Students of the Faculty of Economics of NSU won the case championship from Alfa-Bank

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From August 19 to 23, the Alfa-Bank case championship was held at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi. The championship consisted of two stages: remote (case solution) and in-person (revision, defense). At the first stage, teams had to develop a new banking product focused on the needs of a youth audience, present a UX prototype and demonstrate the profitability of this idea for the bank. After that, the results of the selection stage were summed up: only 20 teams out of 724 made it to the final, which had to refine their solution: shoot a promo video, develop an MVP demo and, finally, present it to leading Alfa-Bank experts in Sochi.

— Our team is a team of the strongest students in the country. For example, we have already worked together with Alisa German and Daria Yudina from Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Each of us is a winner of a RUB 1 million prize for winning the largest all-Russian competition (Bolshaya Peremena, Tvoy Khod), for which we were included in the state information resource about people who have demonstrated outstanding abilities. We were joined by Olga Somova (NSU), the winner of the All-Russian legal case championship MGIMO Law Championship, who brilliantly worked out the regulatory risks of our fintech product, and Maria Kolobova from OSU, the winner of the International Festival of Sports Programming "Code of the World", who revived our ideas in the interface. We believe that the strength of our team is in its diversity, and the formula for success is ambitions multiplied by expertise in various fields, and the desire to change the world for the better! — shared Alina Churkina, a 4th-year student majoring in Management Faculty of Economics, NSU.

The team's presentation was dedicated to presenting the concept of new banking for Generation Z. The girls analyzed the values of young people and came to the conclusion that zoomers value such things as development, status, and community. The team proposed moving away from the traditional approach, where a bank is perceived solely as a tool for transactions, and presented an emotional-behavioral platform that turns banking into a tool for personal growth. This approach is aimed at forming long-term loyalty and reducing customer churn through integration into the daily life and interests of the young audience. All this is the result of three weeks of intensive work: analyzing the values of Generation Z and the best practices of fintech and lifestyle brands, designing a viable business model with forecasts for monetization and key metrics; developing a product prototype, a promotion plan, and, finally, filming a promo video for its presentation.

— The final stage of the case championship can be divided into the final and the super final. In the final, 20 teams had to present a 2-minute pitch and show a promo video. An hour later, a list of 10 super finalist teams was announced, which had to present their solution to the experts again. In my opinion, the main task in the final was to cope with our emotions: excitement, fear and fatigue after a busy day of presentations. In the super final, we had to not only clearly and convincingly convey the key ideas of our product, but also answer difficult questions from the jury, demonstrating a deep understanding of the market and the needs of the youth audience, — added Olga Somov, a 4th-year student of the Jurisprudence program at the Faculty of Economics of NSU.

Olga and Alina's team made it to the super final (top 10 strongest teams in the country) and, based on its results, became the winner in the nomination "Best Promo Video", for which they were awarded the opportunity to undergo a priority internship at Alfa-Bank.

— Alfa Case Camp is a completely new level of championships. We didn’t just defend the solution, we literally lived it for several days: we discussed non-standard solutions for launching banking products, received personal consultations on pitching and our careers from Alfa Bank top managers. This program gave a unique opportunity not only to present our solution, but also to directly exchange experience with experts who are shaping the future of banking technologies today. Winning the “Best Promo Video” nomination and reaching the top 10 strongest teams in the country confirmed that we not only know how to think strategically, but also implement creative ideas efficiently, which is certainly nice. But the main prize is the people, knowledge and emotions that we took with us! — Alina shared her impressions.

— Participation in the Alpha Case Camp was not only a great opportunity for me to apply theoretical knowledge in practice, but also a unique experience of teamwork in a real business environment. In addition to professional growth, I received a lot of positive emotions from the inspiring atmosphere of the mountain resort, the rich educational program and informal communication with guys from different parts of Russia. This case championship helped me understand how important creativity, flexibility of thinking and the ability to quickly adapt to new challenges are, — Olga added.

Material prepared by: Varvara Frolkina, NSU press service

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Valery Falkov congratulated students and teachers on the beginning of the academic year: key priorities for the development of higher education

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Dear friends!

I congratulate you on Knowledge Day and the beginning of the new school year!

For many of us, student years are a happy and important period in life: a time of growing up, making independent decisions and serious victories.

Perhaps the most important and long-awaited day today is for our first-year students. You are at the beginning of a long, interesting journey, full of new achievements, discoveries and acquaintances. Use this time to the maximum – absorb knowledge, develop your talents and abilities.

We have taken care to create the necessary conditions for your studies and scientific activities. Universities across the country have youth laboratories, design bureaus, engineering schools, startup studios and other sites where you can hone your knowledge and acquire additional practical skills.

In order for your student life to be comfortable, we implement large infrastructure projects. Among them is the presidential program for dormitory renovation and the creation of a network of modern student campuses.

All the qualitative transformations of recent years are part of the large-scale work to improve the national system of higher education. They are aimed at ensuring that our universities produce leading specialists who will consolidate Russia's technological leadership on the world stage.

On this special day, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to our teachers. You are mentors and guides who are shaping a new generation of professionals. With your service, you educate individuals, set an example of responsibility and sincere love for your work. Thank you for this hard and noble work.

Dear friends! Let the new school year become a time of bold victories for each of us, allow us to achieve the most ambitious goals and give us new bright impressions!

Believe in yourself, go for it!

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Training of engineering personnel: Rector of SPbPU spoke at a meeting with Nikolai Patrushev

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Rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy took part in a meeting with heads of state authorities and organizations, which was chaired by Assistant to the President of Russia and Head of the Marine Collegium Nikolay Patrushev. The topic of the meeting was the priority tasks for the development of engineering education.

The main focus of the discussion was on the role of the new national higher education system in improving the quality of engineering training. The meeting participants paid special attention to federal educational and methodological associations (FEMA) as an important element of the new nationally oriented higher education system. In his report on this topic, SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy analyzed the key success factors of the domestic FEMA system and emphasized the need to preserve and develop its fundamental principles during the upcoming update.

The history of FUMO began in 1988, when the country began the transition from a planned economy to a market economy. Until that time, the content and methods of education in a specific specialty for all higher education institutions were determined by one of them, appointed by the ministry. But in the conditions of the emerging market economy, this approach ceased to be effective. In order to take into account the diversity of the economy and the requirements of employers and, at the same time, to maintain a single educational space, a system of federal educational and methodological associations was created, in which all universities in the country were represented. At the same time, basic universities ceased to be the only developers of educational programs and methods, turning into coordinators and organizers of educational processes. Thanks to this reform, it was possible to combine the traditions of scientific and methodological schools of basic universities with the intellectual capabilities and interests of all interested universities in Russia and employers without exception.

"Now, when the system is being restarted, there is a good opportunity to use the fundamental principles of FUMO activities that have proven their effectiveness, modernizing them in accordance with modern requirements," Andrey Rudskoy concluded. "It is especially important to preserve and strengthen the potential of engineering FUMOs as highly professional communities based on unique scientific and methodological schools."

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Russia launches joint educational programs with colleges in African countries

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In the fall of 2025, the first project of joint educational programs between Russia and West African countries at the level of secondary vocational education will be launched. The priority areas of training are the agricultural sector, agriculture, construction industry, as well as natural sciences and technical specialties. Colleges and three universities of the Novosibirsk Region are participating in the pilot project: Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk State Technical University and Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, each of which oversees its own area. The project is coordinated by the Center for Public Diplomacy. Representatives of NSU and the Center for Public Diplomacy announced this today at a press conference in TASS as part of the international forum for technological development "Technoprom-2025".

The project includes several stages. In order to bring the educational programs of Russian and African colleges closer together, the first stage will involve retraining of college teachers. The first program in the agricultural field will start in the fall of 2025 and provides for training teachers of African secondary vocational educational institutions at Novosibirsk universities for a period of several months to a year.

— We are starting to combine secondary vocational and higher education institutions within the framework of one project. We will start with retraining secondary education teachers in Burkina Faso, this is a key partner country for us, a pilot platform for testing new projects. The partners on the Russian side are colleges and universities of the Novosibirsk Region. In the future, we plan to replicate the successful experience in other regions of Russia, — commented Natalia Krasovskaya, Director of the Center for Public Diplomacy.

The next stage is planned to organize preparatory departments of Russian universities in educational institutions of secondary vocational education in African countries. Upon completion of their studies, college students, having already mastered the profession, will be able to choose one of two trajectories: to start working in their specialty in their country or to continue their education at a specialized university in Russia.

— The peculiarity of the project is that a joint Russian-African educational program of secondary vocational education is being created. In the future, its graduates will have the opportunity to enroll in a higher educational institution under an accelerated program and complete a bachelor's degree in three years instead of four. Thus, in six years of study — secondary vocational education plus a university — students receive a full bachelor's degree. For NSU, this is an additional tool for attracting foreign students, — said Evgeny Sagaydak, Head of the NSU Education Export Department.

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NSU, together with the Center for Public Diplomacy, launches an international class program

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Novosibirsk State University (NSU), together with the Center for Public Diplomacy, is launching a unique international-class program aimed at training schoolchildren in Burkina Faso. The pilot project will start on October 1, 2025, and includes intensive Russian language training, followed by two years of computer science and mathematics courses adapted to NSU requirements. Representatives of NSU and the Center for Public Diplomacy announced this today at a press conference at TASS as part of the international forum for technological development "Technoprom-2025".

The project in question is a unique experience for Russia, creating a specialized class in one of the lyceums of Burkina Faso. Students who complete the program will have the opportunity to enroll in specialized specialties at Novosibirsk State University.

— Over the past two years, we have been actively working in West African countries, creating and strengthening cooperation at the university level. Thus, last year an agreement was signed to create a Consortium of Russian Universities for cooperation with African countries. Now this project also covers school education, which allows us to prepare young people in advance for admission to Russian universities — three years before graduation. By creating a specialized international class, we are developing curricula adapted to the requirements of universities, which creates unique conditions for learning. This, in turn, will increase the number of students from African countries studying at Novosibirsk State University and other leading Russian universities, — commented Natalia Krasovskaya, Director of the Center for Public Diplomacy.

Schoolchildren with good knowledge of English will be allowed to participate in the program; it is planned to recruit 25-30 people. Computer science and mathematics programs will be developed by NSU teachers.

— The implementation of the model for selecting talented young people for admission to the university and the creation of specialized international classes is an important element of our international cooperation strategy. Therefore, we pay attention to building cooperation not only with universities, but also with schools, — commented Evgeny Sagaydak, Head of the Education Export Department at NSU.

Based on the results of the pilot project, it is planned to replicate the successful experience in other countries where Russian Houses of the Center for Public Diplomacy are already operating – Niger, Guinea, or are planned to open – Ghana, Mali, Libya, Namibia.

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Polytechnic University presented the experience of engineering classes at the Leningrad Region Pedagogical Council

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More than 600 representatives of the Leningrad Region education system gathered in Gatchina for a large-scale pedagogical council to sum up the results of the academic year and determine development vectors for the future. The event was attended by the Vice-Rector for Additional and Pre-University Education of SPbPU Dmitry Tikhonov and the Acting Director of the Center for Work with Educational Organizations Georgy Shkolnik.

The topic of the pedagogical council this year was "Education Development Strategy: Consolidation of Federal and Regional Decisions". The forum turned into a key platform for dialogue between the authorities, educational institutions and the expert community. The Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko, Senator of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Sergey Perminov, Director of the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Protection of Children's Rights of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation Larisa Falkovskaya, Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Irina Potekhina and Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region Sergey Bebenin addressed the audience with welcoming words.

The central element of the program was the work of 13 thematic sections. Dmitry Tikhonov spoke at the section "Development of the career guidance potential of the regional education system: specialized pre-professional classes and cluster approach."

The participants of the section discussed the creation and development of a system of specialized pre-professional classes as an effective tool for early career guidance. Particular attention was paid to models of network interaction between schools, colleges, universities and industrial enterprises within the framework of the cluster approach. Dmitry Tikhonov shared with colleagues the successful experience of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in organizing pre-university training and implementing projects aimed at identifying and supporting talented schoolchildren focused on engineering and technical specialties.

Dmitry Vladimirovich spoke about the role of the leading technical university in implementing the cluster approach and forming a continuous educational chain "school – university – enterprise". He shared the experience of SPbPU in organizing project activities of schoolchildren, the work of engineering classes and the implementation of additional education programs that allow identifying and supporting talented applicants focused on engineering specialties.

The report paid special attention to the new stage of development of this project directly in the Leningrad Region. Dmitry Vladimirovich reported that this academic year, with the support of the Committee for General and Professional Education of the Leningrad Region, specialized pre-professional "Engineering IT classes" were created in nine general education organizations of the region.

He called the training of teaching staff an important component. As part of the cooperation, SPbPU has already conducted advanced training for 40 teachers from schools in the Leningrad Region on the topic of "Conducting career guidance work in engineering classes: modern approaches and tools." In addition, more than 100 teachers from St. Petersburg and the region completed a three-month training program for drawing teachers using the domestic software "Nanosoft."

The creation of engineering classes is not a one-time event, but the beginning of a long journey for schoolchildren. We help not only to give them in-depth knowledge, but to immerse them in a professional environment, show real tasks and form motivation to obtain an engineering education, which is in demand by leading industrial enterprises of the Leningrad Region. Participation in such large-scale regional events as the pedagogical council is extremely important for the university. This allows us to directly interact with the pedagogical community, build long-term partnerships with schools and, ultimately, train specialists for high-tech sectors of the economy, – noted Dmitry Tikhonov.

The council members developed specific proposals for scaling up the best practices of career guidance work throughout the region, which will be taken into account in the strategy for the development of education in the Leningrad Region.

An award ceremony for the best teachers in the region was also held. For significant achievements in the field of education and many years of conscientious work, 38 representatives of the Leningrad Region education system received state and regional awards.

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PISh SPbPU invites: Winter University in Engineering Sciences-2025

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The advanced engineering school of SPbPU "Digital Engineering" invites 3rd-4th year students of engineering and technical specialties from the CIS countries, China, India, Iran, South Africa, Cuba and Indonesia, as well as future engineers studying at universities in St. Petersburg, to take part in the Winter University in Engineering Sciences "Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies".

The event will be held with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Sociocenter, the international services of SPbPU and the Center for work with applicants of SPbPU.

The goal of the Winter University is to strengthen ties and expand cooperation between young engineers. The project is aimed at developing engineering competencies and improving the qualifications of students, in particular in such areas as digital technologies, systems digital engineering and artificial intelligence.

The Winter University will be held from November 24 to December 7, 2025, at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Samara University named after Korolev, and Novgorod State University named after Yaroslav the Wise.

The application period will end on September 30, 2025. Registration and the conditions of participation are available on the Winter University website.

Training program at the Winter University at the SPbPU PISh site, designed for 150 participants, consists of technical modules, an introductory course in Russian for English-speaking students, and a cultural and entertainment program.

The training involves completing one of three equivalent engineering tracks in Russian and English, consisting of educational and design-laboratory modules.

The Technologist track for Russian-speaking students includes the following modules:

Laboratory for Digital Transformation and Lean Manufacturing; Laboratory for Intelligent Robotics and Cyber-Physical Systems (Smart Manufacturing and Industrial AI); Project Laboratory for the Application of AI Technologies to Various Types of Data; Laboratory for Polymer Composite Materials.

The Engineer track for Russian-speaking students includes the following modules:

Modern engineering in high-tech industries; Aerodynamics of the aircraft wing profile; Project laboratory for design; Personal efficiency. Training for the development of personal and professional skills.

The Innovator track for English-speaking students includes modules:

Intelligent Robotics and Cyber-Physical Systems Lab (Smart Manufacturing and Industrial AI); Supply Chain Management; Design Project Lab; Recognizing Opportunities and Generating High-Tech Startup Ideas.

The architecture of each track combines: a design module, an industrial partner module, a soft-skills module and a project module.

The modules are conducted in parallel, each of them lasts two days and takes place in groups of 15-20 people.

Over the course of two weeks, students will be introduced to business process optimization, industrial AI technologies, advanced neural network architectures, polymer composite materials, and modern digital engineering technologies.

The educational and project parts of the Winter University will be conducted by teachers of the Higher School of International Educational Programs and employees of the leading departments of the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU "Digital Engineering": Engineering Center "Computer Engineering Center" (CompMechLab®); Scientific and Educational Center "Aircraft Engines and Power Plants"; Center for Continuing Professional Education; North-West Interuniversity Regional Educational and Scientific Center "Polytech-Cyberphysics"; Research Laboratory "Laboratory for Analysis of Biomedical Images and Data".

The Winter University “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies” is a unique opportunity for students to expand their knowledge, develop professional skills and establish contacts with leading experts in the field of engineering and technology.

The event's partners include such large companies as Gazprom Neft, Kronstadt Engineering Center, UEC, TVEL, CentroTech-Engineering, Power Machines, Severstal, and others.

A rich cultural program has been prepared for students, including excursions to the main attractions of St. Petersburg, visits to museums and architectural monuments, as well as events aimed at intercultural communication and familiarization with the history and traditions of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. In addition to the educational program, participants will be offered lectures by invited experts, an Engineering Championship and an AI quiz show

SPbPU's advanced engineering school "Digital Engineering" is actively developing international cooperation with friendly countries in the field of engineering education, including the implementation of advanced practices and approaches to training highly qualified world-class specialists.

Thus, in 2023, the SPbPU PISh became a venue for holding Schools of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies. More than 100 students from Russian and Belarusian universities successfully completed training in four areas of professional training: autonomous and unmanned transport, computer engineering, and design based on topological optimization.

In 2024, SPbPU successfully completed the Winter University in Engineering Sciences "New Scientific Horizons". Its participants included 220 students from 63 universities in Russia, the CIS and other countries. 170 young people represented 44 foreign universities in the Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Tajikistan, China, South Africa, Iran and India. The students gained new knowledge about digital technologies in engineering, got acquainted with the technologies of system digital engineering, trained on computer simulators and simulators, conducted laboratory work and established friendly and partnership relations within the framework of joint team projects.

The success of the events confirms the demand for such international educational projects. The unique format of the events, combining theoretical training with practical work on modern equipment, helps to develop the competencies necessary for successful work in high-tech industries. In addition, such events pay special attention to the development of teamwork and intercultural communication skills, which is an important factor for future international engineers.

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The MBA program "Strategic Management" is 20 years old

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Over the years, more than 240 people have graduated from it. Among them are business owners and top managers. Its director, director of the Center for Continuing Education at NSU, Doctor of Economics, professor Vera Markova tells us how the program developed, what principles underlie it and what its features are.

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As part of the 2025 admission campaign, 1,333 people were admitted to budget places at NSU

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Novosibirsk State University sums up the interim results of the 2025 admission campaign. At the priority and main stages, 1,333 people were admitted to budget places for bachelor's and specialist's degrees, including places of separate, special and target quotas, this year, of which 116 people are winners and prize-winners of the All-Russian Olympiad and Olympiads from the list of the Russian Society of Schoolchildren. The geography of those admitted includes 64 regions of Russia, the share of out-of-town applicants is more than 70%.

This year, the number of applications for all bachelor's and specialist's degree programs exceeded 23 thousand, which is 17% more than in 2024. Also, the number of applicants who applied for admission to NSU increased by almost 7% and amounted to more than 8,200 people. The average score for the budget for the main competition remained at the 2024 level – about 85.

At the stage of priority enrollment within a separate quota (children of SVO participants) in 2025, the number of students increased threefold and amounted to 93 people from 21 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including 29 people without entrance examinations. Within the special quota, 40 people were enrolled, of which 10 were orphans and children left without parental care, and 30 were disabled. Within the targeted admission, 20 people were enrolled, most of them in the direction of "General Medicine".

Schoolchildren from all over Russia entered NSU, and the geography of applicants expanded: if in 2024, students represented 58 regions, then this year – 64. The top 5 regions include Novosibirsk Oblast (40%), Altai Krai and the Altai Republic (9%), Kemerovo Oblast (9%), Irkutsk Oblast and Zabaykalsky Krai (6.5%), Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk Oblasts (4%). The largest number of out-of-town applicants is in the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Physics and Mechanics and Mathematics Faculties – more than 75%.

An innovation, compared to 2024, is the development of programs by the university with the support of industrial partners.

— This year we launched several new promising areas. For example, a new bachelor's degree program "Applied Artificial Intelligence" to train top specialists in the field of AI, which is being implemented with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation and the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation. The anchor partner of the program is the multidisciplinary IT holding T1. More than 300 applications for 150 places with tuition fees were submitted for the program. Also, for the first time, recruitment took place for new programs of the Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies of NSU: "Medical Cybernetics" (specialist) and "Industrial Pharmacy" (master's degree). These are network educational programs, implemented jointly with the Engineering School of Moscow State University, the industrial partners are the companies "Generium" and "Pharmstandard". New medical areas will be developed on the basis of the infrastructure of the NSU campus under construction, — said the rector of NSU, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk.

If we talk about the most popular areas, then traditionally there is high competition in areas with a small number of budget places. This year, the top 5 included "Jurisprudence" (67 people per place), "Linguistics" (44 people per place), "Business Informatics" (42 people per place), "Sociology" (34 people per place), "Informatics and Computer Science. Computer Science and Systems Engineering" (33 people per place).

— We are seeing an increase in interest in engineering and IT specialties. Thus, the following areas showed the greatest increase in the number of applications, compared to 2024: "Informatics and Computer Engineering", "Mathematics and Mechanics", "Mathematics and Computer Science", "Applied Mathematics and Physics". The last of the above-mentioned programs is relatively new: we launched it only last year, this year we doubled the recruitment, and the area turned out to be very popular: the competition was 31 people per place. Also this year we are seeing a positive trend — interest in the "Physics. Fundamental Research" area has grown: both the number of applications and the average passing score have increased, — added Mikhail Fedoruk.

Every year, digital channels of interaction with applicants are becoming increasingly popular: this year, more than 80% of schoolchildren submitted applications through the State Services portal.

 

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Secondary vocational education at SPbPU: first results of the admission campaign

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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University continues to welcome new students — this time at the Institute of Secondary Vocational Education (ISPO). On August 15, the Polytechnic College opened its doors to 530 applicants enrolled in budget places.

ISPO accepts 9th and 11th grade graduates. When submitting documents, applicants can choose up to three budget specialties and one on a contract basis, ranking them in order of priority. Enrollment is based on the average grade point average of the certificate. 355 places are financed from the federal budget, and 175 from the budget of St. Petersburg.

The 2025 admission campaign to the ISPO SPbPU demonstrated the growing popularity of secondary vocational education. This year, more than 6,500 applications were submitted to the budget from applicants. The greatest interest was aroused by the specialties "Information Systems and Programming", "Computer Systems and Complexes", "Tourism and Hospitality". A new specialty "Web Development" was also opened in 2025.

This year, 481 contract places have been allocated for nine full-time specialties and 90 places for three correspondence specialties. More than 2,000 applications have already been submitted, and the acceptance of documents for fee-based education continues until August 18.

"This year, for the first time, we accepted applications through the Unified Portal of State Services. The ISPO Admissions Committee included more than 40 college employees and university information service specialists, which allowed us to quickly process all the information, including answering applicants' questions and helping them submit documents," said Roman Baibikov, Director of the Institute of Secondary Vocational Education. "We have a strong intake of students on the budget, and I hope that the newly minted students will become highly qualified specialists and will be able to achieve success in professional skills championships with the help of our teachers. I would like to thank everyone involved in the work of the Admissions Committee and especially the responsible secretary Elena Pavlova for the work done."

On September 1, 2025, more than 1,000 ISPO first-year students will officially begin their careers within the walls of one of the oldest technical universities in the country. Congratulations to all those enrolled and we look forward to welcoming new students!

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