The Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building (Russian: Томский государственный архитектурно-строительный университет) is located in Tomsk, Russia. The university was founded in 1952 as the Tomsk Institute for Preparation of Construction Engineers. In 1953 the name was changed to the Tomsk Institute of Engineering and Building (TISI). In 1993, the school became the Tomsk State Academy of Architecture and Building (TGASA). In 1997, the school was renamed the Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building (TGASU). The university is accredited by the Russian State Building Department and two of its majors are accredited by the Institution of Civil Engineers in the United Kingdom. The Rector of the university is Mikhail Ivanovich Slobodskoi. TGASU has satellite campuses in Strezhevoi, Belovo, Leninsk-Kuznetsk, Asino, and the village of Parabel.