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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University was ranked among the top universities in the 2025 annual "TOP 1000 University Startups" ranking, which is conducted as part of the University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform of the federal "Technologies" project of the national "Efficient and Competitive Economy" project.

Startups from students, employees, and graduates of higher education institutions in the last three years are eligible to participate in the competition.

In terms of the number of projects among the top 35 universities, Polytechnic University ranks sixth with 21 projects. In 2024, the university ranked 34th (nine projects).

The winners included students from various SPbPU institutes: PISh "Digital Engineering" (13 projects), IMMiT (3 projects), IBSiB (2 projects), IKNK (1 project), ISI (1 project), IPMET (1 project).

Maxim Gorbuk, a student at the Higher School of Computer Technology and Information Systems at the Institute of Computer Science and Culture (IKNSC), scored the highest score among polytechnic students—78.59. His project, "MedAI: A Mobile App for Vaccinating Children Receiving Immunosuppressive Therapy," placed 57th among the competition's winners.

Three projects by Elina Goricheva and two by Georgy Shkolnik made it into the rankings. Both participants are students from the Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship (PSTE) at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. A total of 40 projects were submitted to the competition by the HSTE.

SPbPU's high ranking is the result of systematic efforts to develop and promote student entrepreneurship (the Polytechnic University's Technological Entrepreneurship Model was among the top three at the Startup Summit Awards — Ed.), which aligns with the Concept of Technological Development of the Russian Federation until 2030.

Winners of the competition from Polytechnic

Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering":

Elina Goricheva, DeepSelf, SmartMatch Assist, and Movent projects; Georgy Shkolnik, "Integration of a Set of Artificial Intelligence Technologies into the Educational and Career Guidance Process" and "All-Russian Engineering Day" projects; Yaroslav Nikitin, "Cherdak" project; Denis Romanovsky, "Yoy-Kod" project; Anton Zykov, "Development of a Composite Ceramic Composition for 3D Printing of Casting Molds" project; Anton Aitov, "Embedded Wearable IoT System for Smart Clothing with Adaptive Functions" project; Nikita Korobov, "Embedded Onboard Module of Autonomous and Energy-Efficient Navigation for Aircraft-Type UAVs" project; Timofey Sokolov, "RavNer – a Digital Twin for Creating a Highly Efficient Domestic Hydrogen Cell" project; Daria Kuzmenkova, "AR Projector for Teaching and Entertaining Children on the Road in a Car" project; postgraduate student Anastasia Tsytsyna, "Embedded Wearable IoT System for Smart Clothing with Adaptive Functions" project; "Software for optimizing the performance of graphic editors (accelerating calculations when performing rendering and real-time tasks)."

Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport:

Mikhail Gnibeda, "E-Cigarette Sensor" project — a system for monitoring air quality in public places; Artem Yurikov, "Autonomous Vessel for Cleaning the Surface of Water Bodies from Microplastics and Cyanobacteria" project; Semyon Zimin, "Morf.VisionAI" project.

Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnologies:

Hayk Akopyan, project "Development of a platform for preliminary assessment of the economic benefits of a construction tender", Alexander Barashkov, project "Perimeter protection system for the IGLA facility".

Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity:

Maxim Gorbuk, project "MedAI – a mobile application for vaccinating children receiving immunosuppressive therapy."

Civil Engineering Institute:

Arina Mokhireva, project "Normastroy – IT service for digital assessment of building projects."

Institute of Industrial Management, Economics and Trade:

Ilya Bodrov, project "Development of a medical service with gamification elements aimed at preventing atherosclerosis and its complications."

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The awards ceremony for the 2025 Fontanka.ru city portal's main prize was held at the Hermitage Museum's General Staff Building. Among the eleven laureates, who received griffin statuettes and silver badges based on the results of a public vote in which more than 120,000 people participated, was Guvanch Durdyev, a student at the Humanities Institute of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

In August 2025, Guvanch unexpectedly gained popularity and the status of “people’s traffic controller.”

During a heavy downpour, he noticed a near-cold traffic jam at the intersection of Nauki Avenue and Grazhdansky Avenue. A student working as a courier during his summer break, he couldn't help but rush to the driver's aid. Within hours, Guvanch began receiving messages asking, "Is that you online?"

"I didn't think there would be such consequences, that I'd appear in the news. I just wanted to help drivers; I had no idea I could appear online. I decided to search for myself online and immediately found it on Fontanka. It was a very pleasant experience, of course, and I shared it with my family. Friends said that heroes should be recognized, but I don't consider myself a hero," Guvanch modestly noted after his actions received widespread public attention.

Thanks to his knowledge of traffic rules, the student spent nearly 30 minutes manually directing traffic. Drivers filmed him, praised him, and smiled and made approving gestures. Social media users dubbed the young man a "caped hero."

Guvanch Durdyev is a third-year student at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Institute of Humanities, majoring in Linguistics. He's been living in St. Petersburg for three years and plans to work in his chosen field—he dreams of becoming a translator or a school teacher.

The young man is distinguished by his proactive nature, friendliness, responsibility, and willingness to help. These qualities, demonstrated in August, were recognized at the Fontanka.ru Recognition and Influence awards.

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The research team from the Higher School of Engineering and Economics of the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade at SPbPU achieved significant success, taking third place in the finals of the 17th All-Russian Intersectoral Youth Competition for Scientific and Technical Works and Projects "Youth and the Future of Aviation and Cosmonautics."

The "Youth and the Future of Aviation and Astronautics" competition has a rich history. It was first held in 2009, and since 2014 has become an integral part of the international Aerospace Science Week program. Its distinguishing feature is its unique prize fund, which is funded by aerospace industry companies and amounts to at least 1,500,000 rubles. The goals include identifying promising innovative projects, building a professional community, and strengthening ties between science and industry.

This year, the competition aimed to comprehensively address several strategic objectives. The key goals of the event were to identify talented young people and promising research teams from young scientists, university specialists, and industrial enterprises, as well as to identify and support the most interesting and significant innovative projects. Furthermore, an important objective was to foster a youth-focused professional community for the active exchange of cutting-edge scientific approaches and technologies as a foundation for strengthening corporate ties between education, science, and the real economy.

The competition's scientific areas covered key segments of the aerospace industry.

Aviation Systems: Research in the design and operation of aircraft. Unmanned Systems and Technologies: Development of autonomous systems and intelligent solutions. Aircraft Engines and Power Plants: Modern engine and power supply concepts. Digital Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics: Digitalization of processes and the creation of robotic systems. Rocket and Space Systems: Advanced developments for space exploration. Advanced Materials and New Manufacturing Technologies: Innovative materials and additive manufacturing for the aerospace industry.

The research project "Integration of Deep Learning and Stereo Vision Algorithms into the Architecture of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Environmental Monitoring" was selected by an expert committee from among 221 applications and accepted for an in-person defense in Moscow. The research team presented a prototype of their development, demonstrating the operating principle of the analytical UAV. The project, developed by a research group led by VIES Associate Professor Evgeny Konnikov, was highly praised by experts in the "Unmanned Systems and Technologies" program. The research was led by Prokhor Polyakov, a first-year student in the "Automation of Statistical Decisions in Organizations" master's program, and Olesya Starchenkova, a VIES assistant and graduate of the "IT Economics and Business Analysis" program. The team from the Higher School of Engineering and Economics took third place in the finals of the 17th All-Russian Intersectoral Youth Competition of Scientific and Technical Projects "Youth and the Future of Aviation and Cosmonautics."

"The Watchman" is an analytical UAV based on a heavy FPV drone with a Raspberry Pi 5 and a stereo camera, designed for the automatic detection of trash and illegal dumping sites. It uses the YOLOv8 neural network, which recognizes waste in a video stream, estimates its distance using stereo vision, and records findings in reports along with coordinates and photos. The system operates in near real-time (≈5 fps) and provides up to 30 minutes of flight time, making it suitable for environmental monitoring, said Olesya Starchenkova, a member of the research team and assistant at VIES.

The key objective of the project is to improve the organizational and economic mechanism for environmental protection of the population within the regional economic system.

A total of 79 projects advanced to the finals. The defenses were held in person and included a presentation of the results to experts. The competition entries were evaluated based on a set of interrelated criteria: relevance of the topic, scientific novelty, depth of analysis of analogs, degree of elaboration of the solution, practical value of the project, and the authors' personal contribution. This multifaceted approach allowed the experts to objectively identify the most promising developments with the potential to make a significant contribution to the development of the aerospace industry.

The final round of the competition took place at the Moscow Aviation Institute. The program included in-person poster presentations, a scientific discussion with leading industry experts, and a roundtable discussion on "Identifying and Promoting Research and Development." A formal summing up of the results and the awards ceremony for the winners and laureates took place on the same day. The SPbPU team received special recognition for their work with diplomas from Progress Research and Production Company, a company that supplies enterprises with testing systems, including its own. Progress Research and Production Company collaborates with research institutes, large domestic companies, and industry leaders, which will significantly facilitate the expansion of the Polytechnic University team's activities.

Dmitry Rodionov, Director of the Higher School of Engineering and Economics, was invited to support the team in the second stage of the competition.

The finalists had a unique opportunity to present their developments to leading scientists and representatives of major companies in the aviation, rocket and space, and defense industries. The winners were awarded diplomas, cash prizes, and sponsor awards, as well as the opportunity to publish their work in leading peer-reviewed journals such as the Moscow Aviation Institute Bulletin and the MAI Transactions.

Dmitry Rodionov, Director of the Higher School of Engineering and Economics, emphasized the significance of the Polytechnic students' work: "Our team's victory in the all-Russian competition is not just a success, but a logical result of the systematic work of the Higher School of Engineering and Economics. We create an environment where talented students and young scientists can implement ambitious projects at the intersection of engineering, economics, and digital technologies. It is particularly valuable that our work on environmental monitoring using UAVs was highly praised by leading experts in the aerospace industry. This confirms the correctness of our chosen development direction and demonstrates the relevance of interdisciplinary research in solving today's pressing challenges."

The Polytech-Invest research laboratory, led by Evgeny Konnikov, specializes in investment consulting and the development of digital and technical solutions for businesses. The laboratory's uniqueness lies in its combination of practical consulting for industry and the development of advanced technologies, strengthening the university's ties to the real economy.

In addition to the competition program, the forum program included meetings with experienced industry specialists, roundtables and master classes, exhibitions, satellite competitions, and special programs for the youngest representatives—schoolchildren, for whom a separate scientific and competition program has been organized for several years.

The successful performance of the VIESH team in the final of such a high-level event demonstrated the high quality of scientific research conducted within the walls of the Higher School of Engineering and Economics and its growing authority in the country's scientific and technical community.

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The "Omnivores" team won the international robot combat championship. Last year, the team won bronze, and this year, they secured the long-awaited first place.

I am happy that we were able to achieve the goal we had been working towards for three years, he shared his emotions. team captain Viktor Yakovlev.

The Omnivores team is a team of participants in the International Robot Combat Championship: semifinalists in 2023, bronze medalists in 2024, and winners in 2025. They will compete with the robot Honey Badger at the championship. All members of the Omnivores team are students from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

The core team consists of five members: captain and robot pilot Viktor Yakovlev, the person responsible for the production process, milling machine operator Viktor Rudakov, electronics engineer and co-pilot Alexander Andreev, electronics engineer Vladislav Sharynin, and assembler Vladimir Kravchuk. The team also includes Sofia Litvin, responsible for procurement and partner relations, Veronika Mityukhina, the team's media manager, milling machine operator Ruben Agasyan, and interns Irina Opryshko and Victoria Saykinova.

The Omnivores' robot, the Honey Badger, has all-wheel drive and a vertical spinner-type weapon weighing 18 kg, rotating at 5,300 rpm. It can reach speeds of up to 25 km/h and weighs 110 kg. The name was chosen deliberately: the team wanted their robot to be as cold-blooded, brazen, and invulnerable in combat as the honey badger.

Since the team was formed in 2023, four versions of the Honey Badger have been built, each with technological advantages over the previous one.

The Honey Badger is a showcase of the team's engineering skills, as it requires knowledge in all areas, from modeling and computer design to milling, metal welding, and soldering. The "Omnivores" do all of this themselves. 80% of the Honey Badger production process is autonomous, thanks to the Polytech Towers robotics lab, a feat few championship teams can afford.

The qualifying round of the championship consists of four competitions, each involving 16 teams from across Russia and the world (including teams from India, China, Belarus, Brazil, and other countries). To advance to the final round, a team must win two matches during the qualifying round.

Each duel lasts three minutes. During the competition, the machines engage in combat in a specially equipped ring, with the developers controlling them using remote controls. Each duel is scored by three judges, typically invited experts in robotics, innovative technologies, and entrepreneurship. The winner is the robot that disables its opponent or scores the most points for damage.

In 2023, Omnivores reached the semifinals, losing to the Chinese team FierceROC. In 2024, they took third place, winning 1,000,000 rubles.

This year, the "Omnivores" confidently reached the finals, winning two qualifying matches. In the decisive battles, they defeated teams from India and Brazil to take the top spot in the 110 kg category.

"It's been a very long and difficult journey, which we've been on together with the guys. I'm happy that Honey Badger has become the number one robot in Russia. It gets even more interesting, stay tuned," said Viktor Rudakov, a milling machine operator responsible for the production process, sharing his impressions.

The championship was truly spectacular and intense. Starting from the qualifying round, we faced some very tough opponents, each of whom we only wanted to face in the final. But the harder the victory, the sweeter its taste. I'm very happy we managed to win gold," shared co-pilot and electronics engineer Alexander Andreev.

Electronic engineer Vladislav Sharynin noted: "We spent several years fighting for victory, and we finally got it. I'm satisfied with the result, and we'll repeat the success next year!"

Despite all the worries and difficulties, we achieved our main goal—first place! I'm delighted to be part of the great Omnivorous team," said Sofia Litvin, responsible for procurement and partner relations.

Veronika Mityukhina, Head of Media Support: I'm so proud of the guys! When they announced that Omnivores had won the 2025 Robot Battle, it was impossible to hold back the tears of joy. This truly was the most exciting and impressive event of the year.

The final fights of "Robot Battle 2025" took place in the Moskino Cinema Park arena. There was everything: sparks, flips, knockouts.

Teams from Russia took first place in both categories.

Battle of mini-robots up to 1.5 kg:

1st place — 2FM Fryazino, Moscow region; 2nd place — Plan B, Moscow; 3rd place — Bullfrog, Mangalore, India.

Robot battle up to 110 kg:

1st place — Omnivores, St. Petersburg; 2nd place — Uai!rrior, Itajubá, Brazil; 3rd place — DS Robotics, Puducherry, India.

Four mini-robot teams won the already beloved special category "Rising from the Ashes":

Destructor — sinus, Kazan; CML-team: Kapi-band, St. Petersburg; DS Robotics, Puducherry, India; Wolfram Kids, Novosibirsk.

Polytechnic students also excelled here. The "CML-team: Kapi-band" team recently took first place at the MIPT open technology festival "FestTech" in Moscow. The success of the SPbPU PIS team was the result of effective collaboration between the Polytechnic University and general education institutions. The participation of the SPbPU PIS "Digital Engineering" teams in the international "Battle of Robots" championship aims to popularize the achievements of the Decade of Science and Technology.

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The RAEX agency has published a ranking of annual reports from non-profit, charitable, socially oriented, public, and budgetary organizations. Following the competition, the annual report of the SPbPU Endowment Fund received 4 stars out of 5. This signifies the very high quality of the final document, which is published annually to meet the transparency and openness requirements established by the federal law "On Endowments."

The 2024/2025 annual report contains information on all endowments (amounts, formation dates, and management companies), projects funded over the past several years, the fund's performance from 2012 to 2024, donors (individuals and legal entities), and the Polytechnic University endowment's development prospects, as discussed in an interview with Elena Vinogradova, Chair of the Fund's Board. The report also presents information on the history of endowments in Russia and globally and key events in the development of endowments in 2024.

The RAEX Annual Report Competition is being held for the 27th time in 2025. Over the past decades, it has earned a high reputation in the professional community. Over 100 company reports are evaluated annually, including financial institutions from both Russia and the CIS. Since 2020, the competition has also included annual reports from non-profit organizations, including charitable and social NGOs, universities, and public and public organizations. This brings the total number of participants in the ranking to over 300.

Reports are assessed for both their content and design. A prestigious independent committee comprises leading experts and annual report developers, including representatives of the RSPP Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development. Design is assessed by the heads of leading design firms—Report Design Agency, Zebra Design Bureau, Yellow Dog Creative Agency, Praxis Group, and B2B design studio VisualMethod.

You can view the fund's report for 2024 in electronic form. follow this link.

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The team from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University won the PetroCup international student competition. The Polytechnic University team beat out student teams from Russia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Oman, Iran, the UAE, Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Malaysia.

Our winners are Dmitry Tkach, Ksenia Kudrina, Nikita Okhtin, Vladislav Pogrebnyak, Egor Volkov, Nikita Zelener, and Victoria Erastova.

The PetroCup International Student Olympiad is a new direction in oil and gas education and a unique analytical technology simulation game that allows for the design and development of oil and gas fields in a virtual environment.

The Olympiad is extremely interesting for oil and gas companies—future employers. Participation gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and competencies, and companies the opportunity to test whether this knowledge is relevant to their tasks and challenges.

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The Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education held a seminar-meeting in Moscow with its subordinate universities, where the results of the year's work were summarized and plans for the next year were outlined.

At a session dedicated to best media practices in Russian universities, Marianna Dyakova, Head of the SPbPU Public Relations Department, presented a joint project with the Ministry of Education and Science video project "PRO-Rector". It was launched in April and 12 issues have been prepared.

At the conclusion of the seminar-meeting, an awards ceremony was held for media organizations that distinguished themselves with productive work during the past year. Polytechnic University received a letter of gratitude from the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Valery Falkov, for their high professionalism in covering the scientific and educational agenda.

“We are grateful to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for its informational support throughout the year and for the opportunity to implement additional projects this year,” commented Marianna Dyakova. “Of the university’s current media activities, it is the outstanding, large-scale, systemic projects such as Vice-Rector, "Dynasty", a joint project with the State Hermitage Museum Formula of Art, exhibitions at Pulkovo Airport, special projects with major federal and regional media outlets. They are what take Polytechnic to the next level and make it even more visible in the media landscape."

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Yuting Wang, a graduate of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University's Institute of Civil Engineering and Design, majoring in Industrial Design, won the IX National Alexander Yezhevsky Prize competition in the Industrial Design category.

The jury highly praised the original concept, technical sophistication, and practical significance of the thesis, "Design Project for a Beach Cleaning Robot," completed under the supervision of Semyon Shchur, Associate Professor at the ISI Higher School of Design and Architecture.

The project is a concept for an intelligent device designed to autonomously clean coastal areas of household and natural waste. The robot is equipped with sensors, navigation, and waste recognition systems, enabling it to autonomously plan a route, avoid obstacles, and sort and collect waste. The design includes waste collection and compression modules, a highly maneuverable tracked/wheeled chassis, and an autonomous power supply based on solar panels, enabling it to operate on challenging terrain. Its modular architecture allows the device to be adapted for both daily beach maintenance and emergency response.

The A. A. Ezhevsky Prize was established by the Russian Association of Manufacturers of Specialized Machinery and Equipment (Rosspetsmash Association) to support talented young people, strengthen cooperation between universities and enterprises, and develop scientific and engineering potential in the domestic agricultural machinery industry. The Industrial Design category is awarded to full-time undergraduate, specialist, and master's students for outstanding academic achievement and research related to industrial design.

The awards ceremony for the competition winners will be held in December at the ALMAZ plant (Altai Machine-Building Plants) in Barnaul.

Another graduate of the Institute of Civil Engineering contributed to the Polar Explorer Day project's victory in the finals of the 14th International Russian Event Awards 2025 in the category "Best Popular Science Event." Maria Dracheva, a graduate of the Higher School of Design and Architecture of the Institute of Civil Engineering at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, developed the festival's design concept. The project's scientific supervisor is Tatyana Diodorova, Associate Professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering and Design.

Polar Explorer Day was held on May 24, 2025, in the Kalininsky District of St. Petersburg, on the banks of the Murinsky Stream. The event was organized by the Kalininsky District Administration, the Severny Municipal District, the St. Petersburg Project Office "Cultural Capital," and the St. Petersburg Committee for Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations. The event was attended by Mikhail Astashkevich, Head of the Kalininsky District Administration, and the heads of municipal entities.

The Polytechnic University graduate's project was presented by the New Media Workshop and the State Design Workshop and was recognized as one of the best municipal branding cases in a metropolitan city in 2025.

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The Moscow Startup Summit was held at SberCity, where the "SPbPU Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development Model" was presented in the "Best University Practice" category as part of the Startup Summit Awards competition. It was ranked among the top three best practices for developing technological entrepreneurship. Over 100 Russian universities participated in the competition.

The project was prepared and presented by staff from the Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship of the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU "Digital Engineering" – Alexey Efimov, Executive Director of the Polytech Innovation Support and Development Fund and Associate Professor of the Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship, and Artur Kireev, Acting Director of the Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of the Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship.

The awards to the SPbPU PISh representatives were presented by Olga Petrova, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

The Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship is a scientific, methodological, and coordinating center for the development of technological entrepreneurship at SPbPU. It actively participates in the development of the university and national ecosystem of technological entrepreneurship.

This practice aims to create an ecosystem of technological innovation that supports the emergence and development of new ideas, projects, and technology startups, and is focused on the development of both small and large innovative enterprises in national and international markets.

The ecosystem brings together structures and activities that help students become familiar with entrepreneurship, develop the necessary skills, and implement both their own projects and build a portfolio.

The model includes 4 levels of involvement of students and university staff in entrepreneurship.

Promoting Technological Entrepreneurship Development Scaling/Professional Training in Technological Entrepreneurship Internationalization

The goal of university-wide educational events is to develop students' basic soft skills necessary for entrepreneurship, as well as project management skills.

The second level is attended by students interested in defending their final theses in the "Startup as a Diploma" format, as well as participants in various competitive programs and accelerators.

An expert council supports students during the preparation of their final qualifying work as a startup. Defenses in the "Final Qualification as a Startup" format have been held at the Polytechnic University since 2021. A total of 59 students have defended their theses in this format.

The next stage is training specialists in a specialized master's program in technological entrepreneurship at the Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship and the University of Entrepreneurs.

During their studies, students are given the opportunity to create and develop their own project, which could later become the basis for their own business. Their final project is either a technology startup or a research project. Upon completion of their studies, master's students present a portfolio of completed projects or a startup ready for launch.

The fourth level is working with projects with the aim of bringing them to the international level.

The goal of the international polytechnic accelerator is to select and develop projects for subsequent submission to the largest accelerators in China, India, Brazil, and the Middle East.

The overall goal of the model is to create a sustainable, end-to-end innovation environment that unites education, science, technology, and business, facilitates the generation and implementation of technology startups, and trains specialists capable of entrepreneurship in knowledge-intensive industries and digital transformation.

The model builds a continuous, practice-oriented trajectory from idea to scaling through direct interaction with industry and venture capital funds. This transforms Polytechnic University into a unified ecosystem where students at various stages of their studies can create projects with market potential.

Winning the competition once again confirmed the validity of SPbPU's strategy for developing technological entrepreneurship. The Russian Government views university technological entrepreneurship as one of the drivers for creating the conditions for achieving technological leadership. In this regard, one of the key objectives is to better familiarize the university's research teams with the opportunities for commercializing applied research results through startups, shared Artur Kireev.

Alexey Efimov added: "The Moscow Startup Summit Awards demonstrated that the most in-demand models for developing university technology entrepreneurship are systemic models of end-to-end engagement and support for startup initiatives, aimed at developing the university ecosystem in collaboration with educational and industrial partners."

This material was prepared with the support of a grant from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science as part of the Decade of Science and Technology.

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The Polytechnic University held an awards ceremony for the winners of the St. Petersburg Government Prize competition in scientific and pedagogical activity. The competition was attended by graduate students, doctoral candidates, and young doctors of science from St. Petersburg. The competition has been held since 2007. In 2025, 70 people were named winners, including 17 Polytechnic University students.

The award ceremony was attended by members of the Council of the competition for the St. Petersburg Government Prize in the field of scientific and pedagogical activity, representatives of the executive bodies of the state power of St. Petersburg, and representatives of educational institutions of higher education.

Opening the ceremony, Andrei Maksimov, Chairman of the Committee on Science and Higher Education of St. Petersburg, congratulated the winners on behalf of St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov and offered a few welcoming remarks.

"St. Petersburg has created an entire system to support the scientific and educational work of students, postgraduates, young scientists, and PhD and doctoral holders," the committee head recalled. "But the competition for awards in scientific and educational activities is special. I am grateful to you for choosing this challenging, yet profoundly important, path—to spread knowledge and train highly qualified personnel—personnel who will bring new achievements to our city and country. Today, you can express your gratitude to your mentors, teachers, and professors, who instilled in you a love of science, and who enabled you to follow this path. It's truly gratifying to look out into the audience and realize that your work has not been in vain."

Andrei Maksimov concluded his speech with a quote from Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science."

"The competition has proven its importance and usefulness over time. It's gratifying that this year's engineering disciplines attracted a truly colossal number of applications, and the level of participation was exceptional. This makes your victory all the more valuable," SPbPU Rector and RAS Academician Andrey Rudskoy addressed the honorees. "You are our pillar, the future of both the country and St. Petersburg; you are the ones who carry the cup of enlightenment in your hands. Thanks to you, the importance of our education and science blossoms in ever new colors. Thank you for embracing our experience and our knowledge, enriching it with your talents, and passing it on to future generations."

Andrei Ivanovich wished the competition winners to be more energetic and courageous in their quest for well-deserved recognition and invited them to participate in competitions of the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

This year, the size of the incentives for competition winners has almost tripled, and the age criteria have also changed.

The competition participants were traditionally nominated in three categories:

The first category is open to graduate students, adjuncts, residents, full-time assistant trainees, and employees of higher education institutions, industry-specific, and academic institutes located in St. Petersburg who do not hold an academic degree. The winners receive a prize of 100,000 rubles.

Second: doctoral students and employees of higher education institutions, industry, and academic institutes located in St. Petersburg who hold a candidate of science degree. The age limit for candidates has been raised to 40 years, and the award amount has been increased to 150,000 rubles.

Third: employees of higher education institutions, industry, and academic institutes located in St. Petersburg who hold a doctorate degree. The age limit for doctors has been raised to 45, and the bonus has been increased to 200,000 rubles.

In each category, awards were given in four areas: “Humanities and Socio-Economic Sciences”, “Natural and Mathematical Sciences”, “Engineering Sciences”, and “Medical Sciences”.

Seventeen scientists and teachers who submitted their educational programs and teaching aids to the competition won the KNVSh awards from the Polytechnic University.

The winners in the category "Graduate students, adjuncts, residents, full-time assistant trainees, and employees of higher education institutions, industry and academic institutes who do not have an academic degree" in the competition's "Humanities and Socio-Economic Sciences" category were:

Ekaterina Mushenko (curriculum for the course "Workshop on the Translation of Socio-Political Texts");Inna Seledtsova (practical course with elements of a multi-industry simulator on managing innovative products);Artem Ivaschenko (curriculum for the course "Cost Management at an Enterprise").

Direction "Engineering Sciences":

Liliya Talipova (practical course on "Parametric Modeling of Construction Projects"); Evgeniya Zavodnova (study guide "Organization and Planning in Construction. Development of Construction Organization Projects"); Gleb Averchenko (study guide "Basic Requirements for the Design and Construction of Bridge Structures"); Alexander Doronin (online course "Analysis of Technosphere Safety Data"); Anastasia Vavilova (lecture notes on "Structural Mechanics").

The winners among the candidates of science in the field of "Humanities and Socio-Economic Sciences" were:

Angi Skhvediani (online course "Econometrics: Advanced Level"); Anton Shaban (study guide "Marketing Communications").

The winner in the Natural and Mathematical Sciences category is Yulia Kropotina, author of the two-part textbook "Mathematical Modeling in Astrophysics."

The winners in the Technical Sciences category were:

Konstantin Semenov (study guide "Software for Metrological Support of Procedures for Mathematical Processing of Inaccurate Information"); Marina Petrochenko (study guide "Organization and Planning in Construction. Fundamentals of Lean Construction" in 2 parts. Part 1); Dmitry Sharapov (study guide "Hydraulic Engineering. Ice Impacts on Arctic Offshore Structures"); Vita Belousova (lecture notes "Environmental Safety in Hydraulic Engineering").

Olga Kalinina, author of the textbook "Development of Transprofessional Competencies in the University Educational Environment," won the Doctor of Science (DSc) award in the Humanities and Socio-Economic Sciences category.

In the Technical Sciences program, Dmitry Efanov, author of the online course Information Technology in Transport, is the author.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, Vadim Nenashev, a multiple laureate of the St. Petersburg Government Prize in scientific and pedagogical activity from the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, spoke on behalf of the winners.

The celebration ended with a general photographing and informal communication.

Full list of laureates.

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