Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University: Combining Traditions and the Latest Trends Training professionals for the transport industry is a specific process that differs in many aspects from training specialists for other spheres of the national economy. Working in the transport segment, you have to possess the most severe background knowledge combined with profound practical skills.
The provision of skilled personnel determines the efficiency of the transport industry as a whole — its management, technological re-equipment, information policy, etc. That is why it is necessary to focus both on present and future circumstances. First of all, it means that transport education and science should take the lead in the industry’s innovative development. This approach to training has been implemented in Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University (the PGUPS), the first transport higher education institute in Russia, throughout two hundred years long history.
Nowadays, Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University comprises eight faculties, 48 departments, scientific research institutes and centers, branches in various Russian cities, and a complex of secondary vocational education institutions. According to the rating carried out by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation over recent years, the PGUPS ranks 10-13 among 175 of Russia’s technical universities.
Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University trains Specialists, Bachelors and Masters in various specialties and areas: informational technologies, information security, communication, industrial and civil engineering, water supply and drainage, bridges and tunnels, rolling stock (locomotives, railways cars), power engineering, ecology, occupational safety, economics, transport operation, psychology, etc.
The PGUPS graduates obtain employment in the railway industry and at design institutes, underground railways, and local and state governments. The main strategic partners for the University are JSC «Russian Railways,» St. Petersburg Metro, preliminary design, construction, and operational enterprises of St. Petersburg, and the Leningrad Region that implements national projects and programs.
