Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University) was founded on 17 April 1930 by academician Ivan Gubkin. Today Gubkin University is the leading university in Russia in oil and gas sphere. Since 2008, a rector of Gubkin University is D.Sc., Professor Victor G. Martynov. The University provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs, and employer-sponsored training . There are more than 250 additional professional education programs, 19 bachelor, 11 master and 3 specialist degree programs. Additionally, there are 17 postgraduate training programs for teaching staff. 6 educational graduate programs are implemented in collaboration with foreign universities. The total number of students including branches is more than 10,000 people. About 60% of the students are trained and supported from the federal budget. The university educates 1,300 foreign students from 56 countries, including China, Vietnam, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus. Gubkin University has 12 faculties, a military training center, a campus of 5 multistorey buildings for 4176 accommodation places and 2 recreation centers in Tver region and Crimea. It has 2 educational branches in Orenburg, Russia, and in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan. Teaching staff consists of 810 people. During 2015 Gubkin University academic staff have published 1315 scientific articles indexed in Russian and foreign databases of peer-reviewed literature, and 3 educational standards were developed. The University is a member of six technological platforms (coordinator of the "Production Technologies and Use of Hydrocarbons" platform) and 6 innovation and R&D programs for companies. There are 13 small innovation enterprises with 400 employees and more than 700 million RUB executed orders in 2015. The University is a part of a consortium created together with MIPT, Moscow State University, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and a business pa...