Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) () was founded in 1828. It is one of the oldest institutions of

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in Russia, and currently trains around 5,000 students.

History

In the past, the institute was named ''Imperial Petersburg Institute of Technology'' ( and ''Lensoviet Leningrad Institute of Technology'' (), 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

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, 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

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Staff

Staff include: *28

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s and Corresponding Members of the

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. *125

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s and Doctors of Science *560

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s and

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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 A material is a substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical and chemical properties, or on their ge ...

and functional materials; *

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

and

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...

; *Maintenance of the vital activity of human and

ecology Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...

; *Reconstructive materials; *

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es and

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s; *

Adhesive Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation. The use of adhesives offers certain advantage ...

s; *Biological materials *Medicinal materials * Superconductive materials; *

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nanomaterial Nanomaterials describe, in principle, chemical substances or materials of which a single unit is sized (in at least one dimension) between 1 and 100 nm (the usual definition of nanoscale). Nanomaterials research takes a materials science ...

s; *

Software engineering Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...

; *Devices for control of chemical processes; *Machines and apparatuses for chemical-technological system. *Advertising and

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Notable faculty

Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev ( ; ) was a Russian chemist known for formulating the periodic law and creating a version of the periodic table of elements. He used the periodic law not only to correct the then-accepted properties of some known ele ...

* Viktor Kyrpychov * Konstantin Petrzhak * Friedrich Konrad Beilstein * Dmitri Konovalov *

Boris Rosing Boris Lvovich Rosing (; – 20 April 1933) was a Russian scientist and inventor of television. Biography Boris Rosing was born in Saint Petersburg into the family of a government official. His father, Lev Nikolaevich Rozing, served on the c ...

* Mikhail Shultz * Axel Gadolin * Shuliachenko Aleksey Romanovich (Russian: Шуляченко, Алексей Романович) * Golovin Kharlampiy Sergeevich (Russian: Головин, Харлампий Сергеевич)

Notable alumni

Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (; 24 February 1866 – 1 March 1912) was a Russian physicist. His name was also transliterated as Peter Lebedew and Peter Lebedev. Lebedev was the creator of the first scientific school in Russia. Career Lebedev made hi ...

* Alexander Lodygin * Abram Fedorovich Ioffe *

Boris Galerkin Boris Grigoryevich Galerkin (, surname more accurately romanized as Galyorkin; –12 July 1945) was a Soviet mathematician and an engineer. Biography Early life Galerkin was born on in Polotsk, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire, now part of ...

* Yuri Artsutanov * Alexander Nesis *

Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky ( rus, Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ prɐˈkudʲɪn ˈɡorskʲɪj, a=ru-Prokudin-Gorskii.ogg; – September 27, 1944) was ...

*Mark Gelfand (Medical Device Inventor)

References

External links

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