Belarusian National Technical University
Public university in Minsk, Belarus
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Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) is a major technical university in Belarus.[3][4][5]
Former name
Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute, Belarusian Polytechnic Institute,
Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy
TypePublic
Established1920
RectorSergei V. Kharytonchyk
Беларускі нацыянальны тэхнічны ўніверсітэт | |
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Former name | Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute, Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1920 |
| Rector | Sergei V. Kharytonchyk |
Academic staff | 1930 |
| Undergraduates | 33723[1] |
| Postgraduates | 776 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | en.bntu.by |
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| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2] | 82 (2022) |
History
- 1920 – establishment of Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute on the basis of a Minsk Polytechnic school.
- 1922 – reorganised in Belarusian State Institute of Agriculture.
- 1933 – Belarusian Polytechnic Institute after adjunction of Horki Institute of Land Amelioration and Minsk Institutions of Peat, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Food Industry.
- 1991 – Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy.
- 1997 – granted a leading engineering educational institution status in Belarusian educational system.
- 2002 – Belarusian National Technical University.
Faculties
- Automotive and Tractor
- Mining Engineering and Engineering Ecology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanics and Technology
- Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship
- Power Engineering
- Information Technologies and Robotics
- Management Technologies and Humanitarization
- Soligorsk branch
- Engineering and Pedagogy
- Power Plant Construction and Engineering Services
- Architectural
- Civil Engineering
- Instrumentation Engineering
- Transport Communications
- Military and Technical
- Sports and Technical
- International Institute of Distance Education
Notable alumni
- Vyacheslav Kebich, Prime-Minister of Belarus (1991–1994)
- Gennady Novitsky, Prime-Minister of Belarus (2001–2003)
- Gennadi Gagulia, Prime-Minister of Abkhazia (1995–1997, 2002–2003, 2018)
