The department carries out its scientific and pedagogical activities in connection with the following scientific centers:

·  Technical universities of Braunschweig, Hanover, Essen, Duisburg, Hennigsdorf, Dresden, Aachen, Magdeburg, Dortmund, Erlangen-Nuremberg, and the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in the Federal Republic of Germany; the National Metrology Institute of Germany; the University of Cologne; the University of Rostock; the Brandenburg University of Technology; and the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Hanover).

·  The University of Orleans and the Grenoble Academy in France; the University of Aquila in Italy.

·  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, and the "Adeptrix" Research Nanometrology Laboratory in the United States.

·  Technical University of Poland and the Polish Metrology Society.

·  Moscow State Technical University, South Ural State University, Ulyanovsk State Technical University, the "Metrological Service" Research Institute, the Russian Academy of Metrology, the "Element" Research Institute, and Dagestan State University in the Russian Federation.

·  National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, the Institute of Extreme Hard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the Metrological Support Research and Production Institute of Ukraine.

·  State Technical University of Kazakhstan and Kazakh Agrotechnical University.

·  Middle East Technical University, Istanbul Technical University, Yıldız Technical University, "Hexagon Metrology" Turkey, the Turkish Standards Institute, the Turkish Metrology Institute, and Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey.

The staff of the department collaborates with the following scientific centers in the CIS countries.

·         "Mosstankin" State Technical University

·         Moscow State Technical University named after H.E.

·         South Ural State University

·         Ulyanovsk State University

·         Institute of Extreme Hard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

·         National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv

·         Georgian State Technical University 

The main purpose of these collaborations is to conduct research activities, participate in international scientific and technical conferences, and study the scientific and pedagogical activities of leading universities.