Rostov city. According to the inquiry of official website of Russian Don State Technical University, Don State Technical University is a Russian institution of higher learning in science and technology, which was founded in 1930 and located in Rostov. In 20 15, the Don State University of Technology merged with Rostov State University of Architecture and became one of the first "federal pillar universities" supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation with 1 1 national funds.