Pryazovskyi State Technical University

About Pryazovskyi State Technical University

According to Wikipedia, Pryazovskyi State Technical University is a Ukrainian university in Mariupol. It is one of the oldest universities in the Donetsk Oblast. History PSTU was founded in November 1930 as a professional training school for the workers of ILYICH Iron & Steel Works. In 1933 it became Mariupol Metallurgical Institute. From 1948 until 1989 it was Zhdanov Metallurgical Institute. From 1989 – 1993 it again became Mariupol Metallurgical Institute. The Postgraduate Department was established in 1960. In 1993 PSTU received university status via Resolution no. 956 and became Pryazovskyi State Technical University. Since 2009 its official name is State Higher Education Institution “Pryazovskyi State Technical University”. Some of the university's buildings were destroyed during the Siege of Mariupol in 2022.