The department’s research work is performed in the following scientific areas:

• scientific and technical services for technical expertise;
• calculation of stopping distances of new rolling stock;
• developing documentation for technological processes;
• creating three-dimensional models of locomotive structures for mobile applications, electronic forms, distance learning;
• creating automated programs to regulate electricity consumption for electric rolling stock;
• implementing an integrated quality control system at a railway enterprise;
• creating a single database with a detailed analysis of failures;
• creating a hierarchical structure of quality control;
• developing recommendations to optimize the traffic timetable;
• etc.

Here students study for a Bachelor’s degree in 13.03.02 Electricity and Electrical Engineering, specialization Electric Transport; for a Specialist’s degree in 23.05.03 Railway Rolling Stock, specialization High-Speed Land Transport or specialization Electric Railway Transport; for a Master’s degree in 13.04.02 Electricity and Electrical Engineering, specialization Electric Transport or specialization High-Speed Land Transport.