Belarusian National Technical University

Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) is a major technical university in Belarus.^[3][4][5]

Belarusian National Technical University

Беларускі нацыянальны тэхнічны ўніверсітэт
Former name	Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute, Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy
Type	Public
Established	1920
Rector	Sergei V. Kharytonchyk
Academic staff	1930
Undergraduates	33723[1]
Postgraduates	776
Location	Minsk , Belarus
Campus	Urban
Website	en.bntu.by

University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2]	82 (2022)

History

• 1920 – establishment of Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute on the basis of a Minsk Polytechnic school.
• 1922 – reorganised in Belarusian State Institute of Agriculture.
• 1933 – Belarusian Polytechnic Institute after adjunction of Horki Institute of Land Amelioration and Minsk Institutions of Peat, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Food Industry.
• 1991 – Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy.
• 1997 – granted a leading engineering educational institution status in Belarusian educational system.
• 2002 – Belarusian National Technical University.

Faculties

• Automotive and Tractor
• Mining Engineering and Engineering Ecology
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanics and Technology
• Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship
• Power Engineering
• Information Technologies and Robotics
• Management Technologies and Humanitarization
• Soligorsk branch
• Engineering and Pedagogy
• Power Plant Construction and Engineering Services
• Architectural
• Civil Engineering
• Instrumentation Engineering
• Transport Communications
• Military and Technical
• Sports and Technical
• International Institute of Distance Education

Notable alumni

• Vyacheslav Kebich, Prime-Minister of Belarus (1991–1994)
• Gennady Novitsky, Prime-Minister of Belarus (2001–2003)
• Gennadi Gagulia, Prime-Minister of Abkhazia (1995–1997, 2002–2003, 2018)