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Maxim Shubarev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Setl Group; Jan Izak, CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Setl Group; Ilya Eremenko, member of the Board of Directors of Setl Group; and Eduard Raikin, CEO of NSC (New Service Company) LLC. The guests were greeted by SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy; Vice-Rector for Information, Youth Policy, and Security Maxim Pasholikov; and Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Civil Engineering Institute.

At the meeting, they discussed further cooperation and the development of joint projects. Then, Andrey Rudskoy and Valery Klimov, Director of the SPbPU History Museum, gave the partners a tour of the main building. They shared biographies of prominent university alumni and faculty, and in the Academic Council meeting room, they discussed the lives and work of the Polytechnic University's directors and rectors.

The guests were taken to the museum, where they were introduced to the history of the Polytechnic and also shown a new an exhibition dedicated to Olympic champion Evgeny Kulikov.

Afterwards, the delegation visited the Reading Room and the White Room. The rector spoke about the events held there. Boris Kondin, Head of the Directorate of Cultural Programs and Youth Creativity, discussed in more detail the creative events for first-year students and spoke about the university's Pop and Symphony Orchestra. Andrey Rudskoy emphasized that engineering education should always be combined with creativity.

At the end of the meeting, the guests visited the renovated large physics auditorium and auditorium No. 159 named after Professor Elena Silnikova.

Setl Group is a long-standing partner of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Students from the Institute of Civil Engineering complete internships at the company and regularly attend construction site tours. Many Polytechnic University graduates successfully find employment at Setl Group and contribute to major construction projects in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. Furthermore, the company's Chairman of the Board of Directors, Maxim Shubarev, is a 1993 graduate of the university.

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The SPbPU Institute of Civil Engineering hosted a scientific seminar, "Hydraulics and Hydraulic Engineering. Sharing Experiences." It was dedicated to the memory of outstanding scientists and teachers, Professors Artur Girgidov and Mikhail Petrichenko. The event was part of SPbPU Science Week.

Artur Davidovich Girgidov (1939–2020) was an Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, and Professor. For over 20 years, he headed the Hydraulics Department of the Faculty of Hydrotechnical Engineering (since 1999, the Faculty of Civil Engineering). A graduate of the Faculty of Hydrotechnical Engineering of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute named after M. I. Kalinin, Artur Davidovich, already in the early 1960s, using the first electronic digital computers, calculated the fluctuations of water masses in a pressure system of a hydroelectric power station with a surge tank. Thus, he was a decade ahead of foreign research. Artur Girgidov's scientific contributions are vast: from the theoretical foundations of hydraulics and the theory of gravity-fed fluid flow to soil mechanics and mathematical models of human limb joints. Artur Davidovich developed training courses and trained generations of hydraulic engineers and construction specialists. As Deputy Chairman of the Scientific and Methodological Council for Hydraulics of the Russian Ministry of Education, he developed educational standards. He is the author of over 100 scientific papers and textbooks, as well as four inventions.

Mikhail Romanovich Petrichenko (1951–2021) — Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, Head of the Hydraulics Department at the Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering (since 1999, the Faculty of Civil Engineering). After graduating from the M. I. Kalinin Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1974, he worked at the Central Diesel Research Institute for over 20 years. He rose through the ranks from engineer to deputy head of department. Since 1995, his entire career has been associated with Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. He is the author of over 200 scientific papers, 21 inventions, textbooks, and monographs. Mikhail Romanovich combined in-depth interdisciplinary research in hydraulic engineering, construction, and mechanical engineering with active teaching and scientific-organizational work. Under his supervision, more than 10 PhD candidates were trained. He was awarded the title of "Honored Worker of Education of the Russian Federation."

The seminar featured 17 speakers, including representatives from the Civil Engineering Institute and the Physics and Mechanics Institute of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping, Hydrotech LLC, and the Moscow Polytechnic University. The speakers included professors, associate professors, graduate students, and undergraduates, many of whom knew Artur Girgidov and Mikhail Petrichenko personally.

The presentation topics covered a wide range of relevant topics: current trends in the development of semi-empirical turbulence models, the influence of anthropogenic and climatic factors on floods, the study of hydraulic shock using strain gauges, experience in the design and operation of hydroelectric power plants under extreme conditions, the stability of sheet pile walls during construction, experience in three-dimensional numerical modeling of air distribution in ventilated spaces, issues of hydraulics in marine hydraulic engineering, and prospects for the development of the subjects "Hydraulics" and "Hydraulics of Hydraulic Structures."

The seminar concluded with a general discussion, during which participants shared memories of the personalities and scientific legacy of Professors Artur Girgidov and Mikhail Petrichenko. Following the seminar, a tour of the hydraulic laboratory of the Civil Engineering Institute was offered to all interested participants.

This seminar is a tribute to two outstanding scientists and educators, Artur Davidovich Girgidov and Mikhail Romanovich Petrichenko, whose scientific schools laid the foundation for the development of hydraulics at our university. "Artur Davidovich and Mikhail Romanovich were my teachers and academic advisors. Their clarity of thought, dedication to science, and desire to connect theory with practice remain a benchmark for us. Today's exchange of experience is a continuation of their work," noted Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Civil Engineering Institute.

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The Polytechnic University held the DUCKERZ CTF information security Olympiad. The competition was intense and dynamic. Participants demonstrated a high level of technical proficiency, strategic thinking, and teamwork.

The UAZ team won the competition, scoring 16,886 points. The team represented employees of the Security Analysis Department of SKBT (Sovcombank Technologies).

Team 0xb00bs took second place with 13,889 points. The participants were aged between 16 and 18, making their result particularly impressive.

Team Caplag took third place, also scoring 13,889 points. The team represented the city of Syktyvkar.

The event was organized by students from the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity: Varvara Pogoretskaya, Egor Anisimov, Alexander Zaruchevsky, Egor Zakharov, Maxim Stavrov, Georgy Kolbenkov, Gleb Grankin, Olesya Petrova, Mikhail Maryasov, Ilya Kuzin, and others. The organizing team, with the support of the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity's Higher School of Software Engineering, prepared a series of interesting and challenging tasks.

A total of 2,400 people participated in the competition, more than double the number from last year. DUCKERZ CTF 2026 was a significant event and confirmed the high interest of specialists in information security.

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Polytechnic University participated in a video conference with Southeast University, a leading Chinese engineering and technology university. The meeting was organized as part of the development of the memorandum of understanding signed during visit of the official delegation of Southeastern University at SPbPU.

Scientists from the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology, led by Director Andrey Vasin, participated in the videoconference. He presented the Institute's key achievements in biomedicine and biotechnology, as well as research in nutrition.

The Chinese partners were represented by scientists from three schools (faculties): life sciences and technology, medicine, and public health.

Colleagues noted that many areas of work at our universities overlap, and both parties are interested in joint research and further exchange of experience.

The name of Professor Ilya Bezprozvanny is also widely known in Nanjing; his achievements in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases were noted by Professor Zhengping Jia of the School of Life Sciences and Technology.

Participants discussed topics of mutual interest and expressed their intention to develop scientific and technical cooperation in areas such as virology and influenza vaccines, drug delivery technologies, microfluidics, medical image processing algorithms, and neurodegeneration processes.

The second videoconference is scheduled for March and will focus on automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

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Andrey Rudskoy, Rector of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, and Alexander Aslanyan, CEO of the Meridian Research and Production Company, signed a strategic partnership agreement. During the agreement's preparation, the partners held a meeting between Meridian specialists, led by Deputy CEO Alexander Kopanev, and employees of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity, the Civil Engineering Institute, and the Institute of Power Engineering. They expressed mutual interest in collaborating on personnel training and solving scientific and technical problems in the fields of marine radio communications, control systems, degaussing equipment, and fire safety.

Meridian is a multi-industry enterprise that carries out work in various areas:

Information and control systems; fire automatic systems; control panels for navigation equipment; control systems for radio communication and radio intelligence; systems for compensation of magnetic and electric fields; simulators; telemetry systems; power supply systems for ship complexes.

Over the years, the systems and devices developed by the company have been installed on almost all ships and vessels built in the USSR and Russia, including the nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Chebanenko, the icebreakers Arktika and Sibir, and many other ships and vessels.

The company currently boasts a highly qualified workforce. Young specialists and scientists specializing in algorithm development are involved in innovative projects and the development of breakthrough technologies using elements of artificial intelligence.

Present at the agreement signing were Rector Andrey Rudskoy, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Lyudmila Pankova, Vice Rector for Research Yuri Fomin, Academic Secretary Dmitry Karpov, Director of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Alexander Korotkov, Director of the Civil Engineering Institute Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Center for Scientific and Technical Development and Continuous Programming Oleg Ipatov, and Director of the Higher School of Electronics and Microsystems Engineering Vera Loboda. Meridian's representatives included Director General Alexander Aslanyan, Deputy Director General Alexander Kopanev, and HR Director Alla Sharshukova.

Our cooperation will be mutually beneficial. We will certainly be of assistance in training personnel. We will also jointly develop science and technical solutions," Andrey Rudskoy emphasized.

In addition, the rector of SPbPU spoke about the activities of all the university's institutes and noted how they could be involved in working with the enterprise.

The main goals of cooperation between SPbPU and NPF Meridian include:

Ensuring high-quality professional training of university graduates; Improving the effectiveness of fundamental and applied scientific research conducted by NPF Meridian and SPbPU; Ensuring the innovative nature of applied scientific research; Assistance in providing enterprises and organizations with young qualified specialists; Creation of organizational, scientific, educational, methodological, logistical and innovative potential for the implementation of joint activities of the university and NPF Meridian in the field of relevant scientific and technical, scientific and educational, scientific and innovative, investment, industrial and production, socio-economic and consulting projects and programs; Joint implementation of scientific and educational, scientific research, scientific and innovative, experimental design and other work in priority and promising areas of development of science, technology and engineering.

Alexander Aslanyan spoke in detail about the company's activities and noted the benefits of collaborating with Polytechnic University.

After signing the agreement, the university's new partners were given a tour of the Technopolis Polytech Scientific Research Center. The guests were shown the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Technology's laboratory, where the institute's director, Alexander Korotkov, described their key developments. The Meridian Scientific and Production Company delegation also visited the SPbPU supercomputer center and the Mechanical Engineering Technologies and Materials Research and Education Center.

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An exhibition dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Olympic victory of the Polytechnician, ten-time world record holder, and speed skater Evgeny Kulikov has opened at the SPbPU History Museum.

The opening date for the exhibition was suggested by the champion himself—on February 10, 1976, exactly 50 years ago, at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, Evgeny Kulikov, a student at the M. I. Kalinin Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, won the gold medal in the 500-meter race. At the ceremony at the Polytechnic Museum, Evgeny Nikolaevich recalled that even the time of his winter race and victory coincided with the exhibition opening—10 a.m. The event was especially symbolic because the Winter Olympics are currently taking place in Italy. However, Russian athletes are participating as neutrals. All the more precious were the memories of past sporting achievements shared by Evgeny Nikolaevich and other participants in the ceremony.

As the famous song "Heroes of Sports" goes: "We want to give all the records our resounding names." Evgeny Kulikov named ten! In 1975, he became the first speed skater in the world to run 500 meters in under 38 seconds (37.99) and set the first world record for the distance. For this, he was awarded the Oscar Mathiesen Prize as the "Best Speed Skater of the Year." He also won gold and silver Olympic medals (silver at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics), a silver medal at the 1975 World Championships, a bronze medal at the 1977 World Championships, and 18 gold medals at the USSR and Leningrad Championships.

"Yevgeny Nikolayevich is our first Olympic champion. And, of course, his name is already etched in gold letters in the history of the Polytechnic University, meaning it will live on for centuries. And he will always be a role model for younger generations of a harmoniously developed individual, strong in spirit, body, and intellect," said SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy at the exhibition opening.

Yuri Avdeev, a member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and president of the city's Olympic Council, once again recalled Evgeny Kulikov's sporting achievements and his activities after retiring. From 1982 to 1984, Evgeny Nikolaevich coached the USSR national speed skating team. From 1985, he was involved in the development of short track speed skating. From 1994 to 1998, Evgeny Nikolaevich served as chairman of the St. Petersburg Committee for Physical Culture and Sports. Since 2001, he has been vice president and a member of the executive committee of the Russian Skating Union. From 2011 to 2015, he headed the St. Petersburg Speed Skating Federation.

At the exhibition opening, Yuri Avdeev presented Evgeny Kulikov with a Certificate of Gratitude from the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.

"Yevgeny Nikolayevich is a legend. The victories he brought to Soviet sports are our pride. Thank you for your contribution to the development of physical education and sports. And a deep bow to the Polytechnic for perpetuating the achievements of this renowned athlete," added Igor Vasilyev, Head of the St. Petersburg Sports Facilities Management Directorate.

Another legend among the ceremony's honored guests was the renowned sports commentator Gennady Orlov. He told the following story: "I'm the only one here who witnessed Evgeny Kulikov win the silver medal in Lake Placid on February 14, 1980. I was commentating the race with Eric Heiden, the future five-time Olympic champion. The only hope of all the speed skaters was that Evgeny Kulikov, by then already the Olympic champion in Innsbruck, would give him a run for his money. And so they did. After the first turn, Evgeny had a breakdown. I immediately ran over to the commentary booth and called him a former champion, but Nikolai Ozerov corrected me: 'There are no former Olympic champions.'"

The exhibition opening was graced by the presence of the widow and daughter of Anatoly Yegorovich Pavlov, Evgeny Kulikov's coach. Also in attendance were Polytechnic graduates Sergei Startsev and Vladimir Geller, who, in fact, started this whole story. Fifty-five years ago, two students from the Leningrad Polytechnic's power engineering department came to Chita for summer vacation, where Evgeny Kulikov was serving in the SKA sports company of the Trans-Baikal Military District. They met him while playing football and invited him to the Polytechnic. Then a letter arrived from Leningrad addressed to the head of the Army Sports Club. He advised the young man not to pass up the offer. Evgeny submitted his application and left for Leningrad. He passed his exams, entered the Polytechnic, met a coach, began skating, and won competitions.

"My greatest achievements and awards came while I was studying at the Polytechnic," Evgeny Nikolaevich emphasized. "So, thank you to the university for the foundation it gave me and for the honor you bestow upon me today."

After cutting the symbolic ribbon, Evgeny Kulikov himself gave a tour of the museum for everyone who came. He introduced each exhibit, reminisced about competitions, and spoke warmly about his mother, his coach, and his family, who became like family to him.

At the end of the event, an autograph session took place.

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At the end of January, Polytechnic students took part in their traditional winter recreation program, which took place at two locations: the Kholomki Educational and Historical Reserve and the Polytechnic Educational and Sports Center in the village of Toksovo.

From January 25th to 29th, two sessions in Toksovo offered a rich program of active recreation organized by Super Kultorg. Students participated in quizzes, team competitions, and games, spent time outdoors, and got to know each other. The trip helped them take a break from the daily grind, recharge, and spend a few days in a friendly atmosphere.

From January 26th to 29th, a parallel session was held in Kholomki, a place traditionally associated with a true winter fairytale by students. Here, the students had the opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, socialize with friends, and try new activities. Participants skied and snowshoed, spent time in nature, and recharged their batteries for the upcoming semester.

Following the student shift, PROF's leadership and activists arrived in Kholomki. A two-day strategic session was held to identify the organization's development priorities. Team building activities helped unite the renewed team and build effective collaboration among members.

The trip not only provided an opportunity to discuss plans but also became an important step toward forming a cohesive team focused on developing the student community and launching new initiatives. The winter camps demonstrated that leisure and work can be harmoniously combined, uniting students and activists with a common goal: making university life even more interesting and comfortable.

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The Festival Youth and Leisure Center hosted the conference "The Council of Municipalities of St. Petersburg: 20 Years in Action. Best Practices and Results of the Year." Students from the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade at SPbPU helped organize the event. As part of the institute's long-standing collaboration with the Council of Municipalities of St. Petersburg, they volunteered, including residents of the student association "Public Administration Laboratory."

The conference brought together the leaders and deputies of St. Petersburg's inner-city municipalities and served as an important platform for reviewing the year's work and sharing successful local government practices. The event focused on urban planning and improvement, as well as the implementation of socially significant projects. Municipalities that achieved outstanding results in various areas also received awards.

Students from the Institute of Mechanics, Economics, and Telecommunications ensured the smooth running of the conference, assisting with guest registration, accompanying participants, and conducting organizational activities. For future public administration specialists, participation in this event provided valuable practical experience and an opportunity to gain insight into the workings of local government.

Anton Zubarev, a first-year student in the Public and Municipal Administration program and a graduate of the Smolny School career guidance project, shared his impressions: "The conference demonstrated the importance of teamwork. I was impressed by how all the city's municipalities unite to share experiences and solve common problems. As a future manager, I understand that this approach is key to effectiveness. And it's great that we, IPMEIT students, were able to be part of this event."

The Public Administration Laboratory and the Council of Municipalities have been collaborating for a long time. Council Chairman Vsevolod Belikov Honorary Resident of the Laboratory, and we plan to continue working together,” noted the head of the LPU, Maxim Konoplev.

Ksenia Shilina, a first-year student majoring in Public and Municipal Administration and a resident of the LPU, shared her impressions: "The conference was unforgettable, as it allowed us to see the work of the Council of Municipalities of St. Petersburg from the inside and learn about completed and future projects. We also had the opportunity to meet many interesting people in person."

This collaboration will continue. This month, Polytechnic students will participate in organizing the Congress of the Council of Municipalities of St. Petersburg, strengthening the existing partnership and opening up new opportunities for practical interaction between students and the local government system.

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The awards ceremony, dedicated to Russian Science Day, took place at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The event focused on scientists, graduate students, young researchers, and media representatives who advance the Polytechnic's scientific agenda and strengthen its position as a leading scientific and technological center.

Yuri Fomin, SPbPU Vice-Rector for Research, opened the ceremony. He addressed the university's scientific community, noting the Polytechnic University's contribution to the development of engineering, energy, digital technologies, biomedicine, and humanities research, and emphasized the role of university research in addressing the country's priority issues: "We are proud of our scientists. They are at the forefront of commercializing the results of intellectual activity and publishing. This is important not only for us, but also for our country. I believe scientists are a rather creative profession. And what you create brings us ever closer to the technological leadership we often talk about."

The first category is "SPbPU Scientist 2025 – Leader in Intellectual Activity." It recognizes those whose research leads in patents and electronic certificates and delivers significant results in technology transfer.

Alexander Semencha, Head of the Applied Chemistry Department at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport; Viktor Belko, Director of the Institute of Power Engineering's Higher School of High-Voltage Power Engineering; Alexander Timin, Professor at the Higher School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies and Head of the Laboratory of Nano- and Microencapsulation of Biologically Active Substances at the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology; and Irina Anikina, Associate Professor at the Institute of Power Engineering's Higher School of Nuclear and Thermal Energy.

The "SPbPU Scientist 2025 — Leader of the Scientific Competition Movement" nomination recognized young scientists who demonstrated the greatest activity and effectiveness in competitions, grants, and scholarship programs in 2025, submitted a record number of applications, and achieved a significant number of victories.

Natalia Morozova, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production and Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology at the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology. Kapiton Pospelov, Assistant at the Higher School of Project Activity and Industrial Innovation and Junior Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Digital Modeling of Industrial Systems at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport. Ekaterina Mushenko, Senior Lecturer at the Higher School of International Relations at the Humanities Institute. Konstantin Semenov, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Computer Technology and Information Systems at the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity.

The "SPbPU Scientist 2025 — Scientific Conference Organizer" nomination was presented to the directors of institutes whose scientific events in 2025 were distinguished by their scale, high-quality organization, and contribution to the development of the university's scientific schools.

Vladimir Shchepinin, Director of the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade; Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Civil Engineering Institute; and Dmitry Zegzhda, Director of the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity.

A special section of the ceremony was dedicated to media science. The "Polytechnic University Scientific Media Leader 2025" category recognized the scientists who provided the most expert commentary to federal media outlets in 2025, representing the academic community and fostering trust in scientific knowledge.

Alexey Fadeyev, Professor at the Graduate School of Industrial Management at the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade; Andrey Dakhnovich, Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Cybersecurity at the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity; and Ilya Kobykhno, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Advanced Digital Technologies at the Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering."

A key part of the program included a presentation on the activities of the SPbPU Student Scientific Society and an announcement of the foresight session "Strategic Development of the SPbPU Student Scientific Society to 2030." The SSS team presented actual performance indicators for the grant from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science. Key KPIs for student engagement in research and the development of student science were significantly higher than the targets set in the application. The SSS serves as a link between recognized scientific schools and student initiatives. It creates a space for young researchers to develop their first projects, collaborate, and contribute to the university's scientific agenda.

The awards ceremony also included the announcement of the results of the "SPbPU Postgraduate Student of the Year" graduate student portfolio competition. The competition aims to support the most active young researchers and promote the results of their research. In 2025, 61 graduate students from nine university institutes participated. Among the winners were representatives from six institutes. Particular attention was paid to the role of academic supervisors: a graduate student's success is seen as the result of collaborative work with their academic school and mentor.

In the field of natural and exact sciences, the following were awarded:

Ksenia Velmozhina, scientific supervisor — Natalia Politaeva; Daniil Provodin, scientific supervisor — Vadim Davydov; Anastasia Rakovskaya, scientific supervisor — Ekaterina Pchitskaya; Polina Shinkevich, scientific supervisor — Natalia Politaeva.

In the field of technical sciences:

Ekaterina Volokitina, scientific supervisor — Nikolai Razumov; Yesenia Elina, scientific supervisor — Dmitry Efanov; Kapiton Pospelov, scientific supervisor — Alexey Gintsyak; Vladislav Chernyavsky, scientific supervisor — Maxim Maksimov.

In the field of humanities and social sciences:

Victor Kukel, scientific supervisor – Grigory Tulchinsky; Alexey Melnik, scientific supervisor – Alexander Babkin; Pavel Mikhailov, scientific supervisor – Alexander Babkin; Arina Polyakova, scientific supervisor – Sergey Kulik.

The final section of the ceremony was dedicated to those who make Polytechnic's scientific achievements visible to a wider audience.

The "Polytechnic University 2025 Scientific Agenda Leader" category recognized university employees developing scientific communications.

Marianna Dyakova, Head of the SPbPU Public Relations Department. Evgeny Pleshachkov, Head of the Media Relations Department. Alina Melnikova, Leading Public Relations Specialist of the Special Projects Department of the SPbPU Public Relations Department.

The "Media Partner of the Scientific Polytechnic University 2025" nomination recognized media representatives who consistently covered the university's scientific and innovative projects throughout the year.

Yulia Strelets, special correspondent for the news department of the St. Petersburg regional information center of TASS. Anna Kazantseva, editorial producer for "MESh na Moika." Daria Pinchuk, strategic producer for the "City Agency for Television and Radio Broadcasting."

Technology transfer leaders, conference organizers, competition winners, graduate students and their supervisors, and teams that translate the language of science into the language of society collectively shape the contours of the Polytechnic University's scientific ecosystem. It's a vibrant environment in which early student projects and postgraduate research develop into major interdisciplinary centers, new opportunities for technological and social development, and long-term partnerships with industry and the media.

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Two SPbPU institutes—the Institute of Civil Engineering and the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade—have launched a joint professional retraining program, "Manager in Strategic and Project Management."

The opening ceremony was attended by Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies; Olga Kalinina, Director of the Higher School of Industrial Management at IPMEiT; Ksenia Strelets, Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Programs at the Institute of Strategic Studies; Maxim Terekh, Deputy Director for Academic and Methodological Work at the Institute of Strategic Studies; Svetlana Pupentsova, Head of the Educational Program and Associate Professor at the Higher School of Management at IPMEiT; Tatyana Kharlamova, Lecturer in the Program and Professor at the Higher School of Management at IPMEiT; and Ekaterina Fedorova, Deputy Director for Continuing Professional Education at the Higher School of Management at IPMEiT and Associate Professor at the Higher School of Management at IPMEiT.

Welcoming remarks were given by the Director of the Institute of Social Sciences, Marina Petrochenko, and the Director of the Higher School of Management, Institute of Mathematics, Economics and Telecommunications, Olga Kalinina.

The modern construction industry needs not just managers, but engineer-managers—specialists who deeply understand construction technologies and simultaneously possess strategic and project management competencies. The professional retraining program "Manager in Strategic and Project Management" combines the solid engineering training of ISI master's students with modern management practices, developing personnel capable of leading investment and construction projects and determining the direction of the industry's development, noted Marina Petrochenko.

By studying this program, students gain comprehensive knowledge of the organizational, economic, and technological issues necessary for effective management in the construction industry. This is a truly excellent opportunity to obtain a second qualification for career development in construction, combining their primary and secondary studies," emphasized Olga Kalinina.

The "Manager in Strategic and Project Management" program is based on the professional standard "Manager of a Construction Organization" and was created specifically for master's students at the Civil Engineering Institute in the following areas: "Information Modeling of Urban Development Projects," "Digital Construction of Buildings and Structures," "Urban Construction and Infrastructure," "Organization and Management of Investment and Construction Projects," and "Roads, Bridges, and Transport Tunnels."

The main goal of the program is to train highly qualified specialists for organizational, managerial, and analytical work in the investment and construction sectors. The duration of study is one year. Upon successful completion of the program, master's students receive a diploma of professional retraining.

For our university, a strategic goal is to design and implement continuing education programs that are in demand in the marketplace and offer real practical value in terms of content and delivery. In this case, we have created an original educational product, created by two institutions, to develop comprehensive competencies in students, says Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education.

Following the program's grand opening, Tatyana Kharlamova, a professor at the Graduate School of Industrial Management, conducted the first lesson for students in the "Strategic Enterprise Management" module.

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