Peter the Great Polytechnic University of Saint Petersburg
| Санкт-Петербургский политехнический университет Петра Великого | |
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| founding | 1899 |
| place | St. Petersburg |
| country | Russia |
| Rector | Andrey I. Rudskoy |
| Students | 30 197 |
| Website | www.spbstu.ru |
The Polytechnic Peter-the-Great-University of Saint Petersburg ( Russian Санкт-Петербургский политехнический университет Петра Великого , literally St. Petersburg Polytechnic University named Peter the Great , shortly СПбПУ / SPbPU ) is one of the oldest technical universities in St. Petersburg and is one of the most prestigious technical universities in Russia . Until 1990 it was called the Polytechnic Institute . Since the 1920s it was named after М. Kalinin , MI Kalinin Polytechnic Institute in Leningrad . After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it was named the State [Poly] Technical University of Saint Petersburg. It has had its current name since February 2015. There are over 28,000 students today (including over 2,500 international students).
history
Significant influence on the establishment of the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic Institute " Peter the Great " (Russian Политехнический Институт императора Петра Великого ) in 1899 had the Russian statesman Sergei Witte , who saw the industrialization of Russia as an important prerequisite for him . The first class of students was enrolled on October 1, 1902. The facility initially consisted of the four faculties of economics , shipbuilding , electromechanics and metallurgy .
Faculties
There are 23 faculties and institutes, as well as 6 other associated institutes outside the city.
Famous graduates and professors
- Shores Alfjorow (1930-2019), Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (2000)
- Oleg Antonov (1906–1984), Russian aircraft designer
- Georgi Beriev (1903–1979), Russian aircraft designer
- Michail Botvinnik (1911–1995), Soviet chess grandmaster
- Abram Joffe (1880–1960), Russian physicist
- Pyotr Kapiza (1894–1984), Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
- Igor Kurchatov (1903–1960), Russian physicist
- Nikolai Polikarpow (1892–1944), Russian aircraft designer
- Nikolai Semjonow (1896–1986), Russian physical chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1956)
Web links
- Official website of the university (Russian and English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.spbstu-eng.ru/index.php5?module=menu&class=menuMap&MenuId=abbabaaca&id=4
- ↑ Decree N 407 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia (2017, in Russian) : on the status of the Peter the Great Polytechnic University of Saint Petersburg (see pages 4–6 in the file on the history of renaming)
Coordinates: 60 ° 0 ′ 25.7 ″ N , 30 ° 22 ′ 30.6 ″ E