Courses in English

Chair of Architecture, Building Units and Geotechnics

1) Special Features of Russian Building Stock

2) Wooden Architecture in Karelia

3) Kizhi Ensemble - a Unique Monument of Wooden Architecture

4) Restoration and Renovation of Kizhi Monument in Karelia

Chair of Water-Supply, Hydraulics and Water Drain

1) Groundwater of Karelia. Karelian Ground Water Quality. Use of Ground Water in Karelia

2) Wastewater Treatment of Communities and Industry in Russia and Karelia

3) Handling, Utilization and Final Displacement of Waste Water Sludge in Russia and Karelia

4) Water and Wastewater Systems of Karelia. Water and Wastewater Treatment in Russia and Karelia. Waterworks of Petrozavodsk

5) Water and Wastewater Treatment

Title: Water and Wastewater Treatment (7, 5 ECTS)
Responsible person: Maria Zaitseva (Lecturer)
Other information: To familiarize the student with the unit operations of water and wastewater treatment used in communities and industry
Content description:
Water and wastewater systems of Karelia. Water and wastewater treatment in Russia and Karelia. Waterworks of Petrozavodsk. Biological, chemical and mechanical treatment methods, design practice and control of water and wastewater treatment. Handling, utilization and final displacement of waste water sludge. Wastewater treatment of communities and industry.

6) Introduction to the Environmental and Socio-economical Issues of the Barents Region

Title: Introduction to the Environmental and Socio-economical Issues of the Barents Region (2 ECTS)
Responsible person: Maria Zaitseva (Lecturer)
Other information: To provide an introduction to the Karelia, including history and culture, and clarify the main environmental and socio-economic incentives to the need of the Barents environmental engineering programme
Content description:
Introduction to the environmental profile of the Karelia, industry and infrastructure, people and cultures. Presentation of the Petrozavodsk state university. History of the international cooperation between PetrSU and the areas along the coast of the Barents Sea.

Chair of Construction Management

1) Governmental Structure in Russia. Russian Federalism. Regional and Local Public Administration

2) Budgeting in Russia. Taxes

3) Economy of Karelia. Structure, Problems, Strategy

4) Crisis in Russia and Karelia. Main Effects and Forecasts

5) Business in Russia (Karelia). Problems and Main Trends

6) Civil Construction Market in Russia and Karelia

7) Development of Tourism in Karelia

8) Transport and Infrastructure in Karelia. Main Transit Routes and Transport Nodal Point

Chair of computer aids design

1) Numerical Methods in Engineering Applications

Timing: 3rd year
Objective: The objective of this course is to introduce engineering applications of numerical methods and to overview the computational approaches while solving engineering problems of basic types.
Learning Outcomes: After completion of the course, the student will be better equipped to understand the basic numerical methods and to apply these methods to particular engineering problems. The students will be familiarized with how to analyze and computationally solve such problems through the programming environment of SciLab.
Contents: Topics covered include: nonlinear equations, systems of linear equations, eigenvalue problem, interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, solution of differential equations. The discussed applications include examples from mechanics.
Working methods: Lectures, computer laboratory activities, four home tutorials per course.
Assessment methods: Lectures and laboratory exercises participation, tutorial results presentations, and exams.
Grading: 2-5
Prerequisites: It is expected that before taking this course students have fundamental understanding of Linear Algebra and Strength of Materials.
Responsible person: Marina Rakovskaya