加里宁格勒国立技术大学

After 100 years of its foundation in 1913, Kaliningrad State Technical University (KSTU) has grown into a big educational complex of Russian Federal Fishery Agency in the westernmost region of Russia. It includes Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy, Kaliningrad Marine Сollege and St.Petersburg Sea Fishing College and is justly considered as the beginning of Russian higher fishery education. At present, it develops as a multi-disciplinary institution considering the demands and the economic potential of the region, maintaining traditions of high quality specialist training for the fishery industry. More than 13 000 students study within the walls of KSTU complex.The range of academic programs within its walls is extensive- from shipbuilding and commercial fishery to aquaculture and food biotechnologies.There are also PhDs, Doctors of Science as well as professional development programs. Highly qualified and skilled university graduates (specialists, bachelors and masters) are introduced to the labour market every year. KSTU has been admitting foreign students for over 50 years. More than 1500 graduates are overseas students from Africa, Europe, Latin America and Middle East.Training at the University is conducted in Russian, so every foreign student takes a one-year preparatory course mastering Russian language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.