Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPSUACE) (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный архитектурно-строительный университет (СПбГАСУ) ) is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg. It is the oldest architecture university in the country.

History

The university was founded on May 9 (April 27 O.S.), 1832, by decree of Nicholas I as the School of Civil Engineers (Russian: Училище гражданских инженеров). In 1842, after merging with the Architectural College, it became the School of Construction (Russian: Строительное училище); in 1877 it was placed on the same footing as higher education institutions; in 1882 it was renamed the Institute of Civil Engineers (Russian: Институт гражданских инженеров), in 1924 - the Leningrad Institute of Civil Engineers (Russian: Ленинградский институт гражданских инженеров), in 1930 - the Leningrad Institute of Public Works (Russian: Ленинградский институт коммунального строительства), and in 1931 the Leningrad Institute of Public Works Engineers (Russian: Ленинградский институт инженеров коммунального строительства). For more than half a century, the university was called the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute (Russian: Ленинградским инженерно-строительным институтом)(1941-1992). In connection with the return of the city's historical name in 1992, the university was renamed the St. Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineering (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский инженерно-строительный институт). The current name dates from June 21, 1993.

Educational activities

The university has about 10,000 students, 117 classrooms, 28 teaching laboratories located in 55 specially equipped classrooms, and five educational and computer centers. It has 638 teachers, including 420 with academic degrees and titles, one member of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Building Sciences (RAASN), as well as five corresponding members and seven councilors of the Academy. There are seven faculties and 48 departments. Along with the pre-existing ones (construction, architecture, operation of vehicles), in recent years it has expanded to new areas of training (combined heat and power, metrology, standardization and certification, management, urban planning, land management and inventories, and others). It offers bachelor's and master's degrees in 26 major professional educational programs and 17 postgraduate programs of additional vocational training. Throughout its history, the university has trained about 70,000 specialists, including about 2,000 foreign students from more than 50 countries.

Famous alumni

• Zivar bey Ahmadbeyov (1902) - Azerbaijani architect, chief architect of Baku (1918-1922)
• Gavriil Baranovsky (1882) - Russian architect, civil engineer, art historian, and publisher
• Gennady Buldakov (1951) - Soviet architect, academician of architecture, chief architect of Leningrad (1971-1986)
• Józef Gosławski (1891) - Polish architect
• Eduard Gurwits (1971) - Ukrainian politician, the mayor of Odessa
• Andrey Dostoyevsky (1848) - Russian architect, memoirist, brother of writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Mikhail Eisenstein (1893) - Riga architect, father of director Sergei Eisenstein
• Lidia Klement (1960) - singer
• Evgeny Kliachkin (1957) - Russian and Israeli poet, singer, entertainer
• Fyodor Livchak (1904) - Russian architect
• Wacław Michniewicz (1893) - Polish and Lithuanian architect
• Yevgeny Nesterenko (1961) - opera singer (bass)
• Marian Peretyatkovich (1901) - Russian architect
• Sergei Polonsky (1972) - Russian architect, builder and developer
• Volodymyr Sichynskyi (1917) - Ukrainian architect, graphic artist and art critic

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Coordinates: 59°54′53″N 30°18′56″E / 59.91472°N 30.31556°E / 59.91472; 30.31556