Kaliningrad State Technical University

Kaliningrad State Technical University (Russian: Калининградский государственный технический университет, (КГТУ); abbreviated KSTU) is a technical university at Victory Square in Kaliningrad, Russia. It is located in the former combined Amtsgericht and Landgericht building which served as judicial courts during the German period of the city. It is the largest higher educational institution in the fishing industry of Russia.

Having been founded on the basis of Moscow Technical Institute for the Fishery Industry, KSTU develops as a multi-disciplinary institution considering the demands and the economic potential of the Region. Students are trained in 42 higher educational courses at various levels, namely, Bachelor, Specialist Diploma, Master, Candidate of Sciences and Doctor of Sciences Degrees; professionals are offered various upgrading courses. 600 teachers and researchers, including 75 professors holding the Doctor of Sciences Degree, 80 academicians and corresponding members of international and public Russian Academies of Science form the faculty if the university. Scientific research is traditionally undertaken in many areas. There are 12 research laboratories and scientific centres, four of them being of the applied character. Four dissertation councils work at the university.

Recently, intensification of scientific work has involved the university into 25 federal scientific programmes, as well as in TEMPUS and TACIS projects. Regional representatives of public professional Academies of Science applied Centre for new Information Technologies, Research Institute for Maritime Engineering Service, Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development successfully operate on the university basis.

International co-operation of the university with foreign educational and research organizations is constantly expanding, with the Baltic Sea region in particular.