SPbPU Representative Office in Shanghai News

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University hosted a representative delegation from China. A group of heads of the Central China Normal University (CCNU), led by the Chairman of the University Council, Secretary of the Party Committee, Professor Xia Lixin, paid an official visit to the university. This visit was a landmark event aimed at translating the existing partnership, enshrined in the 2023 agreement, into the practical plane of real joint projects.

Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice-Rector for Additional and Pre-University Education, and Olga Emelianova, Head of the Department of International Educational Programs and Academic Mobility, paid a working visit to the SPbPU Representative Office in Shanghai. The purpose of the trip is to expand international academic and scientific cooperation, promote international professional development programs in the form of internships, and present the new project «SPbPU Center for International Internships» to the leaders of the Chinese educational market.

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University hosted a series of study visits by delegations from leading Chinese universities: Tsinghua University (QS20), Zhejiang University (QS49) and Beijing University (QS13).

A delegation from the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) and the Suzhou Automotive Research Institute of Tsinghua University (TSARI) arrived at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) to strengthen their strategic partnership.

St. Petersburg Polytechnic University held a meeting with the representatives of South China University of Technology (SCUT) aimed at strengthening academic and scientific cooperation between the universities. The delegation of SCUT was headed by the Vice-President of the University Li Zheng, who noted the similarity of the structures of our universities: concentration on technical and engineering spheres, as well as in the field of composite materials and energy.

A delegation of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University took part in the long-awaited opening ceremony of the Polytech-Tangshan Preparatory Center, which took place on May 13, 2025 in the Chinese city of Tangshan.

The creation of joint centers of Russian and Chinese universities, the purpose of which is to train quality applicants from the People’s Republic of China in the universities of the Russian Federation, is becoming more and more relevant. There are already 3 joint programs in China to train applicants for SPbPU.

A delegation of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) headed by Vice-Rector for academic affairs Ludmila Pankova visited Xi’an Technological University (XATU) to take part in the celebrations dedicated to the 70th anniversary of one of the leading technical universities in China.

Luo Zhanhui, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in St. Petersburg, visited Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University as part of a working visit dedicated to strengthening scientific and educational cooperation between the two countries.

At the end of March, the delegation of the Institute of Civil Engineering visited four universities of the People’s Republic of China at the invitation of the Chinese side. The Russian delegation consisted of Marina Petrochenko, director of the Institute, Mikhail Romanov, deputy director for international activities, and Ksenia Strelets, director of the Center for Additional Professional Programs.

Polytechnic University held an online Open Day for international applicants. Representatives of international services told about the admission process, educational opportunities and answered questions of future students.

The British ranking agency QS has published the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2025. Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University is represented in ten subjects.

The International Winter Energy Academy was completed at the Institute of Energy. This project is aimed at developing international educational cooperation in power engineering with universities from different countries. This winter the module «Nuclear Energy» was organized for Chinese students from Harbin Engineering University, Sichuan University, Shandong University, and Tsinghua University.

The British agency Times Higher Education has published the results of the World University Ranking 2025 by subject area. The ranking is considered to be one of the most authoritative in the field of higher education and science. Experts compiled lists of the best universities in the world in 11 areas. St. Petersburg Polytechnic University took high positions in several areas, including engineering, business and economics, educational technologies, and physical sciences.

A delegation from Shenzhen MSU-BIT University headed by Rector Prof. Li Hezhang visited St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The prospects of cooperation were discussed during an official meeting with Dmitry Arseniev, Vice-Rector for International Affairs of SPbPU, at the Resource Center for International Services of Polytechnic University.

With the beginning of the new year 2025, the International Polytechnic Winter School started at SPbPU. The first participants were students of the Joint Polytechnic Institute of Xi’an Technological University and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (JPI XATU-SPbPU).

SPbPU entered the top 5 leaders in the ranking of English-language websites of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), which was published in the report «Electronic Internationalization: Internet Resources of Russian Universities 2024».

Polytechnic University continues to develop cooperation with universities in China. A representative delegation from Shandong Jianzhu University headed by Yang Jingbo, Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, visited Polytechnic University. Shandong University is a multi-disciplinary engineering university specializing in construction and architecture.

The British company Quacquarelli Symonds has published a sustainability ranking of the world’s best universities. There are 1744 universities in the list. Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University ranked 5th among Russian universities, and in the world ranking it is on the 693rd position.

The VII Russian-Chinese Symposium on Infectious Diseases was held in Beijing. The event is organized alternately by the China CDC and the Smorodintsev Influenza Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Health. The first symposium was held in 2018 in Beijing at the initiative of China CDC, supported by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.