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Polytech`s name

Founded 120 years ago as St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, our university had many names in the course of its history, following changes in the country’s history and the demands of industrial development. However, the major goal of the school had always been the same: training highly qualified specialists in engineering and economics.

1899

St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute

1910

Emperor Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute

1914

Emperor Peter the Great Petrograd Polytechnic Institute

1917

Petrograd Polytechnic Institute

1918

1st Petrograd Polytechnic Institute

1922

M.I. Kalinin 1st Petrograd Polytechnic Institute

1923

M.I. Kalinin Petrograd Polytechnic Institute

1924

Leningrad M.I. Kalinin Polytechnic Institute (LPI)

1930

M.I. Kalinin LPI was broken up into several sectoral institutes; a number of independent schools of higher education were established on the basis of LPI faculties

1934

sectoral institutes were consolidated under a new name of Leningrad Industrial Institute

1940

the previous Leningrad M.I. Kalinin Polytechnic Institute name was restored

1990

Leningrad State Technical University

1991

St. Petersburg State Technical University

2002

St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University

2015

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University