Университеты мира. 2

Read the article about Tomsk Polytechnic University. Choose the best word (A, B, or C) for each space (1–8). The first one is done for you.

Tomsk Polytechnic University

Each 8th in Tomsk is a student, that's why very often Tomsk is called a students' town. The Polytechnical Institute alone (1) _A__ more than 22000 students and turns out more than 2000 engineers a year. At first it was called Technological Institute. In 1991 the Institute got the status of the University.

The University includes 8 (2) ___, 8 institutes, 3 research institutes and more than 70 scientific-research centres and laboratories. More than 22000 students are (3) ___ in TPU, the teaching staff includes more than 1400 (4) ___, among them 230 D.Sc. and professors. Engineers are educated in 82 specializations, (5) ___ in 25 lines and (6) ___ in 20 programmes.

There are about 20 buildings which the students have at their disposal, various labs equipped with high-precision instruments and automation devices, computer centres with all generations of computers, experimental shops with up-to-date installations and tools. The students (7) ___ research in students' scientific societies and design bureaus.

Now the TPU is going through the constructional rush. All the teaching blocs are being renovated and redesigned to be comfortable and to meet the needs of the students.

There is Foreign Language Department at the TPU. Much attention is paid to language learning. Groups of promoted students in language are formed to participate in experimental classes. Nowadays there are more prospects for the Polytechnic (8) ___ to go abroad to (9) ___ their language and communicative (10) ___. Many bright Russian specialists are invited to work abroad.