Ural State University of Railway Transport. Ural State University of Railway Transport, in abbreviated form USURT () is a public university situated in Yekaterinburg, Russia. It was founded in 1956. USURT is a multidisciplinary technical university mainly focused on training of railway transport specialists of the Urals Federal District.

USURT is a vertically integrated educational complex located in the territory of five constituent entities of the Russian Federation: Yekaterinburg, Perm, Kurgan, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen. The university complex includes the head university in Yekaterinburg, a railway transport college, a medical college, institutes in Chelyabinsk, Perm, and Kurgan, branches in Nizhny Tagil and Tyumen, a representative office in Kartaly.

History 
In the mid-twentieth century, the importance of railway transportation increased, especially in the Ural-Siberian zone. There was an urgent need to create an engineering university that would train personnel for railways. 

On November 17, 1956, Ural Electromechanical Institute of Railway Engineers was opened. On November 16, 1964, the doors of the first stage of the main educational building opened. In 1966, building faculty was opened. In 1975, the departments of building structures and building production began their work. The number of students increased from 600 to 7,000, teaching staff increased to 357, 45 percent of whom had academic degrees and titles. 

In 1992, the university passed attestation, and in 1993, licensing. In 1994, the university received a new status and was renamed to Ural State Academy of Railway Transport (USART). International relations of the university began to develop actively. In 1999, the academy received the status of a technical university - Ural State University of Railway Transport (USURT) based on the results of its work and the quality of specialists' training.

Rankings 

USURT is the only transport university included in the Top-100 universities in Russia according to the results of the WSJ agency ranking. USURT ranks 23rd in the annual international Eurasian University Ranking.

Structure 
The University includes:

6 faculties and 21 departments:
 Electromechanical Faculty
 Electrotechnical Faculty
 Building Faculty
 Operation of Transportation Processes Faculty
 Mechanical Faculty
 Economics Faculty
 College of Railway Transport
 Medical College
 Chelyabinsk Institute of Railway Transport
 Kurgan Institute of Railway Transport
 Perm Institute of Railway Transport
 Branch of USURT in Tyumen
 Branch of USURT in Nizhny Tagil
 Branch of USURT in Zlatoust
 Representative office in Kartaly
 Academy of Corporate Education, which includes Institute of Additional Vocational Education, Institute of Correspondence Education, Institute of Distance Learning, Training Centers.
Staff and students:
 Over 18 000 students
 More than 900 highly qualified teachers (doctors and candidates of science)
Study period:
 Bachelor's degree – 4 years of study
 Specialist degree – 5 years of study
 Master's degree – 6 years of study
 Postgraduate degree – 3-4 years of study

Directions of training
Secondary vocational education
 08.02.10 "Railway Construction, Track and Track Facilities" (full-time or extramural);
 09.02.01 "Computer Systems and Complexes" (full-time or extramural); 
 11.02.06 "Technical Operation of Transport Electronic Equipment (by type of transport)" (full-time or extramural);
 13.02.07 "Power Supply (by sector)" (full-time or extramural);
 23.02.01 "Organization of Transportation and Management of Transport (by type)" (full-time or extramural); 
 23.02.06 "Technical Operation of Railway Rolling Stock" (full-time or extramural);
 27.02.03 "Automation and Telemechanics on Railway Transport" (full-time);
 31.02.01 "Medical care" (full-time); 
 34.02.01 "Nursing care" (full-time or extramural);
 38.02.01 "Economics and Accounting (by sector)" (full-time).
Higher education – Specialist's degree programs
 23.05.03 "Railway Rolling Stock" (full-time or extramural);
 23.05.04 "Railway Operation" (full-time or extramural);
 23.05.05 "Train Traffic Support Systems" (full-time or extramural);
 23.05.06 "Construction of Railways, Bridges and Transport Tunnels" (full-time or extramural). 
Higher education – Bachelor's degree programs
 08.03.01 "Construction" (full-time or extramural);
 09.03.02 "Information Systems and Technologies" (full-time or extramural);
 10.03.01 "Information Security" (full-time); 
 13.03.02 "Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering" (full-time or extramural); 
 15.03.06 "Mechatronics and Robotics" (full-time);
 20.03.01 "Technosphere Security" (full-time or extramural); 
 23.03.01 "Technology of Transport Processes" (full-time or extramural);
 23.03.03 "Operation of transport-technological machines and complexes" (full-time or extramural);
 27.03.04 "Management in technical systems" (full-time);
 38.03.01 "Economics" (full-time, extramural, part-time);
 38.03.02 "Management" (full-time, extramural, part-time)
 38.03.03 "Personnel Management" (full-time, extramural, part-time);
 39.03.01 "Sociology" (full-time); 
 43.03.02 "Tourism" (full-time).
Higher education - Master's degree programs
 08.04.01 'Construction' (full-time, correspondence form);
 09.04.02 'Information systems and technologies' (full-time);
 10.04.01 'Information security'(full-time);
 13.04.02 'Electric power and electrical engineering' (full-time, correspondence form);
 15.04.06 'Mechatronics and robotics' (full-time);
 20.04.01 'Technosphere safety' (full-time, correspondence form);
 23.04.01 'Technology of transport processes' (full-time, correspondence form);
 23.04.03 'Operation of transport and technological machines and complexes' (full-time, correspondence form);
 38.04.01 'Economics' (full-time, part-time);
 38.04.02 'Management' (full-time, part-time);
 38.04.03 'Personnel management' (full-time, part-time)
Higher education - postgraduate programs
 09.06.01 'Computer Science and computer engineering' (full-time);
 10.06.01 'Information security' (full-time);
 13.06.01 'Electrical and thermal engineering' (full-time);
 23.06.01 'Equipment and technologies of land transport' (full-time);
 27.06.01 'Management in technical systems' (full-time);
 38.06.01 'Economics' (full-time).

Campus

One of the advantages of the Ural State University of Railway Transport is not only its unique location, but also the internal structure of the territory and the campus, its compactness. In 2021, USURT joined the Association of Green Universities of Russia.

Student life

There are about 20 creative groups in USURT. The University has established the Center for Innovation and Technology based on the principle of FabLab (international movement of manufacturing laboratories).

Sports

USURT pays great attention to students' physical improvement and healthy lifestyle. The university has created all conditions for the development of both mass sports and sports of higher achievements.

International activities

USURT conducts purposeful international activities, and is actively involved in international projects, primarily with the countries of the Pacific region, Southeast Asia - Mongolia, Kazakhstan, China, as well as with the CIS countries.

The University participates in the work of such international organizations as: OSJD (Organization for Cooperation of Railways), the Association of Rectors of Transport Universities of Russia and China, the Council for Education and Science at the KTS CIS, is an official member of the International Association of Transport Universities of the Asia-Pacific region, the Association of Rectors of Transport Universities of Russia and France, BRICS countries, Russia and China. Cooperation with such European countries as Germany, Poland, Spain, Serbia is also actively developing.

USURT is also implementing DAAD, ERASMUS+ programs, scientific and technical cooperation projects with China.

References

External links
 Official website
 USURT community in the social network VKontakte
 The official USURT channel on YouTube
 The official USURT community in TikTok
 The official USURT page in Instagram

Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
Buildings and structures in Yekaterinburg
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