Research Units, Labs and Centres
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The BSTU research activities are supported by 50 units, among them 8 applied research laboratories aimed to promote university-industry collaboration and to drive innovations.
Certified units:
- Certification body for woodworking equipment and tools
- R&D laboratory for fireproofing of building structures and materials
- Testing centre for woodworking equipment and tools
R&D laboratories and centres
- Centre for Physical and Chemical Investigation Methods
- Testing centre for woodworking equipment and tools
- R&D laboratory for petrochemistry
- R&D laboratory for wood chemistry
- R&D laboratory for bioengineering, chemical and mechanochemical treatment and processing of plant biomass
- Laboratory for structural, electrokinetic?? and physico-mechanical testing of pulp, paper and cardboard
- Laboratory for study of ski performance characteristics
- R&D laboratory for study of hydrochlorofluorocarbons and their sunsitutes;
Applied research laboratories:
- Tyre industry
- High technologies of pulp-and-paper and wood chemical industries; wood-based panels and plastics production
- Manufacturing processes of woodworking and furniture design
- Design, construction and maintenance of forest roads
- Forest protection
- Glass and glass-type materials
- Engineering centre for nanomaterials testing in petrochemical and industrial complex
- Glass and fibrous materials.
Innovation centres:
- Science and Technology Park (BSTU TechPark)
- International Information and Analytical Centre for Technology Transfer
- Technology and Innovation Support Centre
- Republican Centre for Applied Research in Petrochemical Technologies and Production
- Educational and Scientific-Practical Centre of Glass and Ceramics
- Corporate Management Centre
- Business Centre
- Research and Production Instrument Centre
- Laboratory for structural, electrokinetic?? and physico-mechanical testing? of? pulp, paper and cardboard
- Research and Education Centre for Aerospace Monitoring.
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Affiliated departments and scientific-educational production centres
The University has established 18 affiliated departments and 34 scientific-education production centres at the leading industrial enterprises of the country to promote university-industry collaborations and to drive innovations.
The affiliated departments aim to support the following activities:
- practical training of students;
- lecturing by industry professionals
- research work of students (incl. applied research)
- elaboration of proposals for revamping of technology and equipment
- counselling of industry professionals on innovations and technology
- scientific publications
- development of reference documents and software products
- reviewing and opponency activities
- internships and trainings
- professional development courses and retraining
- students’ recruitment.
In 2016, a BSTU Innovation Platform was created at the Hi-Tech Park of Belarus (Belarusian Silicon Valley). The platform acts as can affiliation department of the BSTU Information Technology Faculty. Students and teaching staff are given the opportunity to boost their professional development, to adopt best practices of IT industry, to develop their entrepreneurial and soft skills.
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