North Caucasus State Technical University
I study at North Caucasus State Technical University in Stavropol. It was founded in 1970. The University occupies 4 buildings: one building is situated in the center of Stavropol, 3 others are in Kulakov avenue. It was organized to train specialists for many branches of industry. Its numerous labs are equipped with modern machinery and instruments to provide a high level of training. During the last few years our University has become a large center of higher technical education as well as the center for training of specialists in economics, law and linguistics. Today 10 000 students attend many faculties. These faculties are: mechanical engineering, transport and business faculty, civil engineering and power engineering faculty, electronics faculty, oil and gas faculty, faculty of food products biotechnology, economics and finance faculty, faculty of law, social psychology faculty, translator’s faculty, faculty of information system and technologies.
There are 625 highly qualified teachers in our University. Among them 36 are professors and doctors of science, 6 academicians and corresponding members of RAS, 251 are associate professors and candidates of science.
Today a student must assimilate a large quantity of new information which is growing every day. Lectures and seminars alternate with laboratory work, discussions, research work and self-training. The University admits those who wants to be trained in various fields of science.
The academic year begins in September and lasts 10 months till July. There are 2 term in the course of the academic year. The students take examinations twice a year. During the terms students have to attend lectures, to carry out laboratory tests and practical training.
A large part of study time is devoted to basic subjects. This enables future specialists to acquire proper professional knowledge and to master modern methods of scientific research, advanced production technology, its organization and management. At the lectures students listen to lecturers, take notes and ask questions. In seminars they raise problems and discuss them under the direction of their teachers.
The first-year students study mathematics, physics, chemistry, foreign languages, elements of machines, history, mechanical drawing, strength of materials etc. From the second year they start to study special subjects and carry out research works in their student scientific societies. Many students get student grant, the sum of which depends on their successes in studies. There are 2 hostels near the main building and the students from other towns and villages can live there paying a small quantity of money for rent.
The students take an active part in the public life of our University, they issue wall newspapers, give concerts; take part in different conferences and meetings. Each faculty has its own KVN-team and they take part in the University championship gathering full concert hall of grateful audience. They go in for different kinds of sports. Our football team as well as our volleyball and basketball players take part in the city championships.
Our University is a bright integration example of education, science and industry. There are training, research and industrial complexes in our higher education center.
I'm proud to study at this famous University in the North Caucasus.
Answer the questions:
1. What University do you study at?
2. What specialists does it train?
3. How many faculties are there at your Universities?
4. What faculty do you study at?
5. When will you graduate from the University?
6. What subjects do you study?
7. Are you ready for examinations?
8. When do you enter the University?
9. Were the entrance examinations difficult or easy?
10. When do the students have to submit their course designs?
11. Do you attend lectures and seminars regularly?
12. Do you study hard during the academic year?
Vocabulary:
education образование
important важный
to solve решать
to create создавать
high высокий
worthy достойный
society общество
to achieve достигать
further дальше, дальнейший
science наука
proper надлежащий
extra-mural заочный
opportunity возможность
scholarship стипендия
university университет
experiment опыт
research научная работа
laboratory лаборатория
entrance вход, поступление
department отделение, факультет
correspondence заочно
session сессия
twice дважды
term семестр
to combine сочетать
theoretical теоретический
practical практический
to submit предоставлять на рассмотрение
designs проекты
course курс
usually обычно
curriculum программа
subject предмет
mathematics математика
physics физика
chemistry химия
mechanics механика
strength сопротивление
finance финансы
marketing маркетинг
management управление
to fail провалить экзамен
regularly регулярно
to allow позволять
a thesis диссертация
a core curriculum основная учебная программа
a great concern большой интерес
compulsory schooling обязательное обучение
primary education начальное образование
higher education высшее образование
a profound knowledge глубокие знания
a vocational school профтехучилище
a lyceum лицей
a gymnasium гимназия
applicant абитуриент
undergraduate студент последнего курса
postgraduate аспирант
master's, doctoral degree кандидат, доктор наук
hostel общежитие
Read the dialogue and act it out:
- Hello, Tom. Will you come to our party tonight?
- Thank you, Alee. I'm afraid not. I shan't be able to come because I have to prepare for my examinations.
- Yesterday I saw you in the reading hall during the break. You were working hard.
- Yes, I was, but still I have got a lot of material to learn. That's why I have been reading the whole evening today.
- Oh, I see. You are such a hard-working student. When will the exams end?
- We'll have our last exam on the 23rd of January. Will you be able to join us for skiing trip Saturday morning at 11 o'clock?
- I think not. I'll be taking my exams in the technology of materials at the time.
- How are you going to spend the holidays?
- If I pass the exams successfully on the 25th I'll leave for a holiday home.
- My best wishes to you. Don't worry, I hope everything will be all right.
Translate into English:
1. Учебный год длится с 1-го сентября по 30 июня.
2. Собрание студентов состоится завтра в 3 часа.
3. Наш университет готовит специалистов для различных отраслей промышленности и науки.
4. Я собираюсь сдавать экзамены досрочно.
5. Я хочу навестить своих друзей, которые живут в студенческом общежитии.
6. Я надеюсь успешно сдать экзамены.
7. Я окончу университет через 5 лет и буду работать юристом на предприятии.
8. В России молодежь имеет все возможности учиться.
9. У нас есть все возможности проводить научно-исследовательскую работу.
10. Наш университет сочетает теоретическое обучение с практической работой и практикой на предприятиях.
11. Я должен сдать свой курсовой проект в субботу.
12. Если мне разрешат, я буду пересдавать этот экзамен через несколько дней.
13. Работая над дипломным проектом, мы проводим много времени в читальном зале университета.
14. Я выполню эту работу по подбору научных статей по маркетингу на следующей неделе.
15. В прошлом месяце мы провели первый научный эксперимент.
16. Они выступили на семинаре по теме "Проблемы менеджмента на современном этапе экономического развития страны".