Saint-Petersburg State Politechnical University

St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University was founded in 1899. Recently SPbSPU became "National Research University"​, also known in Russia and abroad as Polytechnical Institute — a recognized Russian and world-wide leader in the field of higher engineering and economic education. Currently it also remains at the leading positions in the rating of Russian engineering higher educational institutions. At the present time in SPbSPU there are 30197 students and postgraduates, 2916 of them are foreign citizens from 96 countries who annually study at different SPbSPU programs. The University is carrying out education in the following areas: engineering, physics, economics, humanities and information technologies. The University trains specialists in 36 Bachelor degree programs and 188 Master degree programs, 88 PhD programs and 88 Doctorate programs. In addition, in SPbSPU there are a number of non-degree and international educational programs. The University is proud of its longstanding traditions of international cooperation with many foreign educational institutions, research organizations and industrial companies in the field of education and science. Among the University partners there are more than 280 universities, 131 scientific and research institutions and 172 companies from over 55 countries.