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1950 — Murmansk Higher Marine School is founded. It includes Navigation Faculty and Marine Engineering Faculty.
1956 — The first building of the university campus is constructed.
1967 — Electrical Engineering Faculty becomes part of MHMS.
1968 — The Department of Postgraduate Studies is established.
1969 — Murmansk Higher Marine School becomes Murmansk Higher Engineering Marine School (MHEMS).
1971 — First international students (from Asia and Africa) are enrolled at Marine Engineering Faculty.
1975 — Murmansk Higher Engineering Marine School is awarded the honorary name of Lenin Komsomol.
1980 — Faculty of Fish Products Technology is created.
1991 — MHMES becomes the owner of the tall ship “Sedov”.
1992 — Murmansk Higher Marine Engineering School is reorganized and gets a new name — Murmansk State Fishing Fleet Academy (MSFFA). This enables the establishment of “non-marine” faculties.
1993 — The new development strategy is adopted. MSFFA is aimed at training students for new industry sectors, apart from the marine sector.
1994 — Murmansk Marine College is created and becomes a unit of Murmansk State Fishing Fleet Academy.
1995 — Marine Engineering Faculty and Electrical Engineering Faculty are accredited by London International Royal Institute of Marine Engineers. Their certificates are acknowledged in Europe.
1996 — Murmansk State Fishing Fleet Academy is reorganized into Murmansk State Technical University. Its education and research areas broaden. The University branch in Apatity is created together with Kola Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences.
1997 — Faculty of Finance is established.
1998 — Faculty of Law is established.
2000 — Faculty of World Economy and International Relations is established.
2002 — Faculty of Biology is established. MSTU Marine Academy is founded. It includes Navigation Faculty, Marine Engineering Faculty and Faculty of Advanced Training. Electrical Engineering Faculty is reorganized into Polytechnic Faculty. Faculty of Management and Economics and Faculty of Finance merge into Faculty of Economics.
2003 — MSTU joins the Bologna Process.
2005 — Distance Learning Institute is founded.
2006 — President’s Retraining Program is launched at MSTU for small and medium business managers as well as managers of public enterprises with practical training in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and other European countries.
2007 — The University Board of Trustees is created including representatives of Regional Construction Department, Housing Service and Utilities, the city administration and leading companies.
2010 — MSTU celebrates the 60th anniversary.
2011 — Tall ship “Sedov” celebrates its 90th anniversary.
Norrbotten chairmanship of the Barents Regional Council 2011-2013 jointly with the Barents Reunion 2012 organizes a brainstorming to formulate a vision of the future of the Barents region from a young person’s perspective. Those of you who are interested in attending this event are invited to participate in the Youth Workshop
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Traditionally Barents Youth Conference 2012 is taking place in Hammerfest from 20th to 22nd of April. It is planned to gather 80-100 students from the Barents region
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April 20 -22 The Barents Sea Youth conference was held in Hammerfest (Norway)
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March 28 and 29 the kick-off meeting within the new YIE project (Young Innovative Entrepreneurs)was held in Tornio, Finland. The project is aimed at establishing the support system for developing and implementing innovative business ideas for young entrepreneurs in the Barents Region
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The aim of this visit was strengthening cooperation between our universities and discussing further partnership prospects
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March 16, 2012 the delegation headed by the rector of Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences, Mr. Martti Lampella paid a visit to the rector of Murmansk State Technical University. During the meeting areas of cooperation and the possibility of signing a bilateral agreement were actively discussed
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The regular session of the Rectors Forum of the Barents Cross Border University was held on March 13, 2012 in Rovaniemi (Finland). The main aim at the meeting of the heads of the Finnish and Russian universities was the discussion of moderm challenges that participating universities face, progress report for 2011, as well as summarizing interim results of project efficiency internal evaluation and negotiating further strategies of cooperation development
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