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Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский Технологический Институт (Технический Университет) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Russia (founded in 1828), it currently trains around 5000 students.
History
In the past, the Institute was named Imperator's Petersburg Institute of Technology (Russian: Императорский Петербургский Технологический Институт and Leningrad Lensoviet Institute of Technology (Russian: Лениградский Технологический Институт имени Ленсовета), 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. Thus, it had one of the most democratic student communities at the time.
The Institute's alumni include:
- Dmitri Mendeleev
- Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev
- Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin
- Abram Fedorovich Ioffe
- Boris Galerkin
- Yuri Artsutanov
Today
The Institute provides degrees in following subjects:
- New materials for modern branches of science and technology in the fields of rocket and space techniques;
- Information science;
- Study of materials and functional materials;
- Medicine and public health;
- Maintenance of the vital activity of human and ecology;
- Reconstructive materials;
- Varnishes and paints;
- Adhesives;
- Biological materials
- Medicinal materials
- Superconductive materials;
- Optoelectronics and nanomaterials;
- Software engineering;
- Devices for control of chemical processes;
- Machines and apparatuses for chemical-technological system.
Staff include:
- 28 Academicians and Corresponding Members of Russian Academy of Science.
- 125 Professors and Doctors of Science
- 560 Assistant Professors and PhDs
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Coordinates: 59°55′06″N 30°19′12″E / 59.918333343333°N 30.32000001°E
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