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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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A meeting was held at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University between Rector Andrey Rudskoy and Pavel Spirin, head of the Urban Planning Department at the Institute of Strategic Studies, director of the Research Institute for Advanced Urban Planning, and academician of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences.
The event was attended by SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy, ISI Director Marina Petrochenko, and ISI Graduate School of Design and Architecture Director Margarita Perkova, while the Research Institute of Industrial Geosciences was represented by Director Pavel Spirin.
The opening of the joint department was the result of a cooperation agreement signed between the Institute of Civil Engineering at SPbPU and the Research Institute of Industrial Geodesy in 2024. The first joint project was research into the preparation of spatial modeling and territory visualization materials as part of the territorial planning documentation (territory planning and surveying project) for the city of Gelendzhik.
The training of highly qualified urban planners is highly relevant. According to the Russian Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Utilities, the state's need for such specialists is approximately 20,000–50,000. To address this challenge, the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS) and the Research Institute of Industrial Geosciences (NII PG) are implementing programs aimed at training a new generation of highly qualified specialists.
The purpose of establishing the joint department is to integrate educational, research, and project activities to train highly qualified personnel in the field of territorial planning and urban design. The department will also focus on professional development and the development of research in this field.
Classes are held at the Department's Research Institute for Advanced Urban Development, a leading design and architectural center in Russia and a leader in the field of territorial planning, urban zoning, and land use planning.
The main research areas of the Urban Planning department cover topics such as:
Scientific and methodological approaches to the preparation of territorial planning documents; development of information systems in urban planning; substantiation of the scientific basis for the preparation of urban planning standards; environmentally oriented territorial planning; legal and methodological aspects of urban planning regulation.
The Research Institute for Advanced Urban Development was established in 1992, continuing the professional traditions of the Leningrad Research Institute of Urban Development, the oldest institute in the urban development industry.
The Research Institute of Urban Development possesses unique experience and expertise, confirmed by licenses from the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, and ISO and SRO certificates. Over the course of its operations, the Institute has implemented over 700 major urban development projects at the federal and regional levels, including the development of methodological recommendations for the Russian Ministry of Regional Development, master plans for cities such as Sochi, Krasnodar, Anapa, and Murmansk, and territorial development concepts.
The opening of a joint department of "Urban Planning" at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University within the Institute of Civil Engineering will not only strengthen student training in territorial planning and urban design but also significantly expand the Polytechnic's research potential in these areas. Joint activities with the Research Institute of Advanced Urban Planning will help meet the high demand for urban planning engineers nationwide, noted Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Institute of Advanced Urban Planning.
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