Two large educational institutions of St. Petersburg specialize in training specialists in transport communications: the Military Railway Institute (Military Transport Institute of Railway Troops and Military Communications) and the University of Communications.
Petersburg State Transport University
The Civil Railway Institute in St. Petersburg became the first institution of higher education in the Russian Empire. It all started with the emperor's manifesto, which proclaimed the creation of a new institute, which was supposed to train engineers for the construction and maintenance of various means of communication: from river crossings to bulk regional roads.
However, it quickly became clear that the waterways were no longer promising due to their pronounced seasonality. But railway transport, which began to actively develop in Europe in the first quarter of the XlX century, was of great interest to the Russian authorities, as it could provide off-season connectivity of a huge country and gavemilitary advantages.
Today the Railway Institute of St. Petersburg is located at the address: North-Western Federal District, Moskovsky Prospekt, 9.
Structure of the University of Communications
Today the Railway Institute in St. Petersburg is considered one of the most prestigious technical universities in the city. The university has the following faculties:
- Automation and smart technologies.
- Transport construction.
- Transport and energy systems.
- Transport management and logistics.
- Industrial and civil construction.
- Economics and management.
- Faculty of lifelong learning.
- Faculty of pre-university training.
In addition, young scientists are being trained in postgraduate and doctoral studies, which allows for a link between science, education and enterprises with which the university actively cooperates.
Military Transport University of the Railway Troops (VTU ZhDV)
In addition to the civil railway institute, there is also a military university of the corresponding specialization in St. Petersburg. The military school, on the basis of which the departmental university was created, opened in 1918 in the Tver region and only a long time later was relocated to Leningrad.
VTU Railways is very popular with applicants who want to get high-quality knowledge and findapplying your skills. Studying in one of the six speci alties in which training is conducted allows you to secure a stable job in the future for many years.
This railway institute is located at the address: St. Petersburg, Peterhof - 1, Suvorovskaya street, house 1.
