LETI St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI," founded in 1886, is one of the largest centers for training personnel and conducting fundamental and applied scientific research in the field of radio engineering, electrical engineering, electronics, computer technology and computer science.

History

2025

Agreement with Astroy for IT training

St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" and "Astra Group" entered into an agreement on interaction and cooperation. Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Sergey Galunin and Dean of the Faculty of Computer Technology and Informatics Maxim Savelyev took part in the signing ceremony on the part of LETI. Astra Group was represented by Alexander Aleshkov, Director of the Astra Group Education Department. Astra Group announced this on April 30, 2025.

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Фото: LETI

The agreement between the parties is aimed at cooperation in organizing the educational process for Astra Group software products. In particular, the parties will work on the introduction of domestic software technologies into the educational process, including the Astra Linux operating system. They also plan to work together on thematic educational events and conferences for students and teachers.

We are convinced that the experience gained by our students when using the products of Astra Group will allow us to be even more in demand in the labor market, "said Maxim Savelyev, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Computer Technology and Informatics (FCI) of St. Petersburg State Technical University" LETI. "

We are aimed at close, productive and long-term cooperation with St. Petersburg State Technical University "LETI" to train highly qualified IT specialists who are ready to solve the most difficult problems of import substitution and the development of domestic digital technologies, - said Alexandra Aleshkova, director of the education department of Astra Group.

Launch of a passive optical gain fiber link that replaced expensive amplifiers

Scientists of the St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" created and tested a fiber-optic communication line using passive optical amplification technology of the radio signal. The new development allows information to be transmitted over considerable distances without the use of expensive power amplifiers. This was reported in the press service of the university at the end of April 2025.

According to SPbGETU "LETI," the experimental model of the communication line consists of a laser, an electro-optical modulator, a fiber 1 km long and a signal receiver (photodetector). When creating the system, the researchers used the technical effect of "passive optical amplification," which increases the power of the radio signal when it is transmitted over a fiber-optic communication line by selecting the characteristics of the laser and the energy of the radiation itself.

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Фото: LETI

Ivan Tatsenko, a researcher at the Radiophotonics Laboratory, lecturer at the Department of Physical Electronics and Technology of St. Petersburg State Technical University "LETI," explained that in order to obtain an amplification effect, it is necessary to use a laser that provides high signal power. The created system is already the second device implemented by the university on commercially available commercially available components operating on the principle of "passive optical amplification" of the microwave signal.

During the tests, the researchers studied five main characteristics of the device: the transmission coefficient of the radio signal, the amplitude-frequency characteristics of the communication line itself, single-specific compression, harmonic and intermodulation distortions of the signals. The measurements also made it possible to determine the maximum possibilities for using the passive optical gain effect, which is important in the context of further design and development of existing communication lines.^[1]

2024: Institute of Power Electronics and Photonics launch

In the structure of the St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" an innovative scientific unit began work - the Institute of Power Electronics and Photonics. It aims to create advanced electronic components using silicon carbide. This became known on November 6, 2024. Read more here.

2023: Building algorithms to help keep computers safe from quantum cyber attacks

At the St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" created a way to protect computers from quantum cyber attacks. The university told about this in July 2023. Read more here.

2022: Plans to train telecom engineers in conjunction with Spectrum

On March 23, 2022 telecommunication , the vendor ("Spectrum" part of) State corporation Rostec entered into an agreement St. Petersburg state with the LETI Electrotechnical University. The agreement provides for research cooperation in the field of development 5G and subsequent generations communications and the development of specialized master's programs. More. here

2011

There are about 1,100 scientific and pedagogical employees in the state

Over the years of its existence, over 70 thousand people have been educated at the university, including more than 3 thousand foreign citizens.

In 2011, St. Petersburg State Technical University employs about 1,100 scientific and pedagogical employees, including 130 professors, 170 doctors of sciences, more than 700 candidates of sciences. The university employs 17 laureates of national and international prizes, among graduates and teachers who worked at the university - more than 30 academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. On the basis of the university, the Educational and Methodological Association for Education in Automation, Electronics, Microelectronics and Radio Engineering was created, which is one of the largest UMOs in Russia. The training of highly qualified personnel is carried out in graduate school in 49 scientific specialties and doctoral studies in 31 specialties.

The university has over 8,000 students.

St. Petersburg State Technical University cooperates with more than thirty universities in Europe, Asia and America; traditionally is the organizer of international scientific conferences; takes part in the work of international associations.

PTC Competence Center

On February 21, 2011, PTC, together with its platinum partner IRISOFT, opened the Competence Center at LETI St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University. The purpose of the Competence Center is to prepare highly qualified specialists for the real sector of the economy who, immediately after training, will be able to start solving production problems.

In the created Competence Center, training courses are based on the solution for product development in the 3D environment - Creo Elements/Pro (formerly Pro'ENGINEER) from RTS. Students of engineering specialties will receive knowledge of modern technologies of computer-aided design, engineering calculations, design and technological preparation of production and support of the entire life cycle of products.

Within the framework of the PTC Competence Center in St. Petersburg State Technical University "LETI," students of four faculties will be trained: FKTI, FEA, FRT and FIBS. Among the scheduled courses are:

• "Automation of design, design of instruments and systems,"
• "End-to-end CAD design,"
• "Automated Systems in Engineering Design,"
• "Computer technologies in the field of electrical engineering, electromechanics and electrotechnologies,"
• "3D Design" and many others.

In addition, the PTC Competence Center will allow targeted commercial training of specialists from Russian enterprises, thereby becoming a center for advanced training and training of personnel in working with modern design technologies. Currently, work is underway to train personnel of such large Russian enterprises as Elektropribor, Sevmash, Radar MMC and others.

The opening of the PTC Competence Center provides 500 licenses that will be used in various departments, an unlimited number of student licenses for home use. As part of the project, PTC will provide university faculty and students with access to PTC's global knowledge base, including a large number of PTCU (PTC University) training materials specifically for universities, 3D model and drawing libraries, and more.

During the project, IRISOFT conducted initial software customization, training and certification of faculty - at the moment 6 representatives of the university have been trained. IRISOFT also provides the formation of target training groups from enterprises. In the future, it is planned to expand cooperation and expand the range of courses of the RTS Competence Center through products such as Windchill, Arbortext, Arbortext Isodraw and Mathcad.

1990s

In 1998, a branch of the university was opened in Yugorsk (western Siberia).

In 1992, the institute received university status. From the beginning of the 90s, the university began the development of economic and humanitarian areas: the creation of the International School of Management (1990), the organization of the Faculty of Humanities (1993) and the Faculty of Economics and Management (1999).