Rostov State University of Railways
Description:
Rostov State University of Railways (RSUPS) owes its birth to rapid industrial development and railway construction in the south of Russia. In 1929, the USSR Council of People’s Commissars issued a resolution “On measures to provide the national economy with engineers’ personnel”, approving a list of educational institutions, which included the Institute of Transport in the city of Rostov-on-Don. The Institute was officially named Rostov-on-Don Mechanical Institute of Railway Engineers (RIIPS).
On October 1, 1929, 292 students began their studies.
Prominent scientists of the North Caucasus were invited to general education and special departments. It was the color of the scientific and technical intelligentsia.
By the mid-30s, the stage of formation of the institute was over. By this time, the educational, laboratory and production base was created, the process of its reorganization in the branch railway university was completed and it became known as the Rostov Institute of Railway Engineers (RIIZHT).
During the Great Patriotic War, RIIZhT was evacuated to Tbilisi.
In August 1944, RIIZhT returned from evacuation to his native city.
Since October 2004, the full name of the university is the state educational institution of higher professional education "Rostov State University of Railways".