Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building was founded in 1952. Today it is one of the biggest, wide ranging specialized institutions and leading Russian schools of higher education on fundamental and scientific problems in the field of architecture and construction. Presently TSUAB ranks second among Civil Engineering Universities of Russia, giving way only to Moscow State University of Civil Engineering.

TSUAB was accredited by the Russian International Accreditation Board at MEng Level for the following specialities: "Industrial and Civil Engineering - ICE (2903)" and "Automobile Roads and Aerodromes Engineering - ARAE (2910)", and recognized by the Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) in 2004. The University is a member of the Association of European Civil Engineering Faculties (AECEF) since March, 2007.

There are 101 professors, DScs, and 315 candidates of science, PhDs inclusive. The total number of full and part time students is more than 12 000. The number of instructors and personnel is 1497. Teaching and research are carried out at 44 departments staffed with more than 600 lecturers (43 departments are headed by the professors).

Within the structure of TSUAB there are 6 Institutes - Institute of Non - stop education that has a right to conduct license training and professional certification of managers and specialists from various construction and municipal plants or firms, Institute of Distance Education, Research Institute of Building Materials, Institute of Forestry, Institute of Geoinformation Technologies and Land Register, Institute of Independent Expertise in Construction, 2 international centers for training specialists, 3 scientific councils on 7 specialties (road building machinery, building materials and items, technology and organization of industrial and civil construction, hydrogeology, etc ) and 5 scientific laboratories.

A multilevel system of education is performed in the University. Graduates of it can get

a) specialist's degree in 22 programs (the course lasts 5 years, but Faculty of Architecture - 6) A diploma of a specialist is awarded after the course graduation;

b) bachelor's degree in construction techniques and technology (the course lasts 4 years). A diploma of a Bachelor is awarded after the course graduation;

c) master's degree in 17 programs of construction techniques and technology (the course lasts 6 years). A diploma of a Master is awarded after the course graduation.

The programs include all major streams of architecture and construction, such as architecture of dwelling houses and social buildings, industrial and civil construction, production of building materials, heat and gas supply systems, ventilation, water supply and sewage systems, nature resources saving, highways and bridges construction, lifting gear, construction and road machines, construction management.

Postgraduate programs provide training in 24 specialities: theory of architecture and town building, building materials and goods, technology and organization of industrial and civil engineering, road building machinery, construction mechanics, bridge and tunnel construction, hydrogeology, water supply and sewage system, construction and road machines and equipment, engineering geology, physics of solid substances and others.

Training in the Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
is carried out at eleven faculties, including:

Faculty of Civil Engineering. and its specialities:
Industrial and Civil Engineering
Urban Construction and Economy
Building Materials, Items and Structures Production
Expertise and Real Estate Management

Faculty of Architecture and its specialities:
Architecture Design of architectural environment
Restoration and reconstruction of architectural heritage

Faculty of Road Building and its specialities:
Bridges and Transport Tunnels
Automobile Roads and Aerodromes Construction
Engineering Safety of Environment

Faculty of Machinery and its specialities:
Automobiles and Automobile economy
Mechanization and Automation of Construction
Lifting Gear, Construction and Road Machines
Machinery and Equipment of Forestry Complex
Technology of wood processing

Faculty of Ecological Engineering and its specialities:
Heat and Gas Supply, Ventilation
Water Supply and Sewage Systems
Safety of Technological Processes

Faculty of Management in Economics and its specialities
Economics and Management in Construction
Economics and Management at the Urban Enterprises
Economics and Management at the Enterprises of Forestry

Faculty of Geoinformation Technologies and Land Register and its departments:
Geodesy
Geoinformatics and Land Register

Faculty of Basic Education and its departments:
Physics
Chemistry
English Language
German and French Languages
Higher Mathematics
Applied Mathematics
History of Russia
Philosophy
Theoretical Mechanics
Physical Training

Faculty of Technical Education (college)

Faculty of preparation to enter the University

Extra - Mural Faculty

Tomsk is considered to be a students city because there are six universities here but it's more famous for its wooden architecture and that's why the architectural forum of 2005 became the key event for the city. About 400 participants from home and foreign architectural high schools took an active part in these events. The staff, the students of TSUAB and Paolo Del Bianco, President of the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation (Italy) were among the organizers of that forum.

TSUAB cooperates with Institute of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), Wentworth Institute of Technology (USA), Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation (Italy), Higher Building College (Bulgaria), Ulsan university (Southern Korea), Brandenburg Technological University (Germany), University of Karlsruhe (TH, Germany), German - Russian Academy for cultural and scientific exchange (Bremen e.v., Germany), Senior Experts Service (Germany), DAAD (Germany), Microfaser - Repro GmbH (Germany) and some foreign construction firms.

The campus of TSUAB includes 10 study buildings and laboratories, a scientific library housing 64000 books, students halls of residence for 2500 persons, recreation centre, refectory. There are some gyms, a shooting gallery, a set of sport grounds, which makes it possible for students to go in for sports activities in the sports centre.