ASTU
Astrakhan Technical Institute of Fisheries was founded in 1930. The history of its growth, development and expansion of educational and scientific activity is marked by the Institute's transforming into Astrakhan State Technical University (ASTU) in 1994.
Astrakhan State Technical University is situated in one of the most picturesque places of our town, not far from the Great Russian River Volga.
A lovely academic town of the University is situated on a beautiful parkland. It occupies 8 teaching buildings with up-to-date lecture halls, well-equipped laboratories, a computing center and libraries rich in books. Various conferences and meetings are held in the Assembly Hall situated in the main building. Here you can also find Director's. Deans' and other offices.
The University possesses several halls for residence (dormitories), on the territory of it you can see cafes, shops, a medical aid center and a clubhouse.
Director (or Rector, as it is called in Russia) is at the head of the University, while the work of the Institutes and the faculties is headed by Directors and Deans. The teaching staff of special and academic departments consists of very experienced lecturers and assistants, capable of giving their knowledge and experience to students.
Permanent aspiration of university's scientists to expand their research provides for the development of the University and increases its role that of an educational establishment and of a scientific center as well. This also results in the growth of teachers" professional skills and the quality of undergraduate training. The University constantly improves forms and methods of training and offers its teaching staff new opportunities for innovation both in teaching and research. The success of the University's education policy is confirmed by the fact that among its graduates there are governors, managers of large businesses, world-famous scientists.
At present the structure of the University includes several Institutes: the Institute of Distance Learning, the Institute of Marine Technologies, The Institute Power Engineering and Transport, The Institute of Biology and Nature Management, the Institute of Information Technologies and Communication, The Institute of Economics, The Institute of Oil and Gas. There are several Faculties at the University as well: the Mechanical Faculty, the Faculty of Law; the Faculty of Fisheries, the Faculty of Applicant Preliminary Training, the Faculty of Optional Vocational Training; the Faculty of International Student Preliminary Training, the Faculty of Secondary Vocational Education. Besides, there are several colleges that provide secondary engineering training under the auspices of the University.
The opportunity to host different sports events is provided by excellent sports facilities of the University. They include a sports center with two swimming pools; halls for basketball, volleyball, tennis, acrobatics; a stadium, a gym, a football ground.
There are two main forms of education in the University: full-time and part-time. The full-time students of the University have a four- or five year course of studies, while the part-time students study for six years.
Each academic year is divided into two terms. During the term students have to attend lectures, seminars and practical trainings according to the time-table. They also make reports, do laboratory and graphical works according to the basic program. The first-year students study such traditional disciplines as mathematics, chemistry, physics, history, foreign languages. In the third year students begin to study in depth the subjects connected with their future speciality.
Besides obligatory subjects students have some optional courses. At the end of the term students have tests and take midterm examinations. Their credits and examination marks are entered in their record books. Those who fail in an exam, are allowed to make a second attempt.
The third-and-fourth-year students submit course papers on some special subjects. Graduates have to take final exams and defend their diploma projects worked out with the help of their supervisors.
The University offers a multi-level system of education and training and provides various types of programs for those who study either full-time or part-time, as well as individual and distance learning programs. If you had already earned an academic degree in one of the sciences, you have an opportunity to do the same in some other field at ASTU. Having completed the chosen course and having met all the qualification requirements the graduates are awarded a special state certificate called "Diploma".
If you are interested in research you can undertake your work in ASTU having applied to post-graduate study: Master's degree or Doctorate courses. When the course has been completed, the Dissertation is then submitted to a specialized Dissertation Council of ASTU. There are 30 Dissertation Councils in ASTU which are authorized to award Ph.D's. degree (or "Candidate's degree") and Senior Doctor's degree.
IX. Remember the words and word combinations
Full-time students - студенты дневного обучения
Part-time students - студенты 'заочного обучения
Term - семестр
То divide into - делить, разделять
The first-year student - студент-первокурсник
Future speciality - будущая специальность
Obligatory subject - обязательный предмет
Optional course - факультативное занятие
To take examinations - сдавать экзамены
Mark - оценкаa
A record book - зачетная книжка
To enter the university ~ поступить в университет
To graduate from the university - закончить университет
To fail in an exam - провалиться на экзамене
To be founded - быть основанным
To be situated - располагаться
A picturesque place - живописное место
To occupy - занимать
To hold (held, held) - проводить
Faculty - факультет
Department - кафедра
To be at the head - возглавлять
Experienced - опытный
Aspiration - стремление, сильное желание
Auspices – покровительство
II. Describe your Institute and its faculties, using the following names:
1). Institute of Economics:
a) Finance and Credit;
b) Accounting, Business Analysis and Audit;
c) Economics and Management of an Enterprise;
d) Marketing;
e) Management;
f) Advertising;
g) Commerce (Trading);
h) Documentology and Documentation Support of Management:
2). The Institute of Information Technologies and Communication:
a) Computer Science Applications (in Economy);
b) Computer Science Applications (in Services):
c) Integrated Information Security of Automated Systems;
d) Communication Networks and Systems of Commutation:
e) Mobile Means of Communication:
f) Computer Science and Management in Engineering Systems:
g) Computing Machines. Complexes. Systems and Networks;
3) The Faculty of Law:
a) Sociology;
b) Jurisprudence;
c) Psychology;
d) History.
Answer the questions about the text:
I. Where is our University situated? 2.Where was it founded?
3.How many teaching buildings and halls for residence does the University occupy?
5. Where can you find the Assembly hall, Rector's, Deans' and other offices?
6. What can you also see on the territory of the University?
7.How many faculties are there at our University? What are they?
8 What are you?
9. What faculty do you study at?
10 What specialty have you chosen?
11. Are you a full-time or a part-time student?
12. Who is at the head of the University?
13. Who is at the head of you faculty?
14. What does the teaching staff of the University consist of?
15 How many years do our student stady at the University?
16.How many terms is the academic year divided into?
17What must the students do during the term study?
18. What traditional disciplines do the first-years students?
19When do they begin to study their special subjects?
20. What do the students usually do at the end of the term?
21. Can the students make a second attempt when they fail in an exam?
22.Third-and-fourth-year students submit course papers on some special sub
jects, don't they?
23.Must graduates take final exams and defend their diploma projects?
24.What certificate are the students awarded on graduating the University?
25. Who can become postgraduate of our University?
26. Why do the students usually choose the Astrakhan State Technical University?
Give the English equivalents:
Располагаться в живописном месте, быть основанным, чудесный учебный городок, занимать, современный, ректорат, кафедры, на территории, факультет экономики и права, факультет судовой энергетики, механический факультет, рыбохозяйственный факультет, подготовительный факультет, обучаться по различным специальностям, иностранные студенты, возглавлять, специальные и общеобразовательные кафедры, опытные преподаватели, кандидаты и доктора наук, студенты дневного обучения, посещать лекции, расписание, межсеместровые экзамены, контрольное работы, оценка, зачетная книжка, провалиться на экзамене, государственные экзамены, защитить дипломный проект, с помощью руководителя, по окончании университета, вручать специальный документ - диплом, аспирант, практика на крупных рыболовецких судах, диплом бакалавра, магистратура.
Give the Russian equivalents:
On the bank of the river; the graduates on the university; for a long time; the undergraduates; the finals; on a beautiful parkland; well-equipped laboratories; a computing centre; rich in books; the main building; are held; a medical aid centre; a roofed swimming-pool; as well; including* the teaching staff; capable of giving their knowledges; experience; according to the basic programme; in depth; to enter; to defend; the diploma project; with the help of; to train qualified specialists; to carry on; to become postgraduate; the latest theoretical and practical data; students practical experience, on boads the ships; to receive a bachelor's degree: to welcome.