D.N. Goryachev, the physicist E.V. Bogoslovsky, the chemist N.N. Stasevich, the engineers A.P. Korobov, N.N. Dyakov, etc.

By the beginning of the 40-s the Institute had established its educational process, industrial base and laboratories. When transformation into the specialized industrial railway institution was completed it got the name of the Rostov Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.

During the years of the Great Patriotic War the Institute was evacuated to

Tbilisi. Education of the railway	transport engineers and scientific research
did not stop even during this	hard period. More than 30 teachers and

300 specialists heroically defended our homeland.

In August 1944 when the faculty and students returned back to Rostov they were struck seeing the ruins of the main building, Electro-Mechanical department, Hostel № 1 and other buildings. But they managed to restore everything and then to construct new buildings and facilities.

The RSTU Today

Nowadays the Rostov State Transport University has become one of the largest and most prestigious higher educational establishments in the Russian Federation. The status of the university was given to it in 1993. In 2009 it was included into the list of 500 best universities of the world by the independent agency «Reuter». Since its foundation the University has been a dynamic force both as an educator and a promoter of technical sciences and up-to-date technologies.

It is a vast complex comprising 8 departments, the International Institute of Business and Law, 42 chairs, Postgraduate and Doctorate Colleges, Branch Department of the Russian Transport Academy, Computer Centre, Experimental-Testing Plant, Engineering Centre of Postgraduate Professional Education, etc. Its main departments are Electro-Mechanical; Power Engineering; Automation, Telemechanics and Communication; the Humanities; Railroad Construction; Railroad Construction Machines; Railway Management and Operation; Preparatory. Besides day-time education there is also correspondence department. General Engineering Department is situated in Mineralnie Vodi, the biggest railway junction of Russia and the North Caucasus. The University has four branches in the cities of the Northern Caucasus: in Tuapse, Miniralnie Vodi, Krasnodar and Kropotkin. More than 22000 of students study in all the structural department of the university. At the present time the University conducts education in 31 specialities of the higher professional training and 12 working professions.

Our University is headed by professor Vladimir. I. Kolesnikov, an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The University faculty exceeds 700 people, more than 40 members of various Academies, 80 doctors of science, 400 candidates of science and assistant professors. The University scholars carry out research work in various fields of fundamental sciences, engineering technology, education and the humanities. The University has good contacts with education centres of Europe, Asia and Africa. Annually many teachers participate in numerous international conferences in Russia, the C.I.S, Austria, the U.S.A., Germany, France, Italy, Israel, China, Thailand, etc.

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