TUSUR is one of the leading engineering universities in Russia, located in the intellectual heart of Russia and Siberia – the city of Tomsk.
TUSUR is a young university, ambitiously striving for leadership and global presence in education and research. 12 thousand students study at our 12 faculties. Relatively small size allows the university to be mobile and quickly adjust to changes becoming stronger and more efficient.
TUSUR was one of the first Russian universities to transform the educational process, introducing project-based learning and enhancing research and innovative components of academic work.
ECTS center established at TUSUR coordinates student exchange and ensures adequate transfer of credits obtained abroad in accordance with standardized international documents.
TUSUR was also the first Russian university to start implementing a complex development model that focuses on entrepreneurship in addition to two traditional university missions, i.e. education and research. In the course of the last decade TUSUR has created a network of innovative companies founded by its alumni. Today this network comprises 210 companies.
In 2004 a student business incubator was established at TUSUR, which gave rise to 50 hi-tech start-ups created by university students.