Ufa State Petroleum Technological University (USPTU) is one of leading technical universities training specialists for the fuel-and-energy complex of Russia. Founded in 1948, the university has trained over 100 000 engineers in demand on the Russian and international job markets. The university offers training programs in all fields of oil and gas industry: from exploration, development and operation of oil and gas fields, oil and gas transportation, storage, refining and marketing to petroleum enterprise economics and management. USPTU has 3 branches in Sterlitamak, Salavat and Oktyabrsky cities. The university’s structure comprises 7 faculties, 2 institutes, pre-university training, Russian language school, postgraduate and doctoral training departments. Today USPTU has around 18 000 students from 56 regions of the Russian Federation and 47 foreign countries. The university offers more than 100 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs, 29 postgraduate and 5 doctoral programs.