There is a post-graduate course in the University. Among the teaching staff of the University there are 44 Academicians and Corresponding members of the Russian Academies and New York International Academy. Distant education is carried out in many districts of the Altai Region. There are 14 faculties in our university. On graduation students receive degrees of Bachelor and diplomas of specialist. In the final year students write diploma papers and take state exams. Leading scientists of the University act as students scientific advisers. Student research work is a natural part of training. Students who study well get grants or stipends. Senior students have their practical training in different enterprises of Altai Region. After every session students have vacations – two weeks in winter and 2 months in summer. Student’s work is given a mark on a five point or fifty-point scale. Classes begin in September, they are over in June. Part-time and extra-mural students study for six years. The course of studies lasts for five years. After passing entrance exams successfully, students are enrolled into the University on the competitive basis. There are four forms of training in the University: full-time, part-time, extra-mural and distant. The studentbody of ASTU is over 11 thousand people. In 1992 the Polytechnic Institute was transformed into the University. In May 1965 the Institute was named after I.I. In 1959 it became the Altai Polytechnic Institute. It consisted of 2 faculties: the faculty of mechanical engineering and the faculty of agricultural engineering with a student-body of 360 people. Our university was founded in February 1942 on the basis of the Zаporozhye Engineering Institute. It is also the leading educational, scientific center of the Altai region. The Altai State Technological University (ASTU) is one of the largest higher institutions of our country. I.Word and word combinations to be remembered: