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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The summer season of the International Academy of Power Engineering, an educational project that unites students and young researchers from Russia, Europe and Asia, has ended at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The program is held at the Institute of Power Engineering and annually brings together participants seeking an in-depth study of modern trends in the industry.
The Academy has been held since 2016 and offers educational modules in five areas: "Electric Power Engineering", "Nuclear Power Engineering", "Digital Technologies in Power Engineering", "Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development", "Turbomechanic Engineering".
In 2025, 16 international students participated in the Summer School from July 14 to 25 in person and 89 remotely. Thanks to the hybrid format, first tested during the pandemic, the geography of participants is expanding while maintaining interactivity and quality of education. All classes are held in multimedia classrooms with the ability to connect listeners from all over the world.
Among the participating universities are long-standing partners of SPbPU: Zhejiang University, Harbin Engineering University, Shandong University, Tsinghua University, Beihang University (all in China) and the University of Padua (Italy). Students of the Polytechnic University itself also joined the academy.
Today, an engineer must think globally: understand the international agenda, understand new technologies, and be able to work in multinational teams. That is why we included our students in the program – to give them the opportunity to truly immerse themselves in the global energy dialogue, – said the head of the summer academy program, associate professor of HSE Ekaterina Sokolova.
The students were particularly interested in the master class "Virtual NPP power unit: application of a virtual power unit for modeling NPP operating modes", where the participants modeled the operating modes of a nuclear power plant using digital twins. Practical cases on creating models on MATLAB/Simulink and Comsol Multiphysics allowed them to acquire the skills in demand in the digital transformation of the industry.
Each educational module consists of several lectures and seminars that provide fundamental knowledge in the energy sector and reflect modern challenges: students study the use of AI in nuclear energy, digitalization, sustainability of energy systems and modern equipment, and renewable technologies of the future.
The Academy concluded for the second time with an Energy Forum, where students presented their research on various topics and exchanged ideas that could develop into international research, articles and joint grant initiatives.
The educational part was complemented by a diverse cultural program: excursions to the State Hermitage, the Yusupov Palace, walks along rivers and canals, interactive tasks and master classes in the Russian language. Digital excursions around St. Petersburg were prepared for online participants.
We do not just teach, we create an environment for academic exchange and intercultural dialogue. The program becomes more complex every year, because the requirements grow, and with them our interest in future collaborations. We hope to get in touch with universities that are new to us, which may also be interested in such a program, – shared Ekaterina Sokolova.
In the future, the organizers plan to add more practical laboratory classes, joint project blocks, and expand the range of topics through new partnerships with industrial and research centers.
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