Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications
university in Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет телекоммуникаций им. проф. М. А. Бонч-Бруевича; Russian: СПбГУТ, SPbSUT) is a communications university.
History
The Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications was established in 1930 under the name Leningrad Institute of Communication Engineers. It offers training programs in various courses like: communications and telecommunications, information technologies, computer science, economics, management, advertising and public relations.
The Leningrad Institute of Communication Engineers was renamed as the Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute of Communications (LEIC), after Bonch-Bruevich.
In 1993, SPbSUT was reconstituted, and gained its new status as the Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, by order of the Ministry of Communication of Russian Federation.
In 2017, SPbSUT took 1st place among 28 technical and technological universities in St. Petersburg in the “Best University of Russia” ranking and 4th place based on the results of grant activity of universities in St. Petersburg; entered the TOP 100 best industry universities in the annual National University Ranking; became a two-time winner of the St.
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