Institute of Geology
and Petroleum Technologies
Classical university education
Modern technologies of
 Geology
 Geophysics
 Petroleum technologies
 Engineering geology studies
 Hydrogeology and ecology
KFU Points of growth
One of the main drivers for innovation development at KFU
-oil recovery, oil refinery and petroleum chemistry
Why Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies
-Best professors in geology related sciences
-Best infrastructure
-Best science and study laboratories
Our partners are leading Universities and E&P Companies both from
Russia and other countries.
Training programs
Bachelor degree
Master degree
Period of training – 4 years
Full-time studies
Period of training – 2 years
Full-time studies
Geology (020700)
• geology
• ecological geology
• geochemistry
• geophysics
• geology and geochemistry of fossil fuels
• hydrogeology and engineering geology
Oil and Gas Engineering (131000)
• state-of-the-art geophysical technologies of
hydrocarbon deposit exploration and surveying
• promising geoinformation technologies in
geology and geophysics
• oil and gas geology and geochemistry
• oil and gas engineering
• high-viscosity oils and mineral tars development
Supplementary education
Supplementary Education, Quality Management and Marketing Centre offers
training, retraining and advanced training programs for a wide range of
specialists working in oil and gas companies
Offers long-term (>500 hours) and shortterm (72-100 hours) training programs in:
- Geology
- Geophysics
- Geodesy
- Petroleum studies
Our center is ready to develop
supplementary
education
(training,
retraining
and
advanced
training)
programs for employees and consumers
of services and technologies.
3D GeoCenter
Creation of 3D Geological and Hydrodynamic models
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY N.A. ACADEMICIAN A.A. TROFIMUK
The department staff (5 Doctors of Science in Geology and
Mineralogy, 2 associate professors, a senior teacher and 4
assistants) trains geologists, preparing them for future work at
enterprises involved in oil and gas industry. Graduates of the
department work in various regions of our country, as well as in
Canada, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Spain, etc.
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY
Today the department has 17 faculty
members including 3 Doctors of Science and
8 Candidates of Science.
The main specialties are hydrochemistry,
engineering geology and geodynamics,
geology of nonmetallic raw materials.
The department has laboratories of
• General Geology,
• Hydrogeochemistry,
• Hydrogeology,
• Soil Science and Soil Mechanics.
The department assisted in setting up the
Educational Center of Engineering,
Geological and Geophysical studies as well
as R&D Laboratory of X-Ray Computer
Tomography.
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF GEOPHYSICS AND GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
5 Doctors of Science and 6 Associate Professors are
involved in R&D and teaching activities at the
department.
The department includes:
• R&D seismic center;
• Educational seismic laboratory;
• Educational geoelectrical prospecting laboratory;
• Educational laboratory of petro-physics and
nuclear physics;
• Laboratory of remote sensing;
• Laboratory of paleomagnetism;
• Educational laboratory of geo-informational
technologies.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOPHYSICS AND GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
The department employs 13 faculty members including 3 Doctors of Science and 7
Candidates of Science.
Main scope of activities – Subsurface geology and mineral resources of the VolgaUral region.
The department holds petrographic and mineragraphic classes, laboratory of X-ray
and electron-microscopic analysis, laboratory of spectral analysis.
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY
Micro-paleontological laboratory, under this department, provides the solutions for biostratigraphic issues in Russian and foreign geologic companies and constantly expands the
scope of stratigraphic research, the scale of fauna groups and international project
cooperation.
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY AND LITHOLOGY
One of the oldest departments at University,
founded in 1840. At present, its faculty includes 4
doctors of science and 3 candidates of science. The
department has laboratories of electron and nuclear
magnetic resonance, radiography, electron optical
spectroscopy and luminescence, thermography,
lithological laboratory, mineral and crystallographic
classes.
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF HIGH-VISCOSITY OIL AND MINERAL TARS
Bachelors are trained in the following
specialties: “Petroleum business” and “Geology”
with concentration in “Prospecting for high-viscosity
oil and natural bitumen” in the following areas:
1. Projecting processes of complex prospecting
for high-viscosity oil and natural bitumen;
2. Extraction of high-viscosity oil and natural
bitumen and their processing into synthetic
oil, production of petrochemical products and
bitumen materials;
3. Non-linear wave mechanics in technologies of
complex prospecting for high-viscosity oil and
natural bitumen;
4. Nanotechnologies of composite;
5. Petroleum technologies and gasochemistry.
GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Geology museum named after
A.Shtukenberg at Kazan Federal
University is one of the oldest and
profuse natural science museums in
Russia.
The present collection fund at the
museum (400,000 items) includes
the units of mineralogy,
crystallography, paleontology,
historic geology, fauna of the Ice
Age, oil geology, geodynamic
processes and human evolution.
FIELD TRIPS AND INTERNSHIP
We feel the spirit of the Earth
OUR GRADUATES
Контакты
CONTACTS
WWW.KPFU.RU
The Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies
420008, Kazan, 4/5 Kremlyovskaya
Director: Nurgaliev Danis
Phone: (843)231-51-61, (843)292-82-67 E-mail: geofac@ksu.ru
Deputy director for marceting: Chucmarov Ildys
Phone: (843)233-79-70 E-mail: chukmarov@mail.ru, cdogeo@ksu.ru
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