The Urals Technical Institute of Communication and Computer Science

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 566.

The UTICCS is a unique, developing academic-research center training specialists for the industries of telecommunication, radio engineering and economics.

The history of the Institute goes back to 1930, when in Sverdlovsk they founded the Technical College of Communication to train technicians in radio engineering and telephony. In 1992 the College started training junior engineers for the network industry.

In 1997 the College joined the Siberian State University of Communication and Computer Science as the Urals branch of the University. In 2002 the Urals Branch of the Siberian University of Communication and Computer Science was transformed into the Urals Technical Institute of Communication and Computer Science. For 74 years of operation the institution has trained over 30,000 specialists of secondary and higher learning for the industry of communication and radio engineering of the Urals Region.

At present, the Institute provides secondary technical training as well as multilevel higher education of specialists with Bachelors' and Masters' degrees and Engineers. The teaching stuff of the Institute consists of about a hundred individuals, employed as professors, assistant professors and lecturers. Over 70% of them possess scientific degrees of Doctor of Science or Candidate of Science.

More than under- and postgraduate students, doctorates and learners both full time and correspondence study at the Institute. The academic structure of the Institute comprises:

· 3 faculties;

· 6 departments;

· 40 laboratories and 4 study-rooms;

· new technology testing ground for educational and research purposes.

The educational facilities include:

· non-graduate upgrade center;

· distance learning center;

· training center;

The educational process is based on advanced information and telecommunication technologies. The computer resource of the Institute is based on 1,000 computers. The Institute owns 3 switching centers, 2 independent the Internet providers, one of them is based on fiber optics and local digital television network. Special study-rooms have facilities for video conferences through the ISDN channels and multimedia net.

All the Institute data are entered and processed by the Single Educational and Scientific Network. The library of the Institute contains more than 170,000 books, textbooks and other publications on science and technology.

The following disciplines are taught at the Institute:

· Economics of and Control over Communication Enterprises;

· Radio Physics and Electronics

· Physics and Technology of Optical Communication;

· Information Systems in Engineering and Technology

· Radio Engineering;

· Communication Networks and Switching Systems;

· Multichannel Telecommunication Systems;

· Wireless Communication, Broadcasting and Television;

· Communication with Mobile Objects;

· Secured Communication Systems;

· Computers, Complexes, Systems and networks;

· Computer-Aided Data Processing and Control;

· Software Development.

Scientific investigations and researches are held in 40 research laboratories and scientific department groups.