DONETSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ( DonSTU )

58, Artyom Street, 340000 Donetsk, Ukraine

Tel.: ( 0622 ) 371733, 910856 Fax: (0622) 921278

Donetsk State Technical University is the first higher education establishment in Donbass and one of the first technical schools in Ukraine. In spring of 1996 it was 75. It leans for support of its staff creative and scientific potential, has powerful logistics and stable traditions in engineers training. The university is sure in its future. - About 15 000 full time and correspondence students are trained at the University on its 52 specialities; - There are 28 corresponding members and academicians of different engineering academies, 18 honoured scientists and teachers among the University staff; - A number of the DonSTU scientists are honored and full members of foreign scientific societies and academies. It has professors and students who are Soros' scholarship holders; - The Committee of the CRE, at its last meeting held in Bordeaux on 19 May 1999, has accepted application of Donetsk State Technical University for membership. Therefore the DonSTU has become a new member of the Association of European Universities(CRE). - DonSTU is registered as a memeber of SEFI-a European engineering education association-and, as a full member of this non-governmental international organization, participates in the seminars and meetings organized by it as well as in the annual conference and meeting of the SEFI General Assembly; - DonSTU is a Contributing Member of the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE) - The university has collaboration agreements with fifteen universities of Western Europe, the USA, China, and Korea; - The University is a memeber of the American Material Science Association; - Thirteen scientists of different foreign Universities are honoured doctors of DonSTU.

High quality engineers are trained here. The bronze medal awarded to the University at the IV World Conference on Engineering Education proves this.This Conference organized under the aegis of the International Liaison Group for Engineering Education(ILG-EE) in the USA attracted attention of the United Nationons Organization experts and the representatives of a number of other authoritative organisations.ILG-EE holds this series of Conferences every three years. 50 world universities participated in it.Ukraine and our university was presented at the congress by Doctor of Science, Professor, Honoured scientist of Ukraine , Rector A. Minayev. He presented two papers there-on engineering specialities students creative abilities development and on ecologytraining at our university. The first paper was payed a great attention to and was awarded with the bronze medal.

Training at our university is aimed to give students ability to propose, grasp and implement technical , commercial, social and managment ideas, to adapt themeselves to situation at work and in life which are changed very qucilcky.

Students who have proper knowledge in foreign languages and their speciality have a chance to be sent to study abroad. It has already become a reality for the students of Dutch Department, German and FrenchEngineering Faculties, Mining and Mining Engineering Faculties.

Besides the tradiotional, the folloing training forms a re successfully developed at the University: - teaching aimed to train scientists and instructors in accordance with the individual plan under the supervision of a professor; - teaching on an individual graph aimed to get advanced knowledge on the chosen speciality.

The best students have a right for free lectures attendace and , beginning with the third year of study, for taking exams due to their individual schedule, the examiner being chosen by them.

THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY OF THE DONBASS REGION - In such a way DonSTU is characterized by experienced people, the largest industrial structures leadres, very many of whom have graduated from the University.