Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

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Lapel pin of a graduate from Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technological University) (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский Технологический Институт (Технологический Университет) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Russia (founded in 1828), that currently trains around 5000 students.

1 History
2 Today
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

In the past it had names Imperator's Petersburg Institute of Technology (Russian: Императорский Петербургский Технологический Институт and Leningrad Lensoviet Institute of Technology (Russian: Лениградский Технологический Институт имени Ленсовета). Changing of the names were caused by changing of the name of the city.

In the Imperial period unlike most other Russian universities Petersburg Institute of Technology did not require gimnasium education, the only requirement was to pass the examenation. Thus, it has one of the most democratic student community at the time.

Among people who worked or studied there were:

[edit] Today

View inside the Institute, 2004

The Institute provides degrees in 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.