University was found as Belgorod Technological Institute of Building Materials according to Decision of USSR Council Minister dated by April 29, 1954 No.

797 and according to order of high and specialized secondary education Department USSR dated by June 15, 1970 No.

[2] By convention, the high-ranking guests from abroad plant trees on "Alley of friendship" ("Alleya Druzhby").

[3] BSTU signed the contract on cooperation in educational and scientific activity with Tianjin Foreign Studies University on October 24, 2014.

[4] BSTU named after Shukhov was ranked 55 in the list of best universities of CIS by rating agency RAEX.