Mission of Samara State Transport University

Abstract

Samara State Transport University (SamGUPS) is the largest transport university in the Volga Federal District, training specialists for the country’s railway transport and for many other areas of the national economy.

The institution was founded in 1973 as the Kuibyshev Institute of Railway Transport Engineers, primarily to meet the need for highly qualified engineering staff of the Kuibyshev Railway, one of the largest railway enterprises of the USSR.

In 1991, in connection with the renaming of the city of Kuibyshev and the return of its historical name Samara, the university was renamed Samara Institute of Railway Transport Engineers (SamIIT).

Over the past period the higher education institution has consistently raised its academic status — first to the Academy, becoming Samara State Transport Academy, and in 2007 — winning the right to be called Samara State Transport University.

The article presents the main goals and objectives of the university and the achieved results of the university development, tells about the interaction of Samara State University of Railway Transport with related branch and engineering universities in our country and abroad, tells about the interaction with transport, construction and infrastructure enterprises in the cities of the region.