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
