Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics

Infobox University
name=Belarusian State University of
Informatics and Radioelectronics
native_name=Белару́скі Дзяржа́ўны Унівэрсытэ́т Інфарм́атыкі І Радыёэлектр́онікі


motto=
established=March 15, 1964
type=Public
chancellor=Mikhail P. Batura
city=Minsk
country=Belarus
undergrad=10,000
postgrad=
faculty=
campus=Urban
website= [http://www.bsuir.by/index.jsp?resID=100229&lang=en www.bsuir.by]

The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics also known as BSUIR (Belarusian: Белару́скі Дзяржа́ўны Унівэрсытэ́т Інфарм́атыкі І Радыёэлектр́онікі; Russian: Белору́сский Госуда́рственный Университе́т Информа́тики и Радиоэлектро́ники) - is a large scientific and educational centre in Belarus located in Minsk capital. BSUIR was founded in March 15, 1964. In the national system of education of Belarus BSUIR plays a leading role in preparation of the engineering and scientific staff in the field of computer science, radioelectronics and telecommunications.

About 45 000 engineers, 800 Ph.D. and 70 Sc.D., successfully working in the most science-intensive fields of national economy, graduated from the University. The University employs 4 academicians and a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 55 professors, and 243 senior lecturers. Over 10 thousand students are mastering now 26 specialities, and about 200 out of them are foreign students.

The University incorporates 9 faculties; the Institute of Advanced and Conversion Training; Scientific and Research Centres; Master, and Doctorate Courses.

International cooperation

Main areas of international cooperation:
* Cooperation in science and education with foreign Universities and scientific centres within bilateral agreements
* Implementation of international contracts
* Participation in projects of international funds and programs
* Organising in BSUIR and participation in international exhibitions, symposia, seminars and conferences
* Sending abroad of students and the University staff for scientific work and probation
* Training of foreign students at the University

The University has bilateral agreements about cooperation with 25 Universities:
*: Wuppertal University; High Technical and Economical School, Mittweida; Technical University, Aachen; High Technical School, Osnabruck.
*: Białystok Technical University; Warsaw Technical University; University of Zielona Gora.
*: Xidian University, Xi'an; Xi'an Institute of Technology; Zhejiang University, Hangzhou.
*: Mediterranean University, Marseille; University of Technology, Troyes; National School of Engineers, Saint-Etienne.
*: State Electrotechnic University, Saint-Petersburg; Kaliningrad Technical University; Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics; Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and Design; Taganrog State Radiotechnic University.
*: Brunel University, Uxbridge.
*: National Technical University of Ukraine.
* And also University of Aveiro, Portugal; Technical University of Sofia;Riga Technical University; Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan.

University staff and students take part in the realisation of international programmes TEMPUS, INTAS, COPERNICUS, ESPIRIT, MEL-ARI, ICST; every year they win stipends of the German service of academic exchanges (DAAD); receive scientific research grants from the Society of scientific research support (France), from the German society of scientific research (DFG).

The University fulfils scientific research contracts, scientific and technical developments supply for companies from China, India, Germany, Poland, Italy, Russia, and Ukraine. University teaching staff, scientists, students and post-graduates actively go abroad for scientific probation and research, participating in conferences, workshops and exhibitions. The University always presents its scientific and technical innovations at world-famous international exhibitions in Germany (Hannover Messe, Cebit), Egypt (Cairo exhibition), China, Libya, Syria, India, Vietnam and other countries.

The University organises international conferences on Physics, Chemistry and application of nanostructures, Neural networks and artificial intelligence, Prospective display technologies, Medical electronics, Distance learning - educational environment of the XXI century.

The University presents its latest developments at Belarusian national expositions, as well as at world-famous fairs and exhibition in Germany, China and India.

International seminars and conferences are held in the University on the regular basis. In 1997, the International Seminar "Management of Higher Educational Institutions" was held in the University. Two German universities, Higher Technical School of Mittweide and Wuppertal University participated in the seminar. In 1998 "Millennium Frontier: Prospects of German-Belarusian Cooperation in the 21st Century" international seminar took place in the University.

The seminar was organised by the well-known German DAAD organisation, which aims to promote interactions with foreign higher education institutions by means of international exchange programs for students, postgraduates and scientists.

Students from Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, Nepal, Turkey, China, Jordan, Nigeria, India, post-graduates from Algeria and Poland study on the contract basis at the University.

For the period of 35 years over 1160 professors and students of the University went abroad on exchange programs, and over 235 of them went on scientific probation.

The international programs experience gained as a result of close and beneficial cooperation is widely applied in the educative process, in issuing of monographs, textbooks, for postdoctoral projects.

Sport in university

The University teams regularly win the leading positions of student sports in athletics and keep-fit activities. Belarusian best athletes had their trainings in the gymnasiums of the University, among them are Ivan Edeshko, the Olympic Champion, basket-ball player; and Alexander Medved, vice-chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus, three times Olympic Champion, seven times World Champion.

The University basket-ball team "RTI-Minsk" had been successfully participating in the USSR and CIS championships for 30 years.

University best teams successfully participate in sport events of Belarus, and a number of our athletes are members of National teams of Belarus in various sports. Over 285 masters of sports and 600 candidates for the title of master of sports have graduated from the University for 40 years.

Athletic progress and achievements of students are supervised by the Department of Sports and Physical Training (Prof. Nicolai Petrov, Head) and Inter-University Department of Athletic Achievements (Prof. Alexander Medved, Head).

Major forms of physical practice are obligatory classes in physical training, held on all faculties 4 hours a week. Students are free to choose between athletics, soccer, basket-ball, volley-ball, hand-ball, swimming, freestyle wrestling, orienteering, bodybuilding, shaping etc. Besides sex page for bad collagebetween the teams of courses and faculties.

All necessary facilities are available, including a swimming pool, a fitness-centre, open playgrounds, ski depot, summer camp at the Braslav lakes, and a sport centre.

The University swimming pool was entirely reconstructed following the initiative of Mikhail Batura, Rector of the University. Water purification system was changed completely, and the method of water chlorination was substituted for the method of argental ionization. This progressive and ecological process had paid its way completely.

The complex of measures to accomplish and equip the University sports base let enhance the possibility for health recovery of students and the University staff.

The Inter-University Department of Athletic Achievements created in 1976 in the University prepares athletes of high level from the students, post-graduates, students of preparatory courses of the universities of Belarus and forms national student teams for the largest world competitions.

History

On September 1, 1964 the Radioengineering Institute admitted students for the first time. The youngest State Institute in Minsk was established on the basis of the oldest Polytechnic Institute of the Republic of Belarus. It was assigned to meet the demand of the Republic in highly qualified specialists for evolving national radioelectronic industry. 2500 students were enrolled in the full-time and evening departments of the two faculties "Faculty of Radioengineering" and "Faculty of Automatics and Computers". 127 lecturers, among them 2 professors and 30 senior lectures instructed in the only building.

Activity

Training scientists of the highest qualification is conducted on graduate and doctorate courses in 23 specialities. There are four Interdepartmental Specialised Scientific Councils for Presenting Theses for Doctor's and PhD's degree. Institute of advanced and conversion training of management and specialists in information technologies and radioelectronics (Institute of information technologies, ITT) was established in BSUIR.

Since 1984, international "Outstanding Reformers of Natural Science" seminars promoted by the Department of Philosophy are held in the University. The annually international scientific and methodical conference "Distance education and educational environment of the XXI century" have become traditional.

Everybody understands the importance of mastering foreign languages nowadays. Two departments teach the English, French, German and Spanish languages to students, post-graduates, and specialists of the University. Original and modern methods and forms of teaching the foreign languages are practiced at the University, including the method for teaching, understanding and translating of scientific and technical literature.

Great attention is paid to the health of students, to provision of necessary conditions for study, everyday life and leisure time. Students have the possibility to consult doctors or to undergo a complete medical examination or treatment in Minsk hospitals. Moreover, they can improve their health in a rest home in the country on the Minsk Sea, or have a great time during holidays in the summer camp at the Brasłaŭ lakes.

Students are provided with all necessary aids and reading material for study. They are encouraged to use the University library and its rich books fond, including over 1 million textbooks, monographs, and works of world belles-lettres.

Students from other cities as well as foreign students lodge in the University's halls of residence with total capacity of 2100 people. The halls of residence are located in the centre of Minsk, not far from the University, in a district with all necessary services and recreation centres available.

The University enjoys special pride concerning its brass band, which was awarded the title of the national band, as well as folk group "Tutejšyja", vocal group "Hamanina", studio of sport dance "Tango", the group of national Gypsy song "Ščadryca", vocal ensembles of students and teaching staff.

The newspaper Impulse is published in the University since 1985. It covers all aspects of wide-ranging activity in the University.

Now university prepares the engineering staff on 22 specialities in the field of computer facilities, computer science, radio engineering, microelectronics, telecommunications automated systems, artificial intelligence, automatic control, electronic apparatus-construction, medical electronics, economy. At 18 faculties and 36 faculties on day time, evening and correspondence forms of training is engaged about 9 thousand students, including - from the countries of distant and near foreign countries. Educational process and the scientific researches provide highly skilled teachers. Among them 2 academicians and member - correspondent NAS RB, 10 academicians of branch academies, 2 valid members of the New York Academy of Sciences, 60 professors and doctors of sciences.

At university the Institute of Improvement of professional skill, on a speciality is open: information devices and computers; the software of information technologies and others. Among the employees marked by the high governmental awards and honours ranks, deserved workers of education RB, deserved figures of a science and engineering ??, deserved inventors and rationalizers BSSR and USSR. The deserved figures of physical culture and deserved trainers BSSR and USSR. Many professors and scientific employees BSUIR are invited for reading lectures in conducting high schools of Canada, USA, Germany, Portugal, Spain, China, Poland and other countries. The educational base placed in six buildings, is equipped modern laboratory - technological equipments. Within the framework of the contracts with a number of the industrial enterprises the educational process will be carried out directly on manufacture. Thanks to sponsor's support of the world famous companies Philips, Intel, IBM and their Belarusian partners a number of computer classes of university is equipped with the advanced computer facilities. BSUIR carries out the contracts on introduction of new training technologies with a number of high schools of the various countries: by the Moscow state university of electronics and mathematics in the field of remote training, Wuppertal university (Germany) in the field of an exchange of the lecturers, scientific, students, Warsaw technological university on development and introduction of the automated training systems training of educational disciplines on microelectronics.

The preparation of the scientific staff of higher qualification for republic and other countries will be carried out in post-graduate course and doctor degree course on 22 specialities. More than 30 men from other high schools of republic, industry and because of a boundary are annually accepted on training in target post-graduate course. In BSUIR there are three councils on protection dissertation both assignment of scientific degrees of the doctor and candidate of sciences works.

The scientific researches at university meet to a structure of preparation of the experts and basic directions scientifically - technical and socially - economic development of republic. At university more than 10 years successfully work a special design bureau with pilot production, in which the newest scientific development are lead up to laboratory breadboard models and skilled samples.

Thematic international conferences, annually spent on the basis of university, and the exhibitions have got world popularity and attract attention of the scientific many countries of the world.

Faculties

* Computer Systems and Networks
* Computer-Aided Design
* Engineer Economics
* Extramural, Evening and Distance Education
* Information Technologies and Control
* Radioengineering and Electronics [http://fre.of.by]
* Telecommunication

Links

* http://www.ceebd.co.uk/ceeed/un/be/be012.htm