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R P D Y T I S R E V I N U P J
Z N L T N A C I L P P A X V S
P Z U N D E R G R A D U A T E
O T D O R M I T O R Y X W L S
S C H O L A R S H I P A J O
D W T Y C X R N Q Q B Y L P
G E N T R A N T L H O P N E H
R P H R N M E T O R F O U C O
A A M E D P L X A A I U R T M
D R M H G U V T C T M O W U O
U T X S T S O I C H T X C R R
A M J E J R L E I U A V P E E
T E K R Y I L D T G J N Z R O
E N Q F T E Z U N A E D G Q B
N T D Y S A C A D E M I C E X
What do you know about our university? When it was established? What traditions do you know? Discuss it in groups.
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International affairs Structure of the university Traditions
Advantages of education University today Historical note
Saint petersburg state university of technology and design
On the 28th of November, 1828 St. Petersburg Practical Technological
I
nstitute
was founded by the initiative of then-Minister of Finance, Egor F.
Kankrin. For a long period of its existence the University has
undergone many reorganisations and has been renamed several times
(in 1935 it was named after Sergey M. Kirov). In 1992, Leningrad
Institute of Textile and Light Industry gained a new status and a
new name – St. Petersburg State University of Technology and
Design.
Buildings
for SUTD were constructed originally for the Russian Bank of
External Trade in 1915-1916 (architect L.N. Benois, F.I. Lidval;
completed by an alternate project in 19291930). Nowadays university
complex includes 8 large buildings for the educational process,
mostly located in the historical city center, 4 dormitories and 6
country-side
properties. Today our university is a multi-discipline educational institution which includes 12 institutes, 3 faculties and 2 colleges, 9 pre-university and foundation courses, 3 centers of continuing education. SUTD prepares experts in 120 educational programs in design, engineering, humanities, economic and pedagogical fields. More than 12 thousand students study in SUTD every year. In order to help prospective students choose the right speciality, a pre-university preparation system has been created. It includes university colleges, specialised schools and courses. Modern equipment, academic and research laboratories, lecture halls, industrial buildings of Research and Production Center allow to implement various programs of higher and secondary vocational education.
St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design provides places in the dormitories for students from other cities: full-time education – for the entire period of study; part-time education – for the examination period. The university successfully participates in international educational programs and has above 20 bilateral agreements with foreign universities in Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland, France, and Estonia. Such scientific contacts are of mutual interest as they promote exchanging of ideas and views on many issues, give the opportunity to share and advance scientific and technological innovations. An international exchange of students grows from year to year and has already become common practice in raising the future specialists’ qualification, in forming their professional skills. Any student who wants to study abroad, improve his level of foreign language, or needs some classes before examination can apply for additional courses provided by the Department of Foreign Languages.
The
university has rich traditions and holds many events. Competition
for young designers «Admiralty Needle» is an annual highlight of
the fashion world of St. Petersburg and Russia. The organisers are
SUTD and the Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Social
Organisations. The aim of the competition is to unite talented young
fashion designers through out the world and allow them to
demonstrate personal vision of modern fashion trends to the
audience, media and world-famous designers. The jury of the contest
are prominent designers: Paco Rabanne, Mary Ryuki, Alexander
Vassiliev, Nadine Dzhellas, Donata Sartorio, Vyacheslav Zaitsev,
Tatyana Parfenova and others. During its history approximately
10,000 participants from 40 Russian
regions and 20 countries presented more than 7000 collections. Another contest «Breath of Spring» was established in 1992 by the Engineering School of Clothing SUTD. The competition aims at promoting cultural and scientific exchange between educational systems, creative unions and specialists.