Faculties, Departments and Specialities:

1. Railway Transportation Management Faculty (Rolling Stock and Freight Operation Department; Railway Stations and Junctions Department; Railway Operation Management Department; Vital Safety Department, etc.). It trains specialists in the following fields: Transportation and Transport Operation Management; Engineering Environmental Protection, Industrial Safety.

2. Railway Construction Faculty (Track and Track Facilities Department; Railway and Highway Surveying and Design Engineering Department; Engineering Geodesy Department; etc.). It trains specialists in the fields: Railway Construction, Track and Track Facilities; Highways and Airdromes.

3. Building and Road Machines Faculty (Mechanization of Track, Loading and Unloading and Construction Works Department; Transport Mechanical Engineering Technology and Machine Maintenance Department; Electrical Engineering and Electric Technologies in Railway Industry Department, etc.) It trains specialists in the following fields: Lifting and Hoisting, Road Building Machines and Equipment; Maintenance of Transport, Engineering Machines and Equipment (Building and Road Machines); Standardization and Certification; Automobiles and Automobile Facilities; Machine Building Technology .

4. Civil Engineering Faculty (Railway Structures and Buildings in Railway Industry Department; Technology, Engineering Management and Construction Economics Department; Hydraulics and Water Supply Department; Building Materials Department, etc.). It trains specialists in the fields: Civil Engineering; Water Supply and Sewerage; Expertise and Property Management; Economics and Management in Construction Industry; Water Resources Integrated Usage and Protection.

5. Bridges and Transport Tunnels Faculty (Bridges Department; Tunnels and Underground Railways Department; Geology, Footings and Foundations Department; Structural Mechanics Department; Theoretical Mechanics Department, etc.). It trains specialists in the fields: Bridges; Transport Tunnels and Undergrounds; City and Transport Structures.

6. Engineering Economics Faculty (Transport Economics Department; Accounting and Auditing Department; Management in Transport Industry Department; etc.). It trains specialists in the following fields: Accounting and Auditing; Enterprise Economics and Management (Railway Industry).

7. International Business and Law Faculty (Economic Theory Department; International Business Department; Civil Law Department; Public Law Department; Criminal Law Department; Finance and Credit Department, etc.). It trains specialists in the following fields: Law; Finance and Credit; International Business; Social and Cultural Services and Tourism; Customs; Antitrust Management.

8. Human Resources Management Faculty (Social Psychology Department; Psychology and Education Science Department). It trains specialists in the following fields: Human Resources Management; Psychology; Professional Training.

9. Information Technology in Business Faculty (Information Technology in Transport Industry Department, Systems Analyses Department). It trains specialists in the following fields: Applied Computer Science (Economy); Information Systems and Technologies.

10. Correspondence Faculty.

Research. STU provides all the necessary facilities, laboratories and up-to-date information technologies for research. These make it possible to not only obtain knowledge but to use new developments in railway industry. In well-equipped laboratories and research centers students carry out their research under the guidance of Professors and Doctors of Technical Sciences. Fundamental and applied research at the university is carried out in 23 research laboratories and centers. Developments in the field of railway engineering, operation and management are introduced in Russian railway industry. The university library occupies the area of some 3000 square meters and has its own web-page at the University Internet site. The on-line library catalogue is constantly replenished. It is a very comfortable and sophisticated learning environment, conveniently located at the STU campus. Students have access to computers and Internet both in class and after class.

Student’s Life. The University campus consists of several academic blocks, stadium, gym, swimming pool, canteen, clinic and students dormitories. STU is fully brought to life by the lively students’ extracurricular activities, for instance in music and sport. Student life within the University is characterized by a plethora of different theatre groups (the drama studio “Sphera”, the dance theatre “Imperia”, short play theatre “Factorial”, etc.), the Club for Cheerful and Inquisitive, the University choir and the Drawing and painting studio where students apply their artistic talents. Student Leisure Centre regularly organizes a wide range of leisure activities, concerts, shows, celebrations and discos. Sports Centre develops various kinds of sports: track-and-field, ski racing, skating, swimming, basketball, volleyball, lawn tennis, chess, aerobics, even judo and sambo wrestling, weight lifting, biathlon and mountain climbing. STU has all the facilities for sports: open-air stadium, 2 skiing centres, Physical Education classes. A new gym with a swimming pool is built. Sporting, cultural and social events and entertainments both on and off campus take place all year round and students can also enjoy after class activities as a way of making new friends or to pursue new interests.

2. Answer the questions.

1. What is the most common name of our University?

2. What is its current official name?

3. When was it established?

4. Who are the famous graduates of the university?

5. What programmes does it provide?

6. How long does a complete course last?

7. What are the basic engineering sciences?

8. What are types of academic activity?

9. How does teaching staff help students having difficulties with their studies?

10. Students are required to undertake self-study, aren’t they?

11. What happens if students fail to earn credits?

12. What are the faculties of the University?

13. What faculty do you study at?

14. What is the name of your speciality?

15. Where do students carry out their research?

16. What can you say about university library?

17. Where can students apply their artistic and sport talents?

3. Speaking

1. You passed your entrance exams thanks to the knowledge you gained at school or a vocational school or a technical college. Say a few words about the educational institution you studied at before entering the University, i.e. present your educational background. Give information about:

1) the type of school you studied at;

2) the place where it is situated;

3) the age at which you began to attend it;

4) compulsory and optional courses which you were interested in;

5) how many times a week you had your lessons of English;

6) your favourite subjects and marks;

7) your teachers.

2. And now give some facts about your students’ life. Present information on:

1. the name of your University;

2. its location;

3. the departments at your University (day-time, evening or correspondence);

4. the number of students at the University;

7) the entrance exams you passed before entering the University;

5. the subjects you study (humanities, technical subjects, sciences);

6. the equipment the University is provided with;

7. the examinations you take and the grants you receive;

8. the students’ hostels;

9. the students of your group and the teaching staff;

10. what you like and dislike about the University.

3. Render the text in English or in Russian.

Setting up in 1932 five railway specialities in new Novosibirsk Institute of Transport Engineers marked a new stage in developing higher transport education in Siberia. The new educational establishment was aimed at supplying Russia with engineers capable to do all types of work.

The first chancellor of the Institute was Sergey E. Propastin, a former military officer who participated in World War I and in the Civil War. He was killed in the battle near Kiev in 1941. Those who worked out the first curriculum strove to provide students with the most profound knowledge in mathematics, physics, mechanics, chemistry, military training. In 1934 the Institute was reorganized into the Novosibirsk Institute of Military Transport Engineers. The course of training lasted 6 years.

Since the first days the institute united talented Russian lecturers, scientists, skilled railway and transport engineering specialists. STU school of Mechanics has been internationally recognized. The university scientists took an active part in developing theoretical and experimental methods of the mechanics of solids. Significant contribution was made by the university professors to bridge building, providing freight safety, developing railway track engineering in Siberia.

4. Render the texts in English.

1

В течение последних нескольких лет СГУПС активно развивает международные связи с вузами стран Дальнего Востока. Вузами-партнерами СГУПСа являются: Университет Хоккай-Гакуэн (Япония), Корейский национальный колледж железных дорог (Республика Корея), Корейский научно-исследовательский институт железнодорожного транспорта (Республика Корея), Пхеньянский железнодорожный институт (КНДР). Ежегодно совместно проводятся Международная молодежная научно-практическая конференция и обмены делегациями студентов и преподавателей.

Газета СГУПСа «Кадры транспорту» 1 сентября 2004 г.

2