Type Public Rector Vladimir Kutuzov Total enrollment 7,675 (2014) Founded 3 June 1886 | Established 1886 Students 8,000 Phone +7 812 346-44-87 | |
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Address ul. Professora Popova, 5, Sankt-Peterburg, Ленинградская область, Russia, 197022 Notable alumni Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bonch‑Bruevich, Dmitriy Nagiev, Vladimir Kozhin, Yury Boldyrev, Konstantin Khrenov Similar Peter the Great St Petersbur, ITMO University, St Petersburg State Uni, Saint Petersburg State Insti, Saint Petersburg State Uni Profiles | ||
Saint petersburg electrotechnical university leti
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" (Санкт-Петербургский государственный электротехнический университет «ЛЭТИ» им. В.И. Ульянова (Ленина)) founded in 1886, and is one of the oldest higher education institutions in Saint Petersburg.
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- Saint petersburg electrotechnical university leti
- Saint petersburg electrotechnical university leti russia
- Official names
- History
- List of faculties
- Famous Alumni
- References
The University is a leader in the study of the fields of radio engineering, telecommunications, control processes, computer engineering and IT, electronics, biomedical engineering, management and linguistics.
The university is one of six in Saint Petersburg to still have a military department. It continues to be popular: many students enroll in order to "wipe out" or satisfy the requirement for compulsory military service.
Saint petersburg electrotechnical university leti russia
Official names
History
A. S. Popov, the inventor of the radio, worked in this university. There is a memorial museum to A. S. Popov in the university. Z. I. Alferov, Nobel Laureate in Physics for his achievements in the field of heterostructure, also worked in this university. At one point he was a dean of the faculty of electrotechnics (now faculty of electronics).
There is a legend that V. I. Lenin once spent a night hiding from the police at the university. Now the room where he hid is unofficially called "Lenin's Lecture Hall".
In early Soviet years the university changed its title from "in the name of Emperor Alexander III" to "in the name of V. I. Lenin". This new title was awarded while Lenin was still alive, and required his personal permission. It was an honor for an institution to gain this prefix and only the best establishments had it.
The University has many buildings, each of very different architecture. This is because they were built in very different ages: from Imperial to Soviet. Some of the buildings had served other purposes before being acquired by the University, and others were built specifically for the University. There is a tale referring to the very unusual architecture of building 5, regarding its architect. Shortly after finishing his project he went insane and was committed to a mental institution.