Don State Technical University (Russian: Донской государственный технический университет; Donskoi gosudarstvenny tehnicheski universitet) is a university in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

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Don State Technical University

Донской государственный технический университет
Type	Public
Established	1930
Location	Rostov-on-Don , Russia 47°14′14″N 39°42′44″E
Website	www.donstu.ru Building details

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Don State Technical University was established on May 20, 1930. It was originally named North Caucasus Institute of Agricultural Engineering and had two faculties: (Agricultural engineering and Metalworking). In 1938 the institute was renamed as the Institute of Agricultural Engineering. In 1937, it began its cooperation with Rostselmasch^[2] and developed combine harvester Stalinets-1, which was represented at Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris. In 1940, there were 21 departments and 14 degree programs. In 1941, the institute as well as Rostselmash were evacuated to Tashkent. Many buildings of the institute were destroyed by German bombs. Teaching began again in August, 1943. In the late 1940s they began redevelopment to combine harvesters for maize and sunflowers based upon Stalinets.

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By December 24 1992, the Institute of Agricultural Engineering institute had grown to 16 faculties and changed its status from institute to university. The university has expanded to include regional branches located in Volgodonsk, Taganrog, Azov and Yessentuki. As of 2012, the Bologna Process was implemented to comply with regional degree accreditations.

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