Belarusian State Technological University (; ) is a university in

Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

specialized in

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

and technology. It was established in

Gomel Gomel (, ) or Homyel (, ) is a city in south-eastern Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Gomel Region and Gomel District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2025, it is the List of cities and largest ...

in 1930 as the Forestry Institute. In 1941, it was evacuated to Sverdlovsk, now

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...

. Returned to Gomel in 1944, but in 1946 relocated to Minsk as the Belarusian Institute of Technology.

Structure

*47 departments *11 faculties *Dean's office for foreign students *Pre-University courses *Negoreloe forestry experimental station *Botanical garden *Meteorological station *Educational-production forest-processing complex *Borisov educational-scientific experimental station *Technological gymnasium

Prominent alumni

* Yuri Puntus - former BATE Borisov and

Belarus national football team The Belarus national football team (; ) represents Belarus in men's international football, and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. ...

coach.

References

Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union Universities in Minsk Universities and colleges established in 1930 1930 establishments in Belarus Engineering universities and colleges {{Belarus-university-stub