Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Founded in 1917, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the large city of Nizhny Novgorod (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 15,000-19,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees in several areas of study. See the unit rank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. 

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University (Russian: ????????????? ??????????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??. ?. ?. ?????????, NNSTU) is a public technical university in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, founded in 1917. The university was renamed in honour of a famous alumnus, engineer Rostislav Alexeyev, in 1992.

Imperial Russia's Emperor Nicolas II Warsaw Polytechnic Institute was established in 1898. Due to German Empire achievements on Eastern Front during World War I, the Emperor Nicolas II Warsaw Polytechnic Institute was evacuated and moved to Nizhny Novgorod, in 1915.[1][2] It was renamed to Nizhny Novgorod University of Technology, and later (in 1918), incorporated into the State University of Nizhny Novgorod. The incorporated departments included agricultural courses, medical courses, and the Higher Pedagogical Institute. M. A. Bonch-Bruevich, V. P. Vologdin, I. R. Braitsev, G. V. Trinkler, and others led the technical departments.

In 1930, the Mechanical Engineering Institute and the Institute of Chemical Technology were separated from the State University of Nizhny Novgorod. At the same time, new departments were created, including the Institute of Construction, the Pedagogical Institute, the Institute of Agriculture, and the Institute of Medicine. Additional departments added in 1934 included the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, the Institute of Chemical Technology, and the Gorky Institute of Industry. Over the years 1950-1989 Andrei Zhdanov Gorky Polytechnic Institute.

The university was renamed to "the R. E. Alexeyev State Technical University of Nizhny Novgorod" in 1992.