Kazan National Research Technical University
Казанский национальный исследовательский технический университет им. А.Н. Туполева-КАИ (КНИТУ-КАИ) | |
| Established | 1932 |
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| President | Yuryi Fedorovich Gortyshov |
| Rector | Kirill Germanovich Okhotkin |
Academic staff | 1,000 |
Administrative staff | 2,000 |
| Students | 15,000 |
| Location | , Russia 55°47′50″N 49°06′51″E / 55.7971°N 49.1141°E |
| Campus | Urban. Also 11 branch institutes outside of the city. |
| Alumni | Over 110,000 graduated students |
| Website | http://www.kai.ru/ |
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| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia | 168 (2022) |
Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev-KAI (KNRTU-KAI, full name in Russian: Казанский национальный исследовательский технический университет имени А. Н. Туполева-КАИ, or Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev-KAI; Tatar: А.Н. Туполев исемендәге Казан илкүләм тикшеренү техник университеты, romanized: A.N. Tupolev isemendäge Qazan ilküläm tikşerenü texnik universitetı ) was established in 1932. Until recently, it was known as Kazan Aviation Institute (Казанский авиационный институт; Tatar: Казан авиация институты, romanized: Qazan aviatsiyä institutı). In 1973, the institute was named after Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev, Russian and later Soviet aeronautical engineer and designer. In 1992, it got the status of State Technical University. In 2009, it got the status of National Research University. KNRTU-KAI teaches about 15,000 students on 65 majors in Engineering, Business, and Humanities by the university faculty body of 1,000 persons, including 150 Full Professors & Doctor of Science degree holders, 600 Associate Professors & Ph.D. degree holders.