Short History
Belgorod Technical Institute of Building Materials was founded in 1970. In 1994 it became Belgorod State Technical Academy of Building Materials (BelSTABM). At present the Academy is a large specialised institution. By the nomenclature of division types, degree courses, faculties and laboratories it is the only institution of the type not only a Russia but in Europe as well.

In October 1999 at the Embassy of Great Britain the rector of BelSTABM, professor Ivakhnjuk V.A. was awarded a certificate on international moderation for two degree courses. The Committee of the European Council of Civil Engineers was responsible for the moderation. The experts of the Great Britain Institution of Civil Engineers were members of the Committee. From now on BelSTABM is a full member of the international educational system officially. The quality of training is recognized corresponding to the master degree quality of the European institutions.

Academic Staff
The academic staff is represented by 496 highly qualified instructors, 53 % of them have scientific degrees & titles. There are 60 doctors of science & professors.

Professor Iija Germanovna Luginina, D.Sc. (Engineering), Honorary Worker of higher vocational education of the Russian Federation, honoured Science Worker of the Russian Federation is the head of the scientific body conducting researches ac-knowledged in the whole of the world. She is the leader of the scientific school developing non - traditional methods of new binding agents synthesis, special types of cements, effective methods of admixtures neutralization & sub - standard raw materials complex treatment. The discovered theoretical mechanisms became the basis for development of a large number of new materials & technologies, including low power - intensive technology of non - explosive destruction agent production causing object static destruction without blast wave.

Heating technological intensification of high - temperature processes, energy - and resources saving forms the scientific trend headed by prof. Victor Kornejevich Klas-sen, D.Sc. (Engineering), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Taking into account the features of the raw materials basis of Russia they developed low power - intensive method of cement production which allows to use manufacture products of various branches of industry.

A group of scientists headed by professor Villen Alexejevich Ivakhnjuk, Vitalii Ivanovich Kolchunov, Alexander Gavrilovich Yurjev, Bronislav Grigorjevich Morgun developed a theory of deformation & structural synthesis of buildings ferroconcrete spatial structures and engineering structures including reconstruction conditions. On this basis they proposed a number of new energy - and resources saving structures for unique structures & mass construction: sunk pipe well systems, three - layers energy - saving wall panels and large wall blocks, multi - purpose and quickly erected buildings, effective foundation block structures, roof & overlap plates, new designs for reconstruction of the first mass series residential houses.

The head of another scientific trend - milling engineering and technology - is an academician of the Academy of Quality Control, Honoured Inventor of RF, professor Bogdanov Vasilii Stepanovich. New in the main in essence plants were designed under his guidance. It decreases energy consumption for cement grinding by 20 - 30 %. Submicron powders for the most up - to - date technologies of building engineering were made by the method of treatment in opposite flow jet - explosion unit.

The tendencies of binding agent system development in the XXIst century determine a new class of without burning refractory materials on the basis of high - concentrated ceramic binding agent suspensions. The materials were made under the guidance of an academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering Sciences, professor Yuri Efimovich Pivinsky.

Departmental Resources
The book fund consists of 600 thousand books, 255900 scientific books and 198347 textbooks including. The book acquisitions cover all degree courses of the Academy.

The methods of individual and group service are used. The library total area is 2000 sq.m. There are 167 seats in the reading halls. The automated library systems "Biblioteka 4" and "Liber Media" are used. There is an electronic catalogue (15 thousand entries) and a local Internet.

Scientific laboratories & classes are equipped with modern equipment. There are more than 400 modern computers.

Research Programmes
Research work administration organises scientific work at the Academy. It unites scientific groups of 42 sub - faculties, 30 scientific - research laboratories, innovation structures. More than 75% of the total volume of the researches of the Academy is carried out by the orders of the enterprises of building material industry & con-struction.

Basic research trends:

1. Rubanov V.G. The Elements of the System of Automatic Control & Testing: Text-book.- Kijev: Vizhcha Shkola, 1990.- 470 p.

2. Kuznetsov V., Kazikayev D., Gladkov D. En efficient technology to manufacture products of fine concretes/ Deutshland, Weimar. 11 International conference on building materials and silicates.-1991.-4 p..

3. Rakhimbajev Sh.M. Plugging stone corrosion. -M.:Publishing House "Nedra", 1993.- 480 p.

4. Klassen V.K. Cement clinker burning.-Krasnojarsk, 1994.-323p.

5. Luginina I.G., Konovalov V.M. Sub - standard raw material cement.-Novocherkassk, 1994.-233 p.

6. Luginina I.G., Sheremetjev Yu.G. Examples of ecologically pure non - explosive destruction agent use for reconstruction//Report thesis, 12 International conference on building materials.- Weimar, September 22-24, 1994.- 9p.

7. Pawlenko V.I, Kiriyak I.I. Radiation protecting polimer composite material//Enform-Annual meeting and nuclear technology.: FRG.- Stuttgart.- 1994.-p?.170-183.

8. Lesowik V S Zum Problem der Forschung des System «Mensch-Stoff-Unwelt»//12 Ibausil: Internationale Baustofftagung.-Weimar, 1994.- pp.7-12.

9. Klassen V.K. Zum theoretischen Warmebodarf des Zementbrennens Interna-tionale Baustoftagung, Ibausil, Weimar, 1997.

10. Barbanyagre V.D. Clinker formation in highsilikate Lowtemperature melt//Proccedings of the ? International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement.-?oteborg.- 1997.- 4?.

11. Evtushenko E.I., Rubanov V.K., Starostina I.V.Some aspects of testing of techno-logical properties of mineral raw materials and industrial wastes// Ecology of con-struction and buildings & structures use: Report thesis of Russian - Ireland scientific - technical seminar.- Limerick (Ireland), October,1997. -M.: p.p.39-41.

12. Pavlenko V.I. Chemical thermodynamics: Manual: Publishing House "Vizhchaja shkola", 1998.- 431 p.

13. Kolchunov V.I. / Methods of structure calculation for reconstruction of buildings & erections/Uzvestija vuzov. Construction.- 1998.-N 4-5.

14. Rudychev A.A. Building materials competitiveness increase.- S-P.: Publishing House "Chemistry", S-P. department.-1998.- 288 p.

15. Korsunov N.I. Algorithms of self - organization & dynamics models: Nauka.- 1998.-352 p. 16. Ivakhnyuk V.A. Construction & design of underground & put - in - depth structures.-?.: Publishing House ACB.- 1999.-418 p.

17. Kolchunov V.I., Panchenko L.A. Calculation of compound thin - walled structures: Publishing House ACB.- 1999.- 376 p.

18. Yurjev A.G. Bio - structures formation principles application for construction prop-erties materials making// Proceedings of V Academic Readings PAABM "Up - to - date Problems of Building Materials Engineering".-Voronezh: VGASA, 1999.-p.613-615.

19. Genijev G.A., Klujeva N.V., Kolchunov V.I. Determination of rod systems ferro-concrete elements curvatures by dynamic effects// Report, VII Russian - Poland Seminar "Theoretical basis of construction".- ?.-S-P, 1999.

20. Ivakhnyuk V.A., Sukharev A.A., Kolchunov V.I. and others. Construction Complex Quality - Means of the Problems Solution//Bulletin on civil construction engineering - 1999.-N5.- pp. 30-31.