Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University

Polytechnic University in Saint-Petersburg (Russia), also known in Russia and abroad as Polytechnical Institute, was founded in 1899. In 2010 SPbPU gained the status "National Research University”.

For its more than century history the University has proved its right to be called a world-wide leader in the field of higher education. Currently it also remains at the leading positions in the rating of Russian engineering higher educational institutions. The University is carrying out education in the following areas: engineering, physics, economics, humanities and information technologies.

From the beginning Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University is one of the Russia’s largest and most respected institutions of higher education and scientific research centers. Research in the University makes up a significant part of its activity. This helped its professors, students and graduates to make a number of great inventions and discoveries. Here are only some of them:

• In 1908 the world’s first diesel submarine was built.
• In 1915 the world’s first gas mask was created.
• In 1939 the T-34 tank, which was recognized as the best tank of the 2^nd Great World War, was designed by the graduate of Polytechnic University.
• In 1959 for the first time in the history photos of the back side of the Moon were taken with an active participation of Polytechnic University representatives.
• In 1997 for the first time in the world a session of a space robotic manipulator’s control was held with the help of a computer network.
• In 2000 Zhores Alferov, the Dean of the Department of Physics and Engineering, was awarded with a Nobel Prize for his work in high speed electronics.

These are only some of many inventions, discoveries and achievements that helped people to scale new highest. At the present scientific researches of the University conquer the world market of innovations.

Annually over 30 international scientific workshops and conferences are held at the University, many eminent Russian and foreign scientists, Nobel laureates, “Global Energy” Prize laureates  take part in them.

Educational programs.

Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University offers a vast variety of educational programs. The University trains specialists in 49 Bachelor Degree programs and 200 Master Degree programs, 90 PhD programs and 90 Doctorate programs. The programs are taught in English and Russian languages. The students who desire to study in Russian should start with Preparatory department. This program provides students who have little or no knowledge of Russian language with the necessary skills to enter into Russian-taught Bachelor and Master Programs. The duration of this program is 1 academic year.