Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev (NNSTU)

Founded in 1917 on the basis of Warsaw Polytechnic Institute, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev got the status of the basic university by Order of Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in 2017.

For more than a century NNSTU has been training students to be competent specialists, proficient engineers for the leading national and international enterprises. It provides education for students who come from all regions of Russia, from Africa, Asia and Europe. NNSTU trains Bachelors, Masters and Specialists in 74 degree programs of higher education. It also provides further professional training programs and postgraduates programs for PhD and ScD applicants.

Contacts

Address
23 Prospekt Gagarina (Gagarin Avenue) BLDG 2, 2nd floor
Phone
+7 (831) 462-30-03,+7 (831) 462-30-90,+7 (831) 462-32-00,+7 (831) 462-37-71,+7 (831) 462-35-18,+7 (831) 462-30-85
E-mail
international@unn.ru
Internet
https://www.nntu.ru/
Social networks

Laboratories \ equipment supporting education

  • laboratory of thermohydraulics of new-generation nuclear power plants;
  • laboratory "Reactor hydrodynamics";
  • laboratory “Steam generator systems”;
  • laboratory of thermophysical researches;
  • laboratory of neutron physics;
  • laboratory of activation measurements;
  • laboratory of control systems;
  • laboratory “Microwave electrodynamics and microwave photonics”;
  • laboratory “Gas dynamics and physics of explosion”;
  • laboratory of high-temperature liquid-metal coolants;
  • laboratory "Technology of electrical work";
  • laboratory "Electric drive";
  • laboratory "Converter equipment";
  • laboratory "Renewable sources of electricity";
  • laboratory “Microprocessor systems and programmable logic controllers”;
  • laboratory "Electrical devices";
  • laboratory "Physical bases of electronics";
  • laboratory “Systems of automatic control of electrotechnology installations”;
  • laboratory of “Simulation modeling, digital substation, relay protection and automation”;
  • digital substation with a capacity of 1 MW;
  • laboratory "Electric power industry and power supply";
  • laboratory “Metrology”;
  • laboratory “Electrical engineering materials science”;
  • laboratory “Theoretical foundations of electrical engineering science”;
  • laboratory “Electrical Machines”;
  • research laboratory “Controlled vibration protection of electromechanical complexes”;
  • research laboratory "Power electronics";
  • training simulator "Electrical power plant of a stand-alone object";
  • laboratory of macro- and microanalysis;
  • laboratory of mechanical testing;
  • laboratory of powder metallurgy;
  • laboratory of laser and high-energy technologies.

Unique equipment:

  1. thermophysical bench with parameters identical to full-scale NPP with coolant temperature up to 320 degrees Celsius and pressure up to 200 atm;
  2. circulation circuit with HLMC having a temperature of up to 550 degrees Celsius;
  3. test bench of research of mixing flows with a capacity of 1.5 MW.

Academic and research staff

Total – 762 pers., among them 535 Candidate and Doctor of Sciences degree holders, 2 Acting Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, international  academic and research staff – 1 pers.

Staff professional development and training in nuclear area

Generally academic and research staff (at least once every three years) do advanced training in their professional field at universities of the Russian Federation, at different Russian enterprises, including State Atomic Energy Corporation ”Rosatom

Information for Students is available at https://en.nntu.ru/

Available academic programs

Generally academic and research staff (at least once every three years) do advanced training in their professional field at universities of the Russian Federation, at different Russian enterprises, including State Atomic Energy Corporation ”Rosatom

Information for Students is available at https://en.nntu.ru/

International projects in nuclear area

Professional development program for employees of the Nuclear Power Institute of China (NPIC).

Outstanding Alumni

  • Valentin Kostyukov - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Professor of Nizhny Novgorod State University, Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Science, Director of VNIIEF (since 2008). Hero of the Russian Federation;
  • Alexey Rakhmanov - General Director of USC JSC;
  • Vadim Sorokin - President and CEO of GAZ Group;
  • Nikolay Sorokin - Ph.D., Deputy General Director - General Inspector of Rosenergoatom Concern JSC;
  • Nikolay Pugin - President of GAZ OJSC, Minister of the Automobile Industry of the USSR (1986-1988), Minister of Automobile and Agricultural Engineering of the USSR (1988-1991). Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR;
  • Dmitry Zverev - Doctor of Technical Sciences, General Director - General Designer of JSC Afrikantov OKBM;
  •  Alexander Uvakin - Director of the branch of JSC "Concern Rosenergoatom" "Kursk Nuclear Power Plant";
  • Sergey Almazov - the first director of the Federal Tax Police Service of the Russian Federation (until February 18, 1999), colonel general of the tax police;
  • Sergey Mitin - Doctor of Economics, Governor of the Novgorod Region (2007 - 2017), member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
  • Vladimir Kirienko - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Rector of NSTU (2003-2010), First Deputy Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region (2001-2004);
  • Timofeev Valery Alexandrovich, Colonel-General, Professor, Deputy. director of the FSB of Russia (1990s).