• February 19, 1899 - foundation • 1920-30s -electrification and

industrialization programs• II World War – tank T-34 designer

Mikhail Koshkin• 1950-s – opened for International

Students• 1968 - Central Research and

Experimental-design Institute of

robotics and engineering cybernetics• 1970-s a major breakthrough in

sphere of hydro- and electrical

engineering, power machine

engineering, physics, nuclear physics

and others.• 1975 - the only Soviet technical

institution of higher education which

was internationally recognized and

accepted by the International

Association of Universities.• Since 1980-s - computer science and

information technologies, material

science and nanotechnologies,

ecology and environmental

protection.

The Periodic Table Founder

Nobel Prize winner,

physics, 1978

Nobel Prize winner, chemistry 1956famous

physicist

• one of Russia’s largest and most respected institutions of higher education and scientific research centers

• over 29 000 students per year, over 2 600 of which are foreign citizens

• 21 faculties, 150 departments and about 120 scientific laboratories, 16 interdisciplinary research laboratories, 22 science centers and institutes

• More than 2 600 000 volumes in the Fundamental Library

• 2010 - SPbSPU gained the status «National Research University»

International R&E Centers such as:• «Polytechnic –Motorola»• «LG –Polytechnic»• «Polytechnic –National Instruments»• «Philips» –Research and DevelopmentLaboratory• «Polytechnic –Apple Mac»• «FMC –Polytechnic»• «Polytechnic –Schneider Electric»• «Polytechnic –SAP» / «SAP InnovationLab»• «Weatherford –Polytechnic»• «Schlumberger –Polytechnic»• «Electrolux –Polytechnic»• «Russia –Korea Research Center onAdvanced Materials».

Two unique Educational and Research Institutions:• R&D Institution of Materials and

Technologies• R&D Institution of Power Engineering,

Ecology and Nanotechnologies

Research Institutes and Innovation Centers :• Material Science and Technology Research Institute• Research Institute of Energetics, Ecology and Nano-biotechnologies• Scientific and Innovation Educational Center of Nanotechnologies• Complex Laboratory of Power Ecological Inspections for Enterprises• Educational Innovation Center of Design and Machine Building• University Laboratory of Fast Prototyping • Center of High-Efficiency Computer TechnologiesUniversity Centers of Excellence:• Laboratories of Mechatronics, Computer Mechanics, Nanomaterials• Laboratory of Adapted Modeling and Intelligent Control Systems• Center of Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving Technologies• Center of Applied Ecology• Laser Technology Center• Center of High Perfomance Computing

• partnerships with more than 250 leading higher education Institutions from Europe, Asia, North and Latin America, Africa.

• member of different international associations and organizations such as International Association of Universities, Netherlands Organization of International Cooperation in Higher Education and St. Petersburg International Consortium of Universities, T.I.M.E.