St. Petersburg State University of St. Petersburg State University

St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg State University) is the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1724.

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2024: Agreement with Axenix to enhance competencies of university students and graduates

Axenix and St. Petersburg State University have signed a partnership agreement. Together, St. Petersburg State University and Axenix will increase the competencies of students and graduates of the university in the most demanded areas of IT. Axenix announced this on October 22, 2024.

St. Petersburg State University is one of the oldest universities in Russia. Among the students and graduate students from different countries studying there annually are future specialists in the field of digitalization, database technologies, geoinformatics, bioinformatics, business analytics and other IT areas. St. Petersburg University has a Science Park equipped with the most up-to-date equipment, develops its own digital services and actively introduces digital education practices.

According to NP Russoft, specialized universities in St. Petersburg annually train 20 thousand students in various IT specialties.

At the same time, as experts HeadHunter (hh.ru) said, the largest part of applicants for the position of junior specialists in IT (that is, as a rule, recent graduates) apply for positions, programmers developers (12% of the resume of the total volume), as well as analysts (12%) and IT project managers (10% of the total volume in this category of applicants).

Marina Lavrikova, First Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of St. Petersburg State University, noted that St. Petersburg University works closely with leading IT companies to implement joint educational and scientific projects.

Modern students must be prepared for the requirements of the labor market, including in the field of IT. I am convinced that together with Axenix, we will be able not only to make training more interesting and useful, but also to train real professional leaders in the field of information technology, which will be in demand in various areas of economic activity in the future, "said Marina Lavrikova.

Within the framework of the partnership, Axenix plans to help St. Petersburg State University in the development of special training courses and disciplines, provide expert support for student events, as well as take part in the work of the educational, methodological and examination commissions of the university. In addition, the company will organize internships for students of St. Petersburg State University in its office in St. Petersburg, help in the employment of graduates, and provide methodological assistance to teachers.

For many years of activity, Axenix specialists have accumulated extensive experience in interacting with universities in various areas - from helping to organize the educational process to creating laboratories in certain technological areas. The demand for IT specialists in various fields among St. Petersburg enterprises is traditionally high. We are grateful to the trust of the leaders and the scientific community of St. Petersburg State University and are confident that our cooperation will be as fruitful as possible, - said Yuri Ivanov, regional director of Axenix in St. Petersburg.

Axenix noted that they are aimed at developing interaction among students of St. Petersburg State University, other universities and IT communities, using the project experience of Axenix specialists who can act as mentors. The company plans to develop work with young IT specialists through tools that have proven themselves in other locations - from hackathons to field workshops and internships.

From January to October 2024, 6.5 thousand novice IT specialists with completed higher education related to the IT sphere and technologies entered the labor market in St. Petersburg, - said Yulia Sakharova, director of hh.ru in the Northwestern Federal District. - Compared to the same period in 2023, the share of such applicants in the city increased by 28%. Competition among the "juns" is very high: more than 17 resumes per vacancy with a "norm" of 4-7. At the same time, of course, for each employer, in addition to the number of applicants, their quality (training, knowledge, competencies and skills) is also important. And in this case, research hh.ru shows that employers, as a rule, give 3 points out of 5 levels of knowledge of recent graduates. Moreover, one in three IT-related companies in the hh.ru survey said that in 2024, the deadlines for closing vacancies became even longer, and the process became more complicated. Therefore, the more a novice IT specialist can get practices before leaving the university, the better for his career.

The Axenix office in St. Petersburg was opened in April 2024, it became the fifth division in the company's regional network along with offices in Moscow, Tver, Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar. In each region of presence, the company strives to actively cooperate with local universities, colleges, IT and business communities, contributing to the emergence in the labor market of qualified specialists who are ready to work with the most modern digital technologies.

2023

Opening of the Master's Program "Artificial Intelligence and Data Science"

Sberbank and St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg State University) have opened a master's degree educational program "Artificial Intelligence and Data Science." This agreement was signed on December 1, 2023 by the Managing Director, Head of the Directorate of Academic Partnerships of Sberbank Andrei Ocheretny and the First Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of St. Petersburg State University Marina Lavrikova.

At this graduate program, students will study applied machine learning tasks, including those related to large language models and their use in business tasks. Students will try to develop applications using Sberbank's artificial intelligence GigaChat. The program also has a special course on the use of artificial intelligence technologies to solve problems arising in the Arctic region of Russia.

One of the distinctive features of the educational program is the tripartite implementation. Part of the classes will be held at the university, the other two - on the basis of Sberbank and in the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Machine learning specialists are among the most in demand on the market. Sberbank, as a large Russian employer for digital talents, is interested in raising highly qualified personnel in this area together with one of the best universities in the country, said Andrey Ocheretny, Managing Director, Head of the Directorate of Academic Partnerships of Sberbank.

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Russia has created a new approach to creating microelectronics materials - with a laser and simultaneous coating with nanoparticles of precious metals

Russia In created a new approach to the creation of microelectronics materials - laser and simultaneous coating with nanoparticles of precious metals. This was announced on August 4, 2023 in, St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg State University) scientists from which take part in the implementation of this project. More. here

Russian mathematicians have found a formula for the optimal operation of the frequency range in radio communications and telecommunications

Mathematicians from St. Petersburg University, together with colleagues from abroad, found a formula for the optimal operation of the frequency range in radio communications and telecommunications. The press service of the Russian university announced this on June 21, 2023. Read more here.

2022: Agreement with Spectrum to prepare 5G developers

Telecommunication vendor Range"" (part of the State Corporation) Rostec on March 31, 2022 announced the conclusion of an agreement St. Petersburg state with the University (St. Petersburg State University). The parties agreed on joint scientifically research activities in the field 5G and subsequent generations, cellular communications as well as the development of educational programs in the field of telecommunications.

Within the framework of research cooperation, employees of St. Petersburg State University will be invited to the Spectra office for advanced training, and the company's specialists will be involved in conducting specialized seminars and lectures at the university. The agreement also involves a mutual exchange of scientific documentation.

Mutual exchange of scientific information and knowledge in the field of radio engineering and telecommunications will be beneficial for both "Spectrum" and St. Petersburg State University. Spektr and St. Petersburg State University are planning joint scientific research and the organization of practical conferences and seminars. For students of St. Petersburg State University in the office of "Spectrum" will also be organized classes on practical training with the possibility of subsequent employment. They will have access to a laboratory with the most modern telemetry equipment in Russia, - said Pavel Smirnov, General Director of Spectrum.

Spektr and St. Petersburg State University are working on the issue of holding a specialized Olympiad on programming, radio engineering and promising mobile communications technologies.

Cooperation between St. Petersburg University and Spectre will make it possible to effectively use the potential of students to implement joint high-tech projects that will contribute to the development of innovative telecommunications technologies in Russia. I am sure that joint research work will help not only increase the competencies of St. Petersburg State University students, but also develop new solutions that will be used in the mobile technology market, "said Anastasia Yarmosh, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development and Partnership of St. Petersburg State University.

2019

Cooperation with Netrika to develop programs for basic and additional education

On December 20, 2019, it became known that the company Netrika"" signed a cooperation agreement St. Petersburg state with the university. The partnership will concern the joint development of programs for basic and additional, formations organization scientific and innovation activities, as well as employment and adaptation of university graduates.

Experts of "Netrika" will be able to take part in the councils of educational programs and educational and methodological commissions of St. Petersburg State University, as well as final certification of students. In addition, university students will have the opportunity to undergo practice and internship programs on the basis of the company.

The first event in the framework of official cooperation was a meeting of students and teachers of St. Petersburg State University with the general director of Netrika Maria Uvarova and digital transformation expert Alexei Baryshkin. The event on the topic "Digitalization of public administration: projects and professions" was held during the project "Professional Environments" of the Faculty of Political Science. The signing of the agreement was a logical step in the development of partnership between Netrika and St. Petersburg State University: earlier the company had already worked closely with the university.

Cooperation with St. Petersburg State University will allow us to engage not only in the development of educational and scientific activities focused on theory, but also to hold seminars, conferences, master classes. We are committed to making higher education more hands-on. That is why we will help the university to produce specialists who are ready to solve applied problems facing business and the state. First of all, we are interested in IT specialists, but we plan to get acquainted with other educational areas, comments Maria Uvarova, CEO of Netrika

St. Petersburg University has opened many educational programs, including a component of information technology. Moreover, these are not only programs directly devoted to IT - they include "Sociological Research in Digital Society," "Business Informatics" and even "Applied Informatics in the Field of Arts and Humanities." The university offers partner companies a wide variety of cooperation formats, in addition to the participation in the work of educational program councils indicated in the agreement, noted the first vice-rector for educational and methodological work of St. Petersburg State University Marina Lavrikova

Opening of the 5G Dream Lab together with Megafon

On September 23, 2019, Megafon announced that the digital laboratory had opened on the basis of the campus of the Higher School of Management of St. Petersburg State University Mikhailovskaya Dacha and was called 5G Dream Lab. It is equipped with a 5G test zone - the so-called "sandbox" - and will become a place for developing services based on fifth-generation network technology. Read more here.

Results of cooperation with Unidata

In February 2019, the Department of Applied Cybernetics of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of St. Petersburg State University and Unidata announced the start of cooperation. The executive director of Unidata Alexei Tsyryulnikov and the head of the Department of Applied Cybernetics of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of St. Petersburg State University Nikolay Kuznetsov decided on a strategic partnership. On August 29, 2019, the parties met again to evaluate the process. Read more here.

2010

For 286 existence, St. Petersburg State University secured the right to be called also one of the best universities in Russia. As of December 2010, more than 32 thousand students studying in 323 specialties at 21 faculties study at the university, about 14 thousand employees work.