▁Loc ated ▁in ▁several ▁buildings ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁district ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁it ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁regional ▁core ▁univers ities . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁university ▁has ▁ 5 ▁fac ult ies ▁( t our ism ▁and ▁service , ▁econom ics ▁and ▁management ▁processes , ▁environmental ▁engineering , ▁so cio - ped agog ical , ▁legal ), ▁University ▁of ▁Econom ics ▁and ▁Technology ▁College . ▁There ▁are ▁ 2 2 ▁depart ments , ▁including ▁ 2 ▁basic ▁depart ments , ▁ 1 9 ▁educational ▁and ▁scientific ▁labor ator ies , ▁a ▁legal ▁clin ic , ▁educational ▁and ▁training ▁cent ers ▁for ▁students ▁studying ▁hotel ▁and ▁restaurant ▁business ▁- ▁“ S olar ▁Wind ” ▁and ▁“ At oll ”, ▁the ▁Russian ▁Language ▁Center , ▁etc . ▁The ▁total ▁number ▁About ▁ 7 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁are ▁en rolled ▁in ▁higher ▁and ▁secondary ▁voc ational ▁education ▁programs ▁in ▁all ▁forms ▁of ▁training ▁( t aking ▁into ▁account ▁the ▁branch ▁in ▁An apa ), ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁them ▁are ▁studying ▁under ▁the ▁b ach elor ' s ▁programs . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁University ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁in ▁accord ance ▁with ▁the ▁Dec ree ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁Minister s ▁of ▁the ▁USS R ▁dated ▁March ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁No . ▁ 3 8 8 ▁On ▁the ▁organization ▁in ▁So chi ▁of ▁an ▁educational ▁and