings, debates and concerts, a refectory and some snack bars, a publishing office at the students’ disposal. Foreign languages are studied with application of audio video equipment. The Institute has an extensive computer network that provides gateways to national and international Internet connections. Students may go to the Institute free-access Internet Hall and communicate with the world around. Everyone who wants to learn more about our Institute may just have a look on our web-site: www kemtipp.ru

Note: “Library” is used not only in the sense of “библиотека” but also of “читальный зал”.

Living conditions of students

The Institute provides 3 hostels for its students, one of them for married students. They are comfortable 9 storey buildings with the hotel type apartments. The students’ hostels are five minutes walk from the main building. Accommodation may be given only to non-resident students. Its cost is not very high. All accommodation is self-catering and mixed-sex.

Leisure time and medical care

Social aspects of student life play an important part in our Institute experience, providing a balance of study and an opportunity to develop new skills and interests. There is a students’ club, sports clubs and other societies. Students live a cheerful life, full of events. They hold the traditional rituals of freshmen’s initiation to students, organize concerts and parties, take part in competitions in amateur talent activities. The students’ council and students’ club help to make a student life bright and colorful. All the events are reflected in the students’ newspaper “Sobytiye”.

A lot of students go in for sports. The most popular sports are skating, skiing, swimming, hockey, sports gymnastics, football, basketball, tennis, etc. The Institute has three sport halls, a skiing base, and a stadium with a football field, a running track and a sports ground. Our sport teams are constant prize-winners at sport festivals among higher education institutions, at the city and region championships.

Our Institute provides free medical care at the students’ polyclinic.Summer recreation centre on the Tom river bank and sanatorium are available for students. Here the students are offered free lodging, boarding and medical care.

Postgraduate courses

The best students have the opportunity to continue their education at a postgraduate course. Every year about 40 graduates have a chance to become postgraduate students. They may study part time or full time. A postgraduate work develops their research skills and scientific interests in a specialized area. The course length is 3 years. Then a postgraduate completes his research leading to a thesis. He is awarded a higher degree of a Candidate of Sciences. To be awarded a higher degree of a Doctor of Sciences one has to carry out some important research.