Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology


The Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology or ISUCT is a research facility and a university located in Ivanovo, the administrative center of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. Research priorities of the ISUCT are concentrated in chemical technology, chemistry and engineering.
The ISUCT takes the 1st place among universities in the Ivanovo region in the national ranking of universities

History

It was founded in 1918 as Chemical Faculty of Ivanovo-Vosnesensk Polytechnic Institute. In 1930, Ivanovo-Vosnessensk Polytechnic Institute was split into four independent schools: Ivanovo Textile Institute, Ivanovo Power Institute, Civil Engineering Institute, and Ivanovo Institute of Chemistry and Technology. The latter gained a new status in 1992 and was renamed to Ivanovo State Academy of Chemistry and Technology, and in 1998 it was renamed again, becoming Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology.

Education

The ISUCT has a multi-level system of higher education: bachelor – 4 years, master – 2 years, post-graduate – 3–4 years, pre-university programs for foreign students – 1 year. ISUCT provides high-quality training in a wide range of engineering, technological, and natural sciences directions.
Today ISUCT is a team of highly qualified academic and research staff, including honored workers of science, of education and culture, laureates of state and government awards, honorary doctors and professors from leading European universities, honorary workers of higher professional education of the Russian Federation.

Campus

The university is located in seven buildings:
The university has 4 student hostels in a close proximity to the university buildings, a health and resort center, a country sport camp, cafes and canteens in all university buildings.

Student life

The university hosts a large number of events weekly. The most famous traditional student events are celebrations of Chemist's Day, concerts of Student Club, scientific conference "Fundamental Sciences for a Specialist of the New Century", etc.
The ISUCT offers students to realize their opportunities. The following organizations work at the university:
An association of talented ISUCT students, including dance groups, folklore ensembles, vocal groups, student theater, KVN team, etc. The Student Club was many times the winner of the regional amateur performances festival "The Students' Spring" and thus became a real leader among other higher schools of Ivanovo.
Numerous sport groups are very popular at the University. The students take part in various intramural and extramural sport events and often become their winners. Women's basketball team is a twice Student Basketball Association champion.
It carries out versatile esthetic education of the students and directs a varied programme of entertainment, visiting speakers, social and cultural events, discussion clubs,etc.

Research

Over the years of its existence the ISUCT has turned into a major center of fundamental and applied science. This was primarily promoted by the traditions laid down in different years by the founders of scientific schools and directions: N.N. Vorozhtsov, Ya.K. Syrkin, P.P. Budnikov, E.A. Shilov, K.B. Yatsimirsky, G.A. Krestov, V.P. Vasiliev, A.A. Spryskov, P.V. Moryganov, B.N. Melnikov, V.F. Borodkin, R.P. Smirnov, K.S. Krasnov, V.N. Kiselnikov, V.A. Shormanov, E.M. Rumyantsev, V.G. Melnikov and others. Today their scientific ideas are being continued and developed by leading scientists of the university, including honored scientists of the Russian Federation, honoured workers of the higher school of the Russian Federation, laureates of the prize of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation.
The ISUCT pays great attention to the development of youth research projects. In 2019, the ISUCT has received more than 30 patents for inventions and won over 20 grants. Young scientists of the ISUCT regularly win all-Russian and international competitions. In 2019, representatives of the university received one-twentieth of all scholarships of the President of Russia to study abroad.

Scientific infrastructure

The scientific infrastracture of ISUCT contains
The ISUCT publishes five scientific journals, three of which are included in the international scientific citation databases Web of Science and Scopus. All of them are included in the List of peer-reviewed scientific publications, in which the main scientific results of dissertations for the degree of candidate and doctor of science should be published.
This journal is the oldest scientific journal published at ISUCT: in 2018 it celebrated its 60th anniversary. The founder and the first chief editor was Professor K.B. Yatsimirsky. A specific feature of the journal is its wide profile which allows one to represent materials on chemistry and chemical technology in Russian and in English. Periodicity is 12 issues per year.
The journal Macroheterocycles has been published at ISUCT since 2008 on the initiative of a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Chemistry O.I. Koifman. The journal Macroheterocycles is a forum of the specialists studying macroheterocyclic compounds. It publishes original experimental and theoretical works and reviews on the synthesis, structure, physical and coordination chemistry of macroheterocycles as well as  on their practical application.
The journal publishes analytical reviews devoted to the problems of chemical science, technology and education, original papers and brief reports. Most issues of the journal are thematic and are devoted to a specific area of science or technology.
The Journal of the Russian Chemical Society was founded in 1869. The first editor was a Russian chemist, professor at the Imperial St. Petersburg University, corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences N.A. Menshutkin.
In 1956 the journal was renamed. The All-Union Chemical Society established the Journal of the All-Union Chemical Society named after D.I. Mendeleev edited by Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Doctor of Chemistry I.L. Knunyants. The journal was published in Moscow in the printing house of the "Goskhimizdat". In 1992 after the collapse of the USSR the All-Union Chemical Society ceased to exist, and since 1993 its edition was renamed to Russian Chemical Journal. Until 2013 the journal was published in Moscow and was edited by Academician of the RAS Yu.D. Tretyakov and Doctor of Chemistry, Professor of Moscow State University G.V. Lisichkin. In 2013 the rights for the publication of the Russian Chemical Journal were transferred to the Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology.
Regional supplementto the journal of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Modern high technologies.
The ISUCT handles foreign students since early 1950th due to either intergovernmental agreements or direct contracts. More than 4000 students study at the University. Number of foreign students is more than 200. Students from different countries studied at the university at different times. These are citizens of Angola, Belarus, China, Congo, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, etc. ISUCT is developing broad international contacts with universities and educational institutions of many countries of the world including Poland, Germany, Italy, Spain, China, Uzbekistan and others.

Faculties and departments

Inorganic Chemistry Department
Department of Analytical Chemistry
Physical and Colloidal Chemistry Department
Electrocemical Production Technology Department
Department of General Chemical Technology
Department of Industrial Ecology
Department of Technology of Ceramics and Nanomaterials
Department of Technology of Electronic Materials and Devices
Department of Technology of Inorganic Substances
Organic Chemistry Department
Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology
Department of Chemistry and Technology of Higher Molecular Compounds
Fine Organic Synthesis Technology Department
Department of Chemical Technology of Fibrous Materials
The Department of Processes and Apparatus of Chemical Engineering
Department of Technological Machinery and Equipment
The Department of Engineering Cybernetics and Automation
The Department of Information Technology and Digital Economy