Ural Technical Institute of Communications and Informatics

The Ural Technical Institute of Communications and Informatics (UrTISI) is a state higher-education institution in Yekaterinburg, Russia, operating as a branch of the Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Sciences (SibGUTI). Its lineage traces to 5 March 1930, when a communications technicum (tekhnikum svyazi) was opened in Sverdlovsk by decision of the board of the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs. The technicum began with a small, poorly equipped pre-revolutionary former post office building, one room serving as a library and three as laboratories for telephone, telegraph and radio exchange. It selected its first students that same year and produced its first graduates in 1933 under a three-year programme, teaching about 120 students per course. Through the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s the technicum expanded, adding evening and correspondence departments, a dormitory, and two academic buildings (a general one and a laboratory-production one). A 9 April 1970 order of the USSR Ministry of Communications commended the technicum as the best in teaching-methodological and educational work; by then enrolment had grown to about 4,400 students with 134 teachers and 36 laboratories, workshops and classrooms. The 1980s brought a canteen, a new dormitory and the beginnings of computerisation. In 1992 the institution received college status. On 27 March 1997 the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation ordered the communications college to join SibGUTI, where it became a faculty of accelerated training. A year later, in 1998, a SibGUTI branch was created in Yekaterinburg on the basis of the college and faculty; in 2002 it received its own distinct name, UrTISI. The institute is organised around a conference of staff and students, an academic council, a directorate, various councils (scientific-methodological, editorial-publishing, student, dormitory student) and an attestation commission. Its academic units include departments of higher mathematics and physics; infocommunication technologies and mobile communications; information systems and technologies; multi-channel electrical communications; and communications economics, grouped under a Faculty of Infocommunications, Informatics and Management and a Faculty of Continuing Education, plus a College of Communications and Informatics. As a branch of SibGUTI, UrTISI is part of Russia's state higher-education system and focuses on training for the telecommunications and information-technology sectors, combining secondary vocational, undergraduate and continuing-education programmes. Its graduates serve in regional telecom operators, IT services and related industries, and the institute maintains laboratories and teaching facilities in Yekaterinburg.

The institution began on 5 March 1930, when the board of the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs decided to open a communications technicum in Sverdlovsk. The aim was to combine study with practice so that students could quickly gain knowledge and start working in their specialty. The technicum was given a pre-revolutionary two-storey former post office building that was not equipped or adapted for teaching: one room was turned into a library and three others into laboratories for telephone, telegraph and radio exchange. The first intake took place that same year, and with a three-year programme the first graduation followed in 1933, with about 120 students per course. During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s the technicum gradually expanded. Evening and correspondence departments opened, and later a dormitory and two academic buildings were built — a general one and a laboratory-production one. On 9 April 1970 an order of the USSR Ministry of Communications expressed gratitude to the technicum and named it the best in teaching-methodological and educational activity. By that time the total number of students had risen to 4,400 and teachers to 134, with 36 laboratories, workshops and classrooms. In the 1980s development continued: a canteen and a new dormitory were opened, and computerisation began. In 1992 the institution received college status. On 27 March 1997 the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation issued an order under which the communications college joined SibGUTI, being transformed into a faculty of accelerated training of the university. A year later, in 1998, a SibGUTI branch was created in Yekaterinburg on the basis of the college and the faculty. In 2002 the branch received its own separate name — UrTISI (Ural Technical Institute of Communications and Informatics). The institute is governed through a conference of workers and students, an academic council, a directorate (including the director and academic secretary), various councils (scientific-methodological, editorial-publishing, student, and dormitory student), and an attestation commission. Its academic structure includes departments of higher mathematics and physics; infocommunication technologies and mobile communications; information systems and technologies; multi-channel electrical communications; and communications economics. These are organised under the Faculty of Infocommunications, Informatics and Management and the Faculty of Continuing Education, alongside the College of Communications and Informatics. As a branch of SibGUTI, UrTISI remains part of the state higher-education system and continues to train specialists for the communications and informatics sectors.

• 2002

  Branch received its own name — Ural Technical Institute of Communications and Informatics (UrTISI).

• 1998

  SibGUTI branch created in Yekaterinburg on the basis of the college and faculty.

• 1997

  Ministry of Communications order of 27 March integrated the communications college into SibGUTI as a faculty of accelerated training.

• 1992

  Institution received college status.

• 1970

  USSR Ministry of Communications order of 9 April commended the technicum as best in teaching-methodological and educational work; enrolment reached about 4,400 students and 134 teachers.

• 1933

  First graduation under a three-year programme, with about 120 students per course.

• 1930

  Communications technicum opened in Sverdlovsk by decision of the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs board on 5 March.

A regional state institute within the SibGUTI network, focused on practice-oriented training for the telecommunications and IT workforce of the Urals.

• Department of Higher Mathematics and Physics

• Department of Infocommunication Technologies and Mobile Communications

• Department of Information Systems and Technologies

• Department of Multi-channel Electrical Communications

• Department of Communications Economics

• Faculty of Infocommunications, Informatics and Management

• Faculty of Continuing Education

• College of Communications and Informatics

1. 1Ural Technical Institute of Communications and Informatics — Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Уральский технический институт связи и информатики — Wikipedia (Russian)ru.wikipedia.org