Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Технологический Институт (Технический Университет)) was founded in 1828. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Russia, and currently trains around 5,000 students.
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History
In the past, the institute was named Imperial Petersburg Institute of Technology (Russian: Императорский Петербургский Технологический Институт and Lensoviet Leningrad Institute of Technology (Russian: Лениградский Технологический Институт имени Ленсовета), the institute's name changing with that of the city. During the Imperial period, unlike most other Russian universities, the institute did not require completion of gymnasium education as a condition of entry; the only requirement was to pass the institute's examination.
During the Russian Revolution of 1905, the Saint Petersburg Soviet was established and met in the institute.
Andrey Shevchik (Шевчик Андрей Павлович), the rector of the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology has signed a letter of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Staff
Staff include:
28 Academicians and Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
125 Professors and Doctors of Science
560 Assistant Professors and PhDs
Degree subjects
The institute provides degrees in the following subjects:
New materials for modern branches of science and technology in the fields of rocket and space techniques;
Information science;
Study of materials and functional materials;
Medicine and public health;
Maintenance of the vital activity of human and ecology;
Reconstructive materials;
Varnishes and paints;
Adhesives;
Biological materials
Medicinal materials
Superconductive materials;
Optoelectronics and nanomaterials;
Software engineering;
Devices for control of chemical processes;
Machines and apparatuses for chemical-technological system.
Advertising and public relations
Notable faculty
Dmitri Mendeleev
Viktor Kyrpychov
Konstantin Petrzhak
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein
Dmitri Konovalov
Boris Rosing
Mikhail Shultz
Axel Gadolin
Shuliachenko Aleksey Romanovich (Russian: Шуляченко, Алексей Романович)
Golovin Kharlampiy Sergeevich (Russian: Головин, Харлампий Сергеевич)
Notable alumni
Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev
Alexander Lodygin
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe
Boris Galerkin
Yuri Artsutanov
Alexander Nesis
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
Mark Gelfand (Medical Device Inventor)