Ukhta State Technical University

On Saturday, 30 th June, 2018, a solemn ceremony of awarding diplomas of higher and secondary vocational education was held in the educational and sports complex "Burevestnik" of Ukhta State Technical University.

On Monday, 21st May 2018, Ukhta State Technical University was visited by Dr. See Hong Ong an outstanding lecturer of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) of the oil and gas service company Baker Hughes. Dr. Ong was born in Malaysia and studied at the University of Oklahoma USA, where he graduated with a Bachelor's and Master's degree and received a Doctorate Degree in petroleum engineering.

Within the period of April 22 to May 20, 2018, Ukhta State Technical University was visited by Dr. Scott De Francesco an associate Professor of communications at the Department of communications at the University of Quinnipiac, Connecticut (USA).

Scott has worked in major educational institutions in Europe, Australia and the USA and does freelance work for companies in China. The main profile of his activity is teaching in the field of advertising, PR and strategic communications.

In mid-April 2018, the head of the international Department of USTU Anton Grigoriev returned from a three-month internship within the framework of the Fulbright grant program for employees of international departments (Russia International Education Administrators Program, RIEA), which was held at universities of the United States of America since mid-January 2018. The RIEA program offers an intensive internship in the USA, which consists of several stages.

In the period from 26th to 28th April 2018, USTU has been visited by Kuoma Jean Cottin Gellin, the Counsellor of the Republic of Cameroon. The main purpose of the visit was primarily to acquaintance the visitor with the university complex and discuss areas of collaboration in education and academic sectors.

Ukhta State Technical University yet again opens its doors to the world, and the guest this time around is Dr. Scott de Francesco, he’s an American professor from New York who specializes in strategic communications, public relations and advertising.

On 20th April, 2018, the traditional Poetry Night was held in the hall of the history museum of USTU, where students of the preparatory course read poems of the great Russian poets in Russian. Students of Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire, Colombia read the classics of the Russian literature this year under the guidance of their teacher of phonetics Angela Vyacheslavovna Rochova.

Last Saturday, April 14, international educational action "Total dictation" was held across the country and abroad. The year 2018 was an anniversary year - for fifteen years throughout the country people of different ages and levels of education have been testing their knowledge in the Russian language. As for Ukhta, the dictation was held here for the fifth time.