The Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation () is a university with 13

faculties Faculty or faculties may refer to: Academia * Faculty (academic staff), professors, researchers, and teachers of a given university or college (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a large department of a university by field of study (us ...

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, Russia. Faculties are devoted to

innovation management Innovation management is a combination of the management of innovation processes, and change management. It refers to product, business process, marketing and organizational innovation. Innovation management is the subject of ISO 56000 (formerl ...

aerospace engineering Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is s ...

electronic engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flo ...

energy development Energy development is the field of activities focused on obtaining sources of energy from natural resources. These activities include the production of renewable, nuclear, and fossil fuel derived sources of energy, and for the recovery and re ...

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

, telecommunication,

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

military science Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mi ...

, economics,

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values ...

and special faculties for

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...

and recently acquired colleges. The University has several buildings and campuses, two of them located near to Chesme Church. Main building is located on the bank of the

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, on the opposite bank of the river stands the building of

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. One campus of SUAI is situated in

Ivangorod Ivangorod ( rus, Иванго́род, p=ɪvɐnˈɡorət; ; ) is a town in Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the east bank of the Narva river which flows along the Estonia–Russia international border, west of Sain ...

, near the border with

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Faculties

History

In 1941 the institute was founded as the "

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Institute of Aviation" (). In 1945 the institute was reorganized as the "Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation" (). In 1992 the Leningrad Institute of Aerospace Instrumentation passed the state

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and has received a new status – Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Aerospace Instrumentation (). In 1998 the Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Aerospace Instrumentation passed the state accreditation and has received a new status – Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (abbreviation SUAI) ().

Plagiarism cases in University academical staff

Russian civic activity site dissernet.org has published an investigation which demonstrates a significant amount of plagiarism in the Doktor Nauk degree thesis of the current head of SUAI Prof. Antokhina.

Notable students and alumni

* Anatoly Glushenkov – first democratically elected

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(1993–1998) *

Konstantin Khabensky Konstantin Yurievich Khabensky, People's Artist of Russia, PAR (; born 11 January 1972) is a Russian actor of stage and film, director and philanthropist. From 1997 he was part of the Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre cast until 2000, after whi ...

– actor *

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– bronze medalist of Summer Olympic Games 2012 * Oleg Kuvaev – artist, designer and animator * Andrey Moguchy – artistic director of Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater *

Georgy Poltavchenko Georgy Sergeyevich Poltavchenko ( rus, Гео́ргий Серге́евич Полта́вченко, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ pɐlˈtaftɕɪnkə; born on 24 February 1953) is a Russian politician. He has the federal state c ...

– Governor of

* Viktor Rashchupkin – Olympic Champion of Summer Olympic Games 1980 * Anatoly Roshchin – Olympic Champion of Summer Olympic Games 1972 *

Maria Semyonova Maria Vasilyevna Semyonova (, also spelled Semenova; born November 1, 1958, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian writer of fantasy and historical fiction and a poet. Most of her books are based on Slavic mythology, as well as on Russian and N ...

– writer *

Andrey Turchak Andrey Anatolyevich Turchak (; born 20 December 1975) is a Russian politician who currently serves as Head of the Altai Republic since 3 October 2024. He has also served as Secretary of the General Council of United Russia from 12 October 2017 t ...

– Governor of

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* Alexander Vasilyev – musician (not ended) * Natalia Vorobieva – Olympic Champion of Summer Olympic Games 2012

Famous faculty

* Yuri Vasilyevich Gulyayev – full Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1984–1991), the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1991) * Nikolay Nikolayevich Krasil'nikov – professor, winner of the Russian Federation Government Prize in Education (2009)

References

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