Transbaikal State University. Transbaikal State University () is an institution of higher education in Chita, Russia. It is the largest educational, scientific and innovative center in Zabaykalsky Krai. Transbaikal State University (until 2011: Chita State University) was established in 1974 on the base of the Technology Department of Irkutsk Technical Institute which was opened earlier in 1966.

Now the university comprises eight schools: the School of Mining, the School of Power Engineering, the School of Construction and Ecology, the School of Law, the School of Social and Political Systems, the School of Economics and Management, the School of Technological and Transportation Systems, and the School of Adult Education and Refresher Courses.

History

1966 – The Technology Department of Irkutsk Technical Institute was established in Chita.
1967 – First groups of full-time students were admitted.
2003 – the university was granted the status of classical university and given the name of Chita State University. The School of Economics and Management and the School of Law were established. Specialized Academic Councils for Ph.D. Dissertations defending in the field of Philosophy and Geoecology were established.
2011 - University has been renamed as Transbaikal State University.

Administration and Organization

School of Power Engineering

The School of Power Engineering was established in 2000 as result of the reorganization of the Faculty of Power Engineering of the former Chita Technical Institute. The main fields of scientific research of the School are the following: energy efficiency upgrading of combined heat and power stations machinery, energy saving during the process of its generation and consumption, reduction of heat and power stations' hazardous emissions, drinking water purification and sewage treatment, electronic communication development of economy and education.

The School comprises two faculties:
The Faculty of Power Technology
The Faculty of Computer Science and Economics

The School offers post-graduate programs in:
 Mathematical Analysis
 Colloid Chemistry and Physicochemical Mechanics
 Power Stations and Electric Power Systems
 Heat and Power Stations and their Power Systems and Units
 Power Plant Economics and Management

School of Economics and Management
The School of Economics and Management was established in 2003 on the basis of the Faculty of Management of Chita State University.

The School structure comprises two faculties:
The Faculty of Economics 
The Faculty of Humanities

The School of Mining
The Mining School was established in 1998 on the basis of the Department of Mineral Deposits Exploitation of the Chita Division of Irkutsk Technical Institute.

The School of Mining comprises two faculties:
The Faculty of Mining 
The Faculty of Geology

School of Construction and Ecology
The School of Construction and Ecology was established in 1999 as result of the reorganization of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, founded in 1972 on the basis of the Chita Branch of Irkutsk Technical Institute.

The school has two faculties:
Faculty of Civil Engineering 
Ecological Faculty

The school offers post-graduate the following programs:
 Building materials and Products;
 Geoecology;
 Geotechnology;
 Theoretical mechanics;
 Construction Technology and Organisation.
 Geo-technology
 Geo-ecology

School of Technological and Transport Systems
The School of Technological and Transportation Systems of Chita State University was established in June 2000 on the basis of the Mechanical and Machine - Building Faculty of the former Chita State Technical University.

The school has two Faculties:
Technological Faculty 
Automobile Transportation

The School of Social and Political Systems

The School comprises two faculties:
Socio-Psychological Faculty
The Faculty of Social Systems and Regional Forecasting

School of Law
The School of Law was established in September 2003, on the basis of the School of Economy, Management and Law.

The structure of the School comprises two faculties:
The Faculty of Law
The faculty of International Law

Academics and Research

Research Centers

 Geological Research Center
 Research Center for Innovative Technology
 Analytical Science Social Service
 Scientific Technical Center "Economical Problems of Nature Management"
 Educational and Scientific Centre "Mashinostroitel"
 Institute of Natural Resources, Environment and Cryology of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 
 Zabaikalsky Research Center for Forecasting Regional Development
 Scientific and Methodological Center for Youth
 Service Center Electricity Department for the Implementation, Commissioning and Repair of Electrical Energy-Saving Equipment
 International Centre for Languages and Cultures Chita State University and Dalian University of Foreign Languages
 International Research and Educational Center for Research in the Field of Ethnology and Anthropology
 Eastern Research Center
 Student Research Center for Ethnological Laboratory (ethnographic) Research
 Center for Information Technologies in Economics and Management
 Higher School of Economics, Management and Entrepreneurship

Laboratories

 Multimedia Laboratory, School of Power Engineering
 Scientific and Analytical Laboratory, School of Mining
 Research laboratory "Health saving technologies in higher education"
 Laboratory of Chemical Analysis, School of Power Engineering
 Centre for Innovation and Strategic Development
 Laboratory "Problems of Organizational and Legal Support of Local Government", The School of Law

Research Centers, Acting on the basis of ChitGU

 Zabaikalsky Center of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
 Zabaikalsky Region of the International Academy of Ecology and Life Safety
 Zabaikalsky Branch of Russian Academy of Law Sciences
 Chita regional branch of the International Academy of Pedagogical Science
 Center for Information Technologies in Economics and Management
 Zabaikalsky Regional Office of Russian-Chinese Friendship
 Chita regional department of Russian Lawyers Association

Chita Institute of Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences

Chita Institute of Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences was established in 2005 as a structural unit of ChitSU with the assistance of the Administration of Zabaikalskii Region.

Student Scientific Societies

 Student Research Laboratory in multimedia, School of Power Engineering
 Student Design Bureau
 Student Center for Legal Research «Прецедентъ»
 Student Design Bureau of The Industrial Processes Automation Department
 Student Design Bureau «Сталкер», Department of Physics and Communications Technology
 Student Design Bureau, Department Metal Technology and Design

International Cooperation and Exchange
Development of scientific and educational relations with foreign institutions of higher education is one of the most important aspects of university policy nowaday. Among the partners of Chita State University are the following Universities and organisations:

South Korea
 Gyeongsang National University, Jinju  - "2+2" Exchange program for students, Exchange program for faculty members.

People's Republic of China
 Shandong Institute of Business and Technology, Yantai  - Exchange and cooperation program;
 Jilin Normal University, Siping  - Exchange and cooperation program;
 Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Dalian 
 Wuhan University, Wuhan

Vietnam
 Hanoi University, Hanoi

Singapore
 Genetic Computer School, Singapore

Ukraine
 National Research Center of Nikitsky Botanical Garden, Yalta
 National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Kyiv

Kazakhstan
 Pavlodar State University (named after S. Toraigyrov), Kazakhstan

Mongolia
 Mongolian National University, Ulaanbaatar

The Republic of Belarus
 Polessky State University, Pinsk

External links

 Chita State University Official
 License and certificate of accreditation
 Chita State University Official
 Russia at euroeducation.net—an outline of the Russian educational system.

Educational institutions established in 1974
Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai
Universities in Zabaykalsky Krai
1974 establishments in the Soviet Union
Technical universities and colleges in Russia