Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
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The foundations of engineering education in Russia were laid by the Russian Tsar Peter the Great. The Polytechnic University is proud of bearing his name.
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, more habitually known in Russia and
abroad as the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, was founded in 1899 on the wave of economic and political successes of Russia. Founded more than 120 years ago SPbPU is now the major school of higher technical education in Russia. Today, the university has more than 33 thousand students studying under various educational programs; of those, 8500 are international students.
Today, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University has unique models and concepts of engineering education, participates in building new approaches towards reforming the economy and industry within the framework of Russia’s national technology initiative. It has been closely cooperating with global higher school leaders.
The University’s position of a world-class university is confirmed by its RAEX ranking: it has the 11th place among the top 100 Russia’s universities and the 47th place in the EECA University Rankings 2020. Our University has always been among the leaders of higher education – TOP-3 among Russian technical universities by number of international students.
Polytechnic University ranked 37th in TНE University Impact Rankings 2020. SPbPU takes the following positions at subject ratings: TOP-175 Computer Science, TOP-250 Engineering and Technology, TOP-250 Physical Sciences, TOP-300 business and economics, TOP-400 Education.
Polytechnic University ranks high in the global academic community. From year to year, the University expands its international partnership network. At present, it is partner with many academic institutions, research organizations and industrial companies in the field of education and science from all over the world: more than 520 partner universities from 70+ countries and over a
hundred world’s foremost companies have direct contracts with Polytechnic University. In the university there are more than 20 international research centers that are carrying out joint research together with Motorola, Microsoft, AT&T, Siemens, LG Electronics, Apple and other companies.
Research in the University makes up a significant part of its activity. For more than a century, the history and glory of Polytechnic University was created by the people who had taught and studied here, including Nobel Prize winners P.L. Kapitsa, N.N. Semyonov, Z.I. Alferov, famous physicists A.F. Ioffe, I.V. Kurchatov, A.A. Radzig, Y.B. Khariton, Constuctor General O.A.
Antonov, and many other talented and famous scientists. Deep integration of scientific research into the study process results in the high quality of academic programs provided by the University.
Our university is situated in one of the most beautiful cities in the world! The second largest city in Russia, St. Petersburg is rightfully called the cultural capital of Russia. A metropolitan city of five million people, it every year attracts nearly seven million tourists, of which about one half are foreign guests coming from all over the world.
We are happy to invite students from all countries to study at our university and benefit from its diverse educational programs, highly professional faculty, state-of-the-art laboratories and research and educational facilities, and enjoy living in our great city with its unique cultural destinations and opportunities.
