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The history of the university is inextricably connected with the history of Ternopil. Since the 1960’s the city has developed due to the construction of a significant number of industrial plants, including the Ternopil harvester plant, the VATRA Corporation, later – the plants “The Saturn” and “The Orion”. These plants as well as dozens of smaller companies required highly qualified engineers. Lviv Polytechnic was the closest technical university. Thus to ensure this requirement of specialists on November 11, 1960 Ternopil Technical Faculty of the Lviv Polytechnic Institute with with the extra-mural and evening forms of study was opened. This allowed the experienced workers to get higher education without leaving their job, and Ternopil gradually transformed into a student city. There are 4 faculties currently operating at the University: Faculty of Engineering of Machines, Structures and Technologies (FMT), Faculty of Applied Information Technologies and Electrical Engineering (FPT), Faculty of Computer Information Systems and Software Engineering (FIS), Faculty of Economics and Management (FEM). The 34 University departments carry out training of bachelors, specialists and masters in 28 programs and 19 majors. The annual licensed admission number of full-time students amounts to 3088 people. University also incorporates such establishments as Technical Lyceum, Technical College, Husiatin College, and Zboriv College. This adds up to a total of approximately 5000 undergraduates, masters and PhD students who are all working towards higher-degree qualifications at the University. Technical and structural asset base of Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University consists of 11 educational and research buildings with a total area of almost 60 thousand square meters. There are 6 dormitories, a number of gyms, student cafeterias and buffets, as well as rooms for creative development and art activities. Since 2012, students have participated in Double Degree Programs. All the university students have the opportunity to participate in the academic mobility programmes in Poland, Germany, the UK, France and the USA. Currently, 30 students study under Double Master’s Degree Programme at the Lublin University of Technology (Poland), one student studies at the Opole University of Technology, and two students study under Ukrainian-German Double Degree Programme for the Bachelor’s degree at the University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden (Germany). Moreover, the university students studied at Glyndŵr University (Wrexham, Wales, UK). One postgraduate student undertook training and two students studied for their Master’s Degree at the International Higher School of Computer Science and Information Technology (Cergy, France). The academic mobility programme «Polish Erasmus for Ukraine and Erasmus +» was implemented at TNTU. 14 university students study at 7 Polish universities under this programme International educational centres, including: Regional Networking Academy CISCO (USA, 1999); Certification Centre VUE (2000); Regional Training Centre Schneider ЕІесtrіс (France, 2000); Microsoft IT Academy (USA, 2002); Authorized training centre ASCON (Russia, 2002); Training Centre QNX Software Systems (Canada, 2003); Training Center SUN Microsystems (USA, 2004); IBM Training Center (USA, 2006); University program STMicroelectronix (Switzerland, 2007); Business Institute СІSСО (USA, 2008); Authorized Training Centre of D-Link Company (Taiwan, 2010), Training centre C++ (2014). Program “Apollo” (Germany, 2010), the association “German Farmers’ Assossiation” (Germany), “Agroimpuls” (Switzerland) conduct training for TNTU students. Student self-government of the university has its own traditions. Due to it public life is full of bright events. Students have and stand up for their civic stance, particularly during the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity. Stepan Stefurak, a 3rd year student of Faculty of Economics and Management, died on September 22, 2014, defending Ukraine’s independence in fights in the village of Pisky near Donetsk airport. In his honor, the university opened a commemorative plaque and arranged an audience. The University fully implements modern trends in higher education development, satisfies region’s need in highly qualified professionals, and acts as a center of science and culture.