Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) is the major technical university in Belarus. History 1920 — establishment of Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute on the basis of a Minsk Polytechnic school. 1922 — reorganised in Belarusian State Institute of Agriculture. 1933 — Belarusian Polytechnic Institute after adjunction of Horki Institute of Land Amelioration and Minsk Institutions of Peat, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Food Industry. 1991 — Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy. 1997 — granted a leading engineering educational institution status in Belarusian educational system. 2002 — Belarusian National Technical University. Faculties Automotive and Tractor Mining Engineering and Engineering Ecology Mechanical Engineering Mechanics and Technology Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship Power Engineering Information Technologies and Robotics Management Technologies and Humanitarization Soligorsk branch Engineering and Pedagogy Power Plant Construction and Engineering Services Architectural Civil Engineering Instrumentation Engineering Transport Communications Military and Technical Sports and Technical International Institute of Distance Education Notable alumni Vyacheslav Kebich, Prime-Minister of Belarus (1991–1994) Gennady Novitsky, Prime-Minister of Belarus (2001–2003) Gennadi Gagulia, Prime-Minister of Abkhazia (1995–1997, 2002–2003, 2018) References External links Official Website University news i.bntu.by – Applicant Navigator Universities in Minsk Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union Educational institutions established in 1920 1920 establishments in Belarus