Pryazovskyi State Technical University

Pryazovskyi State Technical University (Приазовський державний технічний університет) 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 the Mariupol Metallurgical Institute. From 1948 until 1989, it was the Zhdanov Metallurgical Institute. From 1989 – 1993, it again became the 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 has been State Higher Education Institution “Pryazovskyi State Technical University.” Some of the university's buildings were destroyed during the Siege of Mariupol in 2022.

Campuses and buildings
Block 1 houses University administration offices. It was built in 1910, designed by architect Victor Nilsen as an eparchial school. University blocks 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9, are arranged into a closed square campus. In total, the University includes 12 buildings located in the historical part of the City on Grecheskaia and Universytetska streets. Hostels and canteen are in Apatova Street.

Institutes and faculties
The University incorporates an In-Service Training and Continuous Education Institute, Mechanic and Transport Research Institute, Metallurgy and Welding Research Institute, Economy and Management Research Institute. PSTU has faculties in Humanities, Engineering and Pedagogy, Information Technologies, Engineering and Language Training for International Students, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, Welding, Transport Technologies, Economics and Power Engineering.

Notable alumni

 * Volodymyr Boyko – Hero of Ukraine recipient
 * Petro Shelest – member of Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, First Secretary of Central Committee of Communist Party of Ukraine, Hero of Socialistic Labour, Deputy of Supreme Council of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR)
 * Serhiy Taruta – Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO "Industrialnyi Soiuz Donbassa"