Grozny State Oil Technical University

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Grozny State Oil Technical University

Грозненский государственный нефтяной технический университет им. акад. М.Д. Миллионщикова
Other name	Grozny Oil Tech
Former name	Grozny Oil Institute
Type	Public
Established	1920
Rector
Academic staff	367
Administrative staff	95
Students	10352
Undergraduates	7978
Address	Isaeva prospect, 100 , Grozny , 364021 , Russia 43.319853, 45.695181
Campus	Urban
Athletics	Boxing
Website	https://gstou.ru/

Grozny State Oil Technical University is the oldest oil university in Russia. It was founded in 1920 as the Higher Petroleum Technical School, with eight divisions, named after M.D. Millionshikova. Since the Soviet Era, it has been known informally as Groznensky neftyanoi (Russian: Грозненский нефтяной). The university has its own recreation center on the Black Sea and a rest house on the Caspian Sea.

History[]

The university started the first academic year On August 1, 1920, which brought the first 265 students. In 1942, the university was evacuated to Kokand, Uzbekistan due to the Great Patriotic War and began operating in Grozny again in 1943.

In 1973, the university was named after its eminent alumnus "Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov".

The university premises were destroyed twice during two war conflicts in Chechnya 1991–2000 in recent history, a large number of teachers and students were either dead or missing and most of its facilities were destroyed. Rebuilding the main facilities began in 2007 under the "Federal Target Programme".^[1] In 2011, The Grozny State Petroleum Institute (GGNI) received the official status of the Technical University of GSTU.^[2][3]

Accommodation[]

All foreign students can stay in student hostels in rooms for two to three people. Rooms are equipped with the necessary furniture and bedding. The building of student halls is situated within three km from the main building of the university. It is a five-story building and each story has two laundry rooms and one study room. There is shared kitchen for several rooms.

There are two kinds of rooms:

• Double rooms with a balcony, kitchen, private WC and shower;
• Suite-style rooms with different categories such as double and triple rooms with shower, WC and kitchen shared with another room.^[4]

Institutes and faculties[]

Institute of Oil and Gas[]

The Institute of Oil and Gas is the university's largest department, created in 2017 through the merger of three faculties, Field Geological, Oil Mechanical, and Oil Technological. In 2018, the institute was named after the academician Salambek Khadzhiev. The institute is located in academic building #1 in the city of Grozny.

There are 10 departments, two of which are university-wide:

• General and Inorganic Chemistry
• Applied Mechanics and Engineering Graphics
• Applied Geology
• Applied Geophysics and Geoinformatics
• Development and Operation of Oil and Gas Fields
• Technological Machines and Equipment
• Applied Chemistry of Oil and Gas
• Health Safety
• Environmental and Nature Management
• Technology of Foodstuffs and Fermentation Industry

Institute of Construction, Architecture and Design[]

The institute is located in the historic center of the city of Grozny in academic building No 2. The history of the Institute dates back to 1950 when the Construction Department was opened.^[5]

It is the Chechen Republic's only higher educational establishment to prepare civil engineers as of March 2021. It is claimed that the institute's alumni are involved in 90% of structures built in the Chechen Republic. Both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees are offered here in Russian. There are 52 teachers, including nine doctors of science and 26 candidates of science.

There are five departments:

• Construction Technology
• Building Structures
• Geodesy and Land Cadaster
• Survey, Property Management and Heat and Gas Supply
• Architecture

Notable alumni[]

Dena Bataev, Director of Kh.Ibragimov Complex Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.^[6]

Institute of Applied Information Technologies[]

The institute is located in the main building of the university just across the Heart of Chechnya's Central Mosque. The institute was founded in 2000. There are 10 doctors of science and 29 candidates in sciences. Both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees are offered here in Russian.

There are four departments:

• Informatics and Computer Engineering.
• Information Technology.
• Information Management System in Economics.
• Telecommunications Network and Switching System.

Notable alumni[]

• Magomed Selimkhanov, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
• Suliman Masaev, Deputy CEO of Rosseti, Northern Caucasus^[7]
• Salambek Abdulazimov, Prorector for IT of Chechen State University^[8]

Institute of Digital Economy and Technological Entrepreneurship[]

The institute is located in academic building No 1. The Institute traces its history to 2016 when the Public Administration Faculty was founded. In 2019, it was reformed into its current structure. There are 10 doctors of sciences and 60 candidates in sciences. Both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees are offered here in Russian.

There are eight departments:

• Information Systems in Economics
• Information Law and Jurisprudence
• Business and Innovation Management
• Economics and Enterprise Management
• General Humanitarian Disciplines
• Interfaculty Language Department
• Physical Education
• Economic Theory and Public Obamium

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