• Universities

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, a national research university, established in 1899 to advance industrial progress of Russia at the turn of the XIX and XX centuries, today sets an ambitious goal to integrate modern approaches to the design of new technologies that affect the achievement of sustainable development goals in society.The foundations of engineering education in Russia were laid by the Russian Tsar Peter the Great. The Polytechnic University, more habitually known in Russia and abroad as the St.Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, is proud of bearing his name.Founded more than 120 year 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.Polytechnic University includes 11 institutes, 33 graduate schools , a major research and development complex with research laboratories, R&E centers and Technopark.The University is based on a compact park-like campus in the residential north-west district of St. Petersburg. Campus consists of more than 150 educational and research buildings, the International Student Campus, 23 dormitories and a major sports complex. Our dormitories are located within easy reach of University’s educational buildings.University Fundamental Library is one of the largest scientific and technological libraries in Russia and core national library network. The library possesses collection of more than 4 000 000 volumes. Library provides access to wide range of international resources and databases.Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University has a prominent role in the scientific and educational community of the country and the world, seeking to integrate science and research activity into the educational process.