Omsk State Transport University () is a university in

Omsk Omsk (; , ) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia and has a population of over one million. Omsk is the third List of cities and tow ...

, Russia. It was established in 1961.

History

In April 1896, the State Council of the Russian Empire decided to establish the Tomsk Technological Institute (TTI). On October 9, 1900, the TTI began training mechanics and construction engineers. A new school was established in July 1930 in

Tomsk Tomsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, on the Tom (river), Tom River. Population: Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. It has six univers ...

from two faculties of Tomsk Polytechnic University as the Siberian Institute of Transport Engineers (SIIT). In 1932, the

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Institute of Railway Engineers was created from the track-building faculty, and the SIIT itself was transformed into the Tomsk Electromechanical Institute of Transport Engineers (TEMIIT). In 1961, it was transferred to

and renamed Omsk Institute of Railway Engineers (OmIIT). In 1994, the institute was transformed into an academy and in 1997 gained the status of university.

Structure

Faculties and Institutes

* Institute of Land Transport Systems * Institute of Automation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies * Institute of Electric Transport and Power Supply Systems (IETSE) * Institute of Management and Economics (CPMM) * Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining * Faculty of Pre-university Training and Vocational Guidance

Branches

* Taiga Institute of Railway Transport * Omsk Technical School of Railway Transport * Omsk Medical School of Railway Transport

Alumni

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, former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia * Sergey Drobotenko, humorist * Sergey Kalinin, ice hockey player * Aleksei Müürisepp, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR from 1961 to 1970.

External links

Website

References

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