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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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On November 19, 2025, in Moscow, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, one of the first group of universities to receive grants from the Priority 2030 program, presented the results of its 2025 University Development Program to the Development Program Support Council. Key development areas for the university in the coming years were also outlined.
The SPbPU delegation included:
SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy; Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and Head of Department at PJSC Gazprom Oleg Aksyutin; SPbPU Vice-Rector for Research Yuri Fomin; Head of the SPbPU Office of Technological Leadership Oleg Rozhdestvensky; and Director of the SPbPU Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering" Aleksey Borovkov.
SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy commented on the significance of the "Priority 2030" program for universities: "Thanks to the "Priority 2030" program, Russian universities have received another incentive to make long-overdue changes. It sets a unified development vector that is important not only for individual universities but for the Russian higher education system as a whole. As part of the "Priority 2030" program, we have launched an internal transformation at SPbPU. This is necessary to strengthen our contribution to the country's technological leadership and develop the best engineering education in Russia. I would also like to specifically acknowledge our partners, high-tech companies and corporations with whom we work under the "qualified customers" model, and thank them for their support and active participation in joint projects."
During the defense, Oleg Rozhdestvensky, Head of the SPbPU Office of Technological Leadership, explained that in 2024, based on an analysis of the groundwork laid over the past five years, the university has focused on developing three key scientific and technological areas (KST): "System Digital Engineering," "Materials, Technologies, and Production," and "AI for Cross-Industry Problem Solving." Together with enterprises from the real sectors of the economy, 21 projects were selected that fall within these KST areas, corresponding to four of the nine NTPs. Financial results for 2025 confirmed the correctness of the KST choice made in 2024.
During his speech, the speaker also focused on developments for the real sector of the economy, particularly for oil and gas engineering. He presented to the Council a project to create a high-tech production facility for power engineering components for civil and special-purpose applications. He also focused on a project to manufacture hot gas path components for the T32 GPA "Ladoga" gas turbine. A combustion chamber nozzle has already been designed, manufactured, and laboratory tested. In November, development of a comprehensive technology for manufacturing first- and second-stage nozzle blades for the gas turbine's high-pressure turbine using additive manufacturing was completed. A Russian-produced heat-resistant cobalt alloy was used as the base material, providing the characteristics necessary for operation in extreme operating conditions. Development is currently underway to manufacture first- and second-stage rotor blades using an additive manufacturing method with a directional structure from a heat-resistant, non-weldable nickel alloy.
Oleg Aksyutin, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and Head of the Gazprom Department, commented on the significance of the presented developments: "The long-standing cooperation between SPbPU and Gazprom is strategic in nature. With the support of the Priority 2030 program, PJSC Gazprom and the Polytechnic University are working closely to address critical issues for the entire Russian energy sector, including optimizing maintenance and repair costs and reducing the lead times for the manufacture and delivery of spare parts and components. Of particular note here is the manufacture of components for the hot gas path of the T32 gas turbine unit of the Ladoga gas pumping unit. Furthermore, SPbPU specialists have made a significant contribution to the development of regulatory documentation by developing a number of documents for the Gazprom Standardization System. Their implementation will enable the company to address a number of pressing issues, primarily reducing the cost and lead times of certification testing by conducting digital tests sufficient to assess compliance with established requirements.
Regarding plans, SPbPU will undergo institutional changes in the coming years that will impact the university's economic model. Specifically, emphasis will be placed on faculties focused on training highly qualified engineers to meet industrial needs, leading engineering schools, and research and technology and production centers designed to support the development and implementation of technologies in industry.
Following the meeting of the Council for Support of University Development Programs, recipients of grant support for 2026 will be selected.
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