Saint Petersburg has long been a leading center of
science
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and
education in Russia
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and houses the following institutions:
Universities and tertiary institutions
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Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across ...
(1724)
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Saint Petersburg State University (founded 1724)
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Russian State Pedagogical University (Herzen University) (founded 1797)
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Saint Petersburg Naval Academy (founded first decade of the 18th century)
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Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Established in 1738 during the reign of Empress Anna, the academy was known as the Imperial Ballet School until the Soviet era, when, after a brief hi ...
(1738)
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Imperial Academy of Arts
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(founded 1757)
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Saint Petersburg Medical-Surgical Academy (founded 1798)
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Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
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(Горный институт) (founded 1773)
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Saint Petersburg Military engineering-technical university (1810)
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Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology
Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Технологический Институт (Технический Университет)) was founded in 1828. It is o ...
(1828)
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Pulkovo Observatory
The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory (russian: Пулковская астрономическая обсерватория, Pulkovskaya astronomicheskaya observatoriya), officially named the Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academ ...
(1839)
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Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physio ...
's Medical Academy and research center. (founded 1880s)
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Saint Petersburg Conservatory (1862)
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Alexander Military Law Academy (founded 1867)
* Saint Petersburg Academic University (2002)
*Saint Petersburg Medical and Technical Institute
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Saint Petersburg State Transport University (1809)
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(1886)
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Saint Petersburg State Medical University
The First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg (russian: Первый Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет имени академика И. П. Павл ...
(1897)
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Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University
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(1899)
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Saint Petersburg State University of Water Communications
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(1809)
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State Marine Technical University () (1899)
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Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy
The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (russian: Российский государственный институт сценических искусств), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State ...
(former Tenishev's College) (1899)
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(1900)
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Pushkin House
The Pushkin House (russian: Пушкинский дом, Pushkinsky Dom), formally the Institute of Russian Literature (), is a research institute in St. Petersburg. It is part of a network of institutions affiliated with the Russian Academy of ...
(1905)
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Pushkin Leningrad State University
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(1992)
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St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design
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Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy
The North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (NWSMU), until 2011 St. Petersburg I. I. Mechnikov State Medical Academy (SPSMA), is a public university located in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The NWSMU is one of the o ...
(1907)
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(1930)
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Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation () (1941)
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Saint Petersburg Pharmaceutical Academy
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Saint Petersburg Academy of Pediatrics and Maternity (founded 1900)
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St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television
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Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts (1918)
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Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy (1925)
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Saint Petersburg State University of Economics
The Saint Petersburg University of Economics (UNECON, SPbSUE, Saint Petersburg State University of Economics; russian: СПбГЭУ, Санкт-Петербургский государственный экономический универс ...
(1930)
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Baltic State Technical University
Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" D.F. Ustinov (russian: Балтийский государственный технический университет "Военмех" им. Д.Ф.Устинова; abbreviated BGTU) is a Russian tec ...
() (1932)
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Saint Petersburg Aerospace University (Mozhaysky University)
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Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry
The Institute of Plant Industry, Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry or All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Industry (in russian: Всероссийский институт растениеводства им. Н. И. Вавилова), as ...
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Admiral Makarov Maritime Academy
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St. Petersburg Christian University (1990)
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European University at Saint Petersburg
The European University at Saint Petersburg (russian: Европейский университет в Санкт-Петербурге), sometimes referred to as EUSP, is a non-state graduate university located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was ...
(1994)
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Smolny College
The Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Smolny College) of Saint Petersburg State University (russian: Факультет свободных искусств и наук СПбГУ) is the first Department in Russia (Saint Petersburg) to be found ...
(1999)
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Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation
The Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation is an aviation school in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
History
In 1955, the Government of the USSR in Leningrad decided to advance studies of senior commanding staff for Civil Aviation with supe ...
(founded 1955)
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Saint Petersburg University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (1832)
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Primary and secondary schools
International schools serving foreign expatriates:
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Anglo-American School of St. Petersburg
The Anglo American School of St. Petersburg (AASSP), located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was a branch of the Anglo-American School of Moscow (AAS). It was an independent, non-profit, co-educational day school that served students from Kindergart ...
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Deutsche Schule Sankt Petersburg
Deutsche Schule Sankt Petersburg (DSP) is a German international school in St. Petersburg, Russia. As of 2010 it serves levels ''Vorschule'' (preschool) through grade 10, with plans to expand to grade 12 and the Abitur. The German government and t ...
(German school)
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École française André-Malraux (French school)
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International Academy of St. Petersburg, Russia
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Higher education
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...