About the university:
The educational institution “Belarusian State University of Transport” (until 1993 – Belarusian Institute of Railway Engineers) was founded in 1953 and is located in the city of Gomel, one of the most beautiful places in Belarusian Polessye.
BSUT is an educational institution, a research and educational centre, the base of which is the university with three branches.
The university consists of 9 faculties, the Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Heads and Specialists of the Transport Complex of the Republic of Belarus, the Scientific Research Institute of Railway Transport, the Test Centre for Railway Transport and the certification body.
BSUT branches are colleges of railway transport in the cities of Brest, Gomel and Orsha.
The main task of the Belarusian State University of Transport is to preserve, accumulate and develop the values of transport education, fundamental and applied science using modern achievements, innovative technologies and management principles. The university is developing as an integration educational institution, as a single scientific and educational transport complex. This allows you to effectively use the pedagogical and scientific potential of the team, to train specialists in shortened training periods, to offer students the choice of an educational path that satisfies their intellectual, social and economic needs.
Academic licenses granted by the university and Offering Programs
FACULTIES
Military Transport Faculty
Correspondence faculty
Faculty of Mechanics
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Education of Foreign Citizens
Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering
Faculty of Management of Transportation Processes
Faculty of Economics and Business Technologies
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Bachelor’s Degree
Specialities
Accounting, and analysis, and audit at the transport enterprise
Transport logistics (railway transport)
Equipment and technologies for increasing wear resistance and restoring machine and instrument parts
Traction stock of railway transport (diesel locomotives)
Railway rolling stock (Wagons)
Traction stock of railway transport (electric transport and subway transport)
Technical operation of loading and unloading, and track, and road construction machines and equipment
Automation, telemechanics and communication for railway transport (Automation and telemechanics)
Railway building and track management
Information systems and technologies (for business-management)
Organization of transportation and management of road and urban transport (International road transportation)
Railway electric power supply
Organization of transportation and management of railway transport (Traffic management)”
Traffic Management
Industrial and civil construction
Architecture of residential and public buildings
Construction of roads and airfields
Water supply and sanitation systems
Master’s Degree
Specialities
“Economy”
“Accounting and analysis, and audit”
“Innovative technologies for mechanical engineering”
“Automation”
“Transport”
“Architecture”
“Construction of buildings and installations”
Fellowship and Doctoral Studies
Preparation during the first stage of postgraduate education (postgraduate study), providing the scientific qualification of the “Researcher”, is conducted full-time or part-time, as well as in the form of competition for specialties:
– mathematical logic, algebra and number theory;
– mechanics of a deformable solid;
– dynamics, strength of machines, instruments and equipment;
– mathematical modeling, numerical methods and programming;
– materials science (machine building);
– rolling stock of railways, traction of trains and electrification;
– management of transportation processes;
– building structures, buildings and structures;
– architecture of buildings and structures, urban and rural settlements, inter-settlement territories;
– economy and management of a national economy (a railway transportation).
Doctoral studies
Preparation for the second stage of postgraduate education (doctoral studies) is conducted full-time, as well as in the form of competition, both at the expense of the federal budget and on a full tuition basis in the following specialties:
– dynamics, strength of machines, instruments and equipment;
– rolling stock of railways, traction of trains and electrification;
– management of transportation processes.
The Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of the Leaders and Specialists of the Transport
The Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of the Leaders and Specialists of the Transport Complex of the Republic of Belarus has been accredited as an educational institution with the right to carry out advanced training and retraining of personnel in the specialties of technical and economic profiles. In IAS on a paid basis, retraining is conducted for obtaining the second specialty (qualification) in the following specialties (correspondence course):
| Specialty | Qualification | Term of training (months) |
| Logistics Specialist on logistics | Economist | 18 |
| Accounting and control in industry | Accountant-economist | 18 |
| Labor protection in railway transport | Specialist on labor protection | 19 |
| Economy and management at the transport enterprise | Economist | 19 |
| Business Administration Manager | Economist | 20 |
| Financial management Manager | Economist | 20 |
| Industrial and civil engineering and construction | Civil Engineer | 24 |
| Information Systems Software | The engineer-programmer | 24 |
Admission and Requirements.
The conditions of admission – BACHELORS’
How to enter
Get an invitation to study. For this, the following documents must be submitted for consideration (by mail, fax or e-mail) to the International Relations Department:
An application addressed to the rector, indicating the chosen specialty, as well as personal signature, address and telephone number.
A copy of the education document indicating the subjects studied and the grades (points) received on the exams, with translation into Russian or English, certified in a non-tariff form.
A copy of the passport or any other document proving the identity, with translation into Russian or English, notarized.
For minors, a power of attorney from the parents for the right to conclude a notarized son or daughter of an agreement for training and a contract of employment for living in a community.
To obtain a visa for study in a diplomatic mission or consular institution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. If there is no Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the country of residence, a visa can be obtained at the consular post of the National Airport Minsk.
Submit documents to the University Admissions Committee with a translation into Russian or an English language certified by a notary. Their list includes:
An application addressed to the rector of the university for admission to study indicating the specialty.
The document on education (certificate) indicating the subjects studied and the grades (grades) received on the exams.
Birth certificate.
A medical certificate issued by the official health authority of the country of residence, indicating that there are no medical contraindications to study in the Republic of Belarus and a vaccination card.
Certificate of absence of HIV infection.
Passport with a visa to enter the Republic of Belarus and a migration card or valid registration (temporary stay or residence while staying in the Belarusian territory).
6 photos (size 4 × 6).
After the submission of all documents:
To register a passport;
To pass an interview on the Russian language;
undergo a physical examination;
conclude a contract for training.
Based on the results of the interview, the medical examination and the signing of the Training Agreement, the foreign citizen is enrolled in the university by the order of the rector.
If a foreigner does not pass an interview on the Russian language, he can be enrolled in the preparatory department for a period of 1 academic year.
Features of the receipt
Features of admission for citizens of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan:
the opportunity to enter the budget (on the terms of the Belarusians);
the opportunity to enter without exams (on the basis of training of foreign citizens).
Features of admission for citizens of Ukraine:
Citizens of Ukraine permanently residing in the territory of Lugansk and Donetsk regions have the right to enter the first stage of higher education on the conditions stipulated for:
citizens of the Republic of Belarus; at the expense of the republican budget or on terms of payment provided for citizens of the Republic of Belarus, based on the results of admission tests in the form of centralized testing (in the presence of refugee status);
foreign citizens and stateless persons, i.e. on the terms of payment provided for “foreign citizens”, based on the results of the interview, which establishes the level of their proficiency in the language in which the educational process is carried out, in an amount sufficient to absorb the content of the higher education program.
Citizens of Ukraine permanently residing in the territory of Lugansk and Donetsk regions have the right to receive (continue) higher education of the first stage at the expense of the republican and (or) local budgets or on the terms of payment provided for citizens of the Republic of Belarus, in the presence of vacant places established by the rules reception, according to the results of the interview in the manner and on the terms determined by educational institutions, in the case of the citizens of Ukraine providing documents confirming residence and training in the territory and Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine.
POSTGRADUATES’ AND DOCTORATES’
For getting an invitation to study the following documents must be submitted for consideration (by mail, fax or e-mail) to the International Relations Department:
An application addressed to the rector, indicating the chosen specialty, as well as personal signature, address and telephone number.
A copy of the education document with translation into Russian or English, certified in a non-tariff form.
A copy of the passport or any other document proving the identity, with translation into Russian or English, notarized.
To obtain a visa for study in a diplomatic mission or consular institution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. If there is no Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the country of residence, a visa can be obtained at the consular post of the National Airport Minsk.
After arrived in the University you have to submit next documents with a translation into Russian or an English language certified by a notary:
An application addressed to the rector of the university for admission to study indicating the specialty.
The document on education (certificate) indicating the subjects studied and the grades (grades) received on the exams.
Birth certificate.
A medical certificate issued by the official health authority of the country of residence, indicating that there are no medical contraindications to study in the Republic of Belarus and a vaccination card.
Certificate of absence of HIV infection.
Passport with a visa to enter the Republic of Belarus and a migration card or valid registration (temporary stay or residence while staying in the Belarusian territory).
6 photos (size 4 × 6).
After the submission of all documents:
To register a passport;
To pass an interview on the Russian language;
undergo a physical examination;
conclude a contract for training.
Based on the results of the interview, the medical examination and the signing of the Training Agreement, the foreign citizen is enrolled in the university by the order of the rector. If a foreigner does not pass an interview on the Russian language, he can be enrolled in the preparatory department for a period of 1 academic year.
THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES AND RETRAINING OF THE LEADERS AND SPECIALISTS
The following are accepted for training:
- persons with higher education;
- students of the last two years of full-time studies in higher education.
Admission is based on the results of the interview. The beginning of classes is as soon as the groups are completed.
Upon completion of the training, a state diploma on retraining is issued with appropriation of the relevant qualification. The issuance of diplomas on the completion of the IAS is carried out by providing a diploma in the main specialty.
In the IAS of BelSUT is recruited into the groups of pre-certification training of specialists in the construction industry. Crediting is carried out on the basis of a letter of guarantee. The beginning of classes is as soon as the groups are completed. In addition, specialists in the transport sector can improve their qualifications in senior management courses in accordance with the plan, which is coordinated with the staffing requirements of the railroad management.
Fees structure and details
Tuition fee
– on the preparatory course – $1800 USA;
• in the day-time faculty – $2,400 USA;
• by correspondence course of study – $1250 USA;
• in the magistracy – $2500 USA.
The cost of studying for Russian language courses is calculated for a month and is $160 USA per month. The cost of training in graduate school and during a scientific internship is calculated individually for each student, depending on the program.
The cost of foreign language courses (English, German, etc.) for foreign citizens:
for 2 students – about $4,5 per hour;
for 3–4 students – about $3,2 per hour;
for 5–6 students – about $2,8 per hour;
for 7–8 students – about $2,4 per hour.
Tuition fees do not include the cost of living in a hostel, which is $50 USA per month.