Joint Polytechnic Institute students at the SPbPU Winter School
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).

Students of the Joint Institute have already participated in short-term international programs of SPbPU in the summer season 2024.
As part of the winter school, a group of 25 students accompanied by JPI staff came to Russia to be trained in the Russian language and culture program, as well as to get acquainted with the latest achievements of science and technology in the field of new materials, robotics, and automation in the electric power industry.
At the opening of the winter school with welcoming words to Chinese students addressed the head of the Department of International Education Evgeniya Satalkina and the head of the Department of International Educational Programs and Academic Mobility Olga Emelianova. The uniqueness of this season of the International Polytechnic Winter School is that you come to your university in another country. As students of two universities, you have the opportunity to get the best from the leading technical universities in our countries. Polytechnic University is pleased to welcome you to the Winter School. Use this time to learn more about the latest achievements in the field of power engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics, new materials and structures, work in modern laboratories, study Russian language and culture
, said Evgeniya Satalkina to the students.

Familiarization with Polytechnic University began with a tour of the campus. Students of the Joint Institute were especially impressed by the beauty of the architecture of the Main Building. The guys were told about the 125-year history of the university in the Museum of History of SPbPU.
The Winter School of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University was organized at a high level at all stages of preparation. The students are sincerely grateful to the program managers and the administration of the hotel complex for their care and support in all matters, as well as for comfortable conditions for study and recreation. The university campus made an unforgettable impression on us: we got acquainted with the rich history of SPbPU and enjoyed walks in the snow-covered park, immersing ourselves in the magical New Year atmosphere
, said Liu Ying, coordinator of the Joint Polytechnic Institute of XATU-SPbPU.

As part of the study program for students will be organized classes in the Russian language and culture, as well as workshops in the laboratories of the Institute of Machinery, Materials and Transport, and the Institute of Energy.

Olga Emelianova, head of the Department of International Educational Programs and Academic Mobility, noted the importance of SPbPU’s participation in such international projects: Joint Polytechnic Institute of XATU-SPbPU is one of the most large-scale projects of SPbPU in China. At the moment it has more than 400 students, and we are very happy that we found those who were not afraid of the Russian winter and came to Polytechnic University. It is very important for us that as many students of the joint institute as possible come to us, get acquainted with the traditions and history of the university, with scientific and cultural achievements, to eventually become real ‘Polytechnics’
.
In addition to the academic program, the students will also enjoy a rich cultural program, which includes a sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg, visits to St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Academy of Arts, the State Hermitage, and other places of interest.