Saint Petersburg State University

{{Short description|Public research university in Russia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox university | name = Saint Petersburg State University | native_name = Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет | former_names = Petersburg Pedagogical Institute (1804–1814) Main Pedagogical Institute (1814–1819) Saint Petersburg University (1819–1821) Saint Petersburg Imperial University (1821–1914) Petrograd Imperial University (1914–1918) Petrograd State University (1918–1924) Leningrad State University (1924–1991) | image_name = Coat of arms of SPbU.svg | image_size = 150px | caption = | latin_name = Universitas Petropolitana<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://archive.org/search?query=%22Universitas+Petropolitana%22&sin=TXT |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> | other_name = St Petersburg University | motto = ''Hic tuta perennat'' ([[Latin]]) | mottoeng = Here all in safety lasts | established = {{start date and age|1724}} | type = [[Public university|Public]] | endowment = | administrative_staff = 13,000 | rector = [[Nikolay Kropachev]] | enrollment = 32,400 | undergrad = 26,872 | postgrad = 5,566 | doctoral = | profess = | city = [[Saint Petersburg]] | state = | country = Russia | campus = [[Urban area|Urban]] and [[suburban]] | free_label = | free = | affiliations = [[Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs|APSIA]], [[BRICS Universities League]], [[European University Foundation - Campus Europae|Campus Europae]] | footnotes = | website = {{URL|https://english.spbu.ru/}} | address = 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 | coor = | logo = | colours = {{color box|#9F2D20}} {{color box|#A8ADB4}} [[Terracotta (color)|Terracotta]] and [[gray]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Фирменные цвета |trans-title=Signature colors |url=http://pr.spbu.ru/simvolika/firmennye-tsveta.html |access-date=2017-03-28 |publisher=spbu.ru |language=ru |archive-date=28 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328195709/http://pr.spbu.ru/simvolika/firmennye-tsveta.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | mascot = Boris the Funny Looking Owl<ref>{{Cite web |title=We have athletes who make us proud: Mikhail Konjaria on the end of the University sports season |url=https://english.spbu.ru/news/3743-we-have-athletes-who-make-us-proud-mikhail-konjaria-on-the-end-of-the-university-sports-season |access-date=11 October 2020 |publisher=spbu.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013174726/https://english.spbu.ru/news/3743-we-have-athletes-who-make-us-proud-mikhail-konjaria-on-the-end-of-the-university-sports-season |archive-date=13 October 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> }} '''Saint Petersburg State University''' ('''SPbU'''; {{langx|ru|Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет|Sankt-Peterburgskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet }}) is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of [[Peter the Great]], it is one of the oldest universities in Russia and has had a focus on fundamental research in science and engineering since its creation.

It is made up of 24 distinct departments and institutes, the Academic Gymnasium, the Medical College, the College of Physical Culture and Sports, Economics and Technology. The university has two primary campuses: one on [[Vasilievsky Island]] and the other one in [[Petergof|Peterhof]]. During the [[Soviet period]], it was known as '''Leningrad State University''' ({{langx|ru|Ленинградский государственный университет}}). It was renamed after [[Andrei Zhdanov]] in 1948 and was officially called "Leningrad State University, named after A. A. Zhdanov and decorated with the [[Order of Lenin]] and the [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]]." Zhdanov was removed in 1989, and Leningrad in the name was officially replaced with Saint Petersburg in 1992.<ref name="d410">{{cite book | last=Warner | first=M. | title=Comparative Management: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2003 | isbn=978-1-134-78740-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iIWGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA269 | access-date=2024-05-13 | page=269}}</ref>

==History==

===1724–1821=== [[Image:HallwayTwelveCollegiaJune2009.JPG|thumb|Hallway in the Twelve Collegia building]]

It is disputed by the university administration whether Saint Petersburg State University or [[Moscow State University]] is the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|oldest higher education institution]] in Russia. While the latter was established in 1755, the former, which has been in continuous operation since 1819, claims to be the successor of the university established along with the [[D. K. Fadeev Academic Gymnasium|Academic Gymnasium]] and the [[Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences]] on 24 January 1724, by a decree of [[Peter the Great]].

Between 1804 and 1819, Saint Petersburg University officially did not exist; the institution founded by Peter the Great, the Saint Petersburg Academy, had been disbanded, because the new 1803 charter of the Academy of Sciences stipulated that there should not be any educational institutions affiliated with it.

The [[Petersburg Pedagogical Institute]], renamed the Main Pedagogical Institute in 1814, was established in 1804 and resided in a part of the [[Twelve Collegia]] building.<ref name="David E. Lewis">{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=David E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KaDEDmzwhlsC&pg=50 |title=Early Russian Organic Chemists and Their Legacy |publisher=Springer |year=2012 |isbn=978-3642282195 |page=50}}</ref> On 8 February 1819 (O.S.), [[Alexander I of Russia]] reorganized the Main Pedagogical Institute into Saint Petersburg University, which at that time consisted of three faculties: Faculty of Philosophy and Law, Faculty of History and Philology and Faculty of Physics and Mathematics.<ref name="David E. Lewis" /> The [[Main Pedagogical Institute]] (where [[Dmitri Mendeleev]] studied) was restored in 1828 as an educational institution independent of Saint Petersburg University, and trained teachers until it was finally closed in 1859.<ref name="Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary">{{Cite book |last=Rudakov |first=Vasiliy |url=http://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%A1%D0%91%D0%95/%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82 |title=Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary |page=787, Volume VIIIa |archive-date=8 March 2014 |access-date=6 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308190746/https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%A1%D0%91%D0%95/%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1821–1917=== In 1821, the university was renamed '''Saint Petersburg Imperial University'''.<ref name="David E. Lewis" /> In 1823, most of the university moved from the Twelve Collegia to the southern part of the city. In 1824, a modified version of the charter of [[Moscow University]] was adopted as the first charter of the Saint Petersburg Imperial University. In 1829, there were 19 full professors and 169 full-time and part-time students at the university. In 1830, [[Nicholas I of Russia|Tsar Nicholas]] returned the entire building of the Twelve Collegia to the university, and courses resumed there.

In 1835, a new Charter of the [[Imperial Universities of Russia]] was approved. It provided for the establishment of the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of History and Philology, and the Faculties of Physics and Mathematics, which were merged into the Faculty of Philosophy as the 1st and 2nd Departments, respectively.

In 1849, after the [[Spring of Nations]], the Senate of the Russian Empire decreed the rector should be appointed by the [[minister of national enlightenment]] rather than elected by the Assembly of the university. However, [[Pyotr Pletnyov]] was reappointed rector and ultimately became the longest-serving rector of Saint Petersburg University (1840–61).

[[Image:Matmex SPbGU 2.JPG|thumb|The Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics in Peterhof]] [[Image:Greenhouse (external view), Botanical Gardens, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia (10 April 2008).jpg|thumb|Botanical garden]]

In 1855, [[Oriental studies]] were separated from the Faculty of History and Philology, and the fourth faculty, Faculty of Oriental Languages, was formally inaugurated on 27 August 1855.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t7E6GdaHtdsC&pg=36 |title=The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2011 |isbn=978-0203832752 |editor-last=Kemper |editor-first=Michael |page=36 |editor-last2=Conermann |editor-first2=Stephan}}</ref>

In 1859–61, female part-time students could attend lectures in the university. In 1861, there were 1,270 full-time and 167 part-time students in the university, of them 498 were in the Faculty of Law, the largest subdivision. But this subdivision had the [[Cameral_science|cameral]] studies department, where students learnt safety, occupational health and environmental engineering management and science, including chemistry, biology, agronomy along with law and philosophy. Many Russian, Georgian etc. managers, engineers and scientists studied at the Faculty of law therefore. During 1861–62, there was [[student protest|student unrest]] in the university, and it was temporarily closed twice during the year. The students were denied freedom of assembly and placed under police surveillance, and public lectures were forbidden. Many students were expelled. After the unrest, in 1865 only 524 students remained.

A decree of the Emperor [[Alexander II of Russia]] adopted on 18 February 1863, restored the right of the university assembly to elect the rector. It also formed the new faculty of the theory and history of art as part of the faculty of history and philology.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Natalia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ChxJVVRrxHwC&pg=25 |title=The Unsung Hero of the Russian Avant-Garde: The Life and Times of Nikolay Punin |publisher=BRILL |year=2012 |isbn=978-9004204751 |page=25}}</ref>

In March 1869, student unrest shook the university again, but on a smaller scale. By 1869, 2,588 students had graduated from the university.

In 1880, the Ministry of National Enlightenment forbade students to marry and married persons could not be admitted. In 1882, another student unrest took place in the university. In 1884, a new Charter of the Imperial Russian Universities was adopted, which granted the right to appoint the rector to the [[minister of national enlightenment]] again. On 1 March 1887 (O.S.), [[Pervomartovtsi|a group of the university students]] was arrested while planning an attempt on the life of [[Alexander III of Russia]]. As a result, new admission rules to gymnasiums and universities were approved by the minister of national enlightenment [[Ivan Delyanov]] in 1887, which barred persons of non-noble origin from admission to the university, unless they were extraordinarily talented.

By 1894, 9,212 students had graduated from the university. Among the scholars of the second half of the 19th century, affiliated with the university were mathematician [[Pafnuty Chebyshev]], physicist [[Heinrich Lenz]], chemists [[Dmitri Mendeleev]] and [[Aleksandr Butlerov]], embryologist [[Alexander Kovalevsky]], physiologist [[Ivan Sechenov]] and pedologist [[Vasily Dokuchaev]]. On 24 March 1896 (O.S.), on the campus of the university, [[Alexander Stepanovich Popov|Alexander Popov]] publicly demonstrated transmission of [[radio waves]] for the first time in history.

As of 1 January 1900 (O.S.), there were nearly 2,100 students enrolled in the Faculty of Law, 1,149 students in the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, 212 students in the Faculty of Oriental Languages and 171 students in the Faculty of History and Philology. In 1902, the first student [[dining hall]] in Russia was opened in the university.

Since about 1897, regular strikes and student unrest shook the university and spread to other institutions of higher education across Russia. During the [[Russian Revolution (1905)|Revolution]] of 1905, the charter of the Russian universities was amended once more; the autonomy of the universities was partially restored and the right to elect the rector was returned to the academic board for the first time since 1884. In 1905–06, the university was temporarily closed due to student unrest. Its autonomy was revoked again in 1911. In the same year, the university was once again temporarily closed.

In 1914, with the start of the [[First World War]], the university was renamed Petrograd Imperial University after its namesake city. During the War, the university was the center of mobilization of Russian intellectual resources and scholarship for the war effort.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rostovcev |first=E.A. |title=The Capital University in a Time of War |work=Saint Petersburg/Petrograd 1914-1917 // Kollegen – Kommilitonen – Kämpfer. Europäische Universitäten im Ersten Weltkrieg / Hrsg. Von T. Maurer |publisher=Franz Steiner Verlag |year=2006 |location=Stuttgart |pages=177–188}}</ref> In 1915, a branch of the university was opened in [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], which later became [[Perm State University]].

===1918–1939=== The Assembly of Petrograd Imperial University openly welcomed the [[February Revolution]] of 1917, which put an end to the Russian monarchy, and the university came to be known as Petrograd University. However, after the [[October Revolution]] of 1917, the university's staff and administration were initially vocally opposed to the [[Bolshevik]] takeover of power and reluctant to cooperate with the [[Narkompros]]. Later in 1917–22, during the [[Russian Civil War]], some of the staff suspected of counter-revolutionary sympathies suffered imprisonment (e.g., [[Lev Shcherba]] in 1919), execution, or exile abroad on the so-called [[Philosophers' ships]] in 1922 (e.g., [[Nikolai Lossky]]). Furthermore, the entire staff suffered from hunger and extreme poverty during those years.

In 1918, the university was renamed 1st Petrograd State University, and in 1919 the Narkompros merged it with the 2nd PSU (former Psychoneurological Institute) and 3rd PSU (former [[Bestuzhev Higher Courses for Women]]) into Petrograd State University. In 1919, the Faculty of Social Science was established by the Narkompros instead of the Faculty of History and Philology, Faculty of Oriental Languages and Faculty of Law. [[Nicholas Marr]] became the first Dean of the new faculty. Chemist [[Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii|Alexey Favorsky]] became the dean of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. [[Rabfak]]s and free university courses were opened on the basis of the university to provide mass education.

In the fall of 1920, as observed by freshman student [[Ayn Rand|Alice Rosenbaum]] (Ayn Rand), enrollment was open and the majority of the students were anti-communist including, until removed, a few vocal opponents of the regime. Seeing they were educating "class enemies", a purge was conducted in 1922 based on the class background of the students, and all students, other than seniors, with a [[bourgeois]] background were expelled.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Branden |first=Barbara |title=The Passion of Ayn Rand |publisher=Doubleday |year=1986 |isbn=0-385-19171-5 |location=Garden City |pages=42–43; 50–51 |author-link=Barbara Branden}}</ref>

In 1924, the university was renamed Leningrad State University after its namesake city. In order to suppress intellectual opposition to Soviet power, a number of historians working in the university, including [[Sergey Platonov]], [[Yevgeny Tarle]], and [[Boris Grekov]], were imprisoned in the so-called Academic Affair of 1929–30 on fabricated charges of participating in a counter-revolutionary conspiracy aimed at overthrowing the government. Some other members of the staff were repressed in 1937–38 during the [[Great Purge]].

===1940–1999=== During the 1941–44 [[Siege of Leningrad]] in World War II, many students and staff died from starvation, in battles, or from repressions. The university evacuated to [[Saratov]] in 1942–44. A branch of the university was in [[Yelabuga]] during the war. In 1944, the Presidium of the [[Supreme Council of the Soviet Union]] awarded the university the [[Order of Lenin]]. In 1948, the [[Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)|Soviet Council of Ministers]] named the university after [[Andrei Zhdanov]], a deceased Communist official. This decision was revoked in 1989 during [[Perestroika]].

In 1949–50, several professors died in prison during the investigation of the [[Leningrad Affair]] fabricated by the central Soviet leadership, and the minister of education of the [[RSFSR]], former rector [[Alexander Voznesensky]], was executed.

In 1966, the Council of Ministers decided to build a suburban campus in [[Petergof|Petrodvorets]] for most of the mathematics and natural science faculties. The relocation of the faculties was completed by the 1990s. In 1969, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union awarded the university the [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]]. In 1991, the university was renamed back to Saint Petersburg State University after its namesake city. The university educated Russian presidents [[Vladimir Putin]] and [[Dimitry Medvedev]], both of whom studied law at the university.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

=== 2000–present === [[File:Spb Vasilievsky Island Twelve Collegiums asv2019-09.jpg|thumb|240px|The [[Twelve Collegia]] building on [[Vasilievsky Island]], the university's main building and the seat of administration]] Rector [[Nikolay Kropachev]] has signed a [[2022 address of the Russian Union of Rectors|letter]] of support for the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsr-online.ru/news/2022-god/obrashchenie-rossiyskogo-soyuza-rektorov1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307120502/https://rsr-online.ru/news/2022-god/obrashchenie-rossiyskogo-soyuza-rektorov1/|archive-date=7 March 2022|title=Обращение Российского Союза ректоров 04.03.2022|date=March 4, 2022|website=Российский Союз Ректоров}}</ref>

In early 2022, the university expelled 13 students who had protested against the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/09/russias-oldest-university-to-expel-students-detained-at-anti-war-protests-kommersant-a76838|title=Russia's Oldest University to Expel Students Detained at Anti-War Protests – Kommersant|date=9 March 2022|website=The Moscow Times|access-date=2 July 2022|archive-date=17 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317082755/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/09/russias-oldest-university-to-expel-students-detained-at-anti-war-protests-kommersant-a76838|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/the-war-in-ukraine-ruins-russia-s-academic-ties-with-the-west-122040300252_1.html|title=The war in Ukraine ruins Russia's academic ties with the West|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=3 April 2022|via=Business Standard|archive-date=2 July 2022|access-date=2 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702024136/https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/the-war-in-ukraine-ruins-russia-s-academic-ties-with-the-west-122040300252_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In response to the Russian invasion, in March 2022 the [[Hamburg University of Applied Sciences]] and [[University of Bremen]] suspended their longstanding relationships with the university, [[Dartmouth College]] stopped running its Russian language study abroad program in the university, and [[CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education]] suspended its partnership with the Graduate School of Management in St Petersburg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vtdigger.org/2022/02/28/middlebury-college-suspends-its-russia-study-abroad-program-urges-students-to-leave-the-country/|title=Middlebury College suspends its Russia study abroad program, urges students to leave the country|first=Talia|last=Heisey|date=28 February 2022|website=VTDigger|access-date=19 July 2022|archive-date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019130654/https://vtdigger.org/2022/02/28/middlebury-college-suspends-its-russia-study-abroad-program-urges-students-to-leave-the-country/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://blogs.dickinson.edu/bremen/2022/03/03/university-of-bremen-reduces-ties-to-russia-to-a-minimum/| title=University of Bremen Reduces Ties to Russia to a Minimum | Bremen Study Abroad Program| website=Blogs.dickinson.edu| date=3 March 2022| access-date=19 July 2022| archive-date=6 July 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706035458/https://blogs.dickinson.edu/bremen/2022/03/03/university-of-bremen-reduces-ties-to-russia-to-a-minimum/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cems.org/news-events/news/cems-suspends-institutional-partnership-graduate-school-management-st-petersburg | title=CEMS suspends the institutional partnership with the Graduate School of Management in St Petersburg|website=Cems.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haw-hamburg.de/fileadmin/PK/PDF/2022-03-10_To_all_HAW_Hamburg_employees_and_students_-_Solidarity_with_Ukraine.pdf|title=Solidarity with Ukraine / Tolerance on our international campus|website=Haw-hamburg.de|access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> In addition, the European [[Coimbra Group]] expelled the university, and the [[European University Association]] suspended the school.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.coimbra-group.eu/st-petersburg-state-university-suspended-from-coimbra-group/ | title=St. Petersburg State University suspended from Coimbra Group | website=Coimbra-group.eu | access-date=19 July 2022 | archive-date=29 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529001436/https://www.coimbra-group.eu/st-petersburg-state-university-suspended-from-coimbra-group/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sciencebusiness.net/news/european-university-association-suspends-russian-members-over-pro-war-statement | title=European University Association suspends Russian members over pro-war statement | website=Sciencebusiness.net | access-date=19 July 2022 | archive-date=8 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608011134/https://sciencebusiness.net/news/european-university-association-suspends-russian-members-over-pro-war-statement | url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Council on International Educational Exchange]] stopped its programs at the university, and relocated students to other non-Russian universities.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thecollegepost.com/us-colleges-ties-russia/ | title=US Colleges End Academic Ties with Russia over Ukraine War |website=Thecollegepost.com| date=4 March 2022 }}</ref>

==Admissions== Admission to Saint Petersburg State University is competitive. Undergraduate admissions for domestic state funded students are decided through the [[Unified State Exam]]. The average Unified State Examination score of applicants to the university in 2023 was 90 points (out of a possible 100). In the 2023 admission campaign, more than 106,000 domestic students applied to the university for bachelor's and specialist programs, with only 4,617 being accepted. The same year, over 21,000 international students from 100 different countries applied to the university for state-funded scholarship programs, with only 1,000 being accepted. This reflects an overall acceptance rate of around 4% for both domestic students and international students studying on scholarships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 admissions data Saint Petersburg State University |url=https://spbu.ru/news-events/novosti/bolee-106-000-zayavleniy-podano-v-spbgu-na-programmy-bakalavriata-i |website=SPBU |access-date=21 May 2024 |archive-date=28 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828021621/https://spbu.ru/news-events/novosti/bolee-106-000-zayavleniy-podano-v-spbgu-na-programmy-bakalavriata-i |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Organization== ===Governance=== [[File:Spb 06-2012 University Embankment 06.jpg|thumb|The Twelve Collegia Building]]

The university is a federal state institution of higher education managed by the [[government of the Russian Federation]]. It has 24 faculties and institutes which are further subdivided into departments, and other main structural subdivisions.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

The superior body of self-government of the university is its Assembly, which elects the rector and the Academic Board of the university for a five-year term. The Assembly consists of the members of the Academic Board of the university and the staff delegated by the general assemblies of the main structural subdivisions according to quotas set by the Academic Board of the university. The general administration of the university is vested in the Academic Board, which consists of the rector, who presides over it, as well as the president of the university, vice rectors and representatives of the main structural subdivisions.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Likewise, the general administration of a faculty is vested in its respective academic board elected by the faculty assembly for five years. The procedure of election and department quotas are decided by the faculty-level academic board itself. The dean, who leads the faculty and presides over its academic board, is elected for five years by the faculty academic board.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

===Academic year=== The [[academic year]] in St. Petersburg State University according to the Routine Regulations normally starts on 1 September. One lesson normally lasts an hour and a half (two academic hours). The academic year is divided into two semesters. The first semester (term) ends by late December, the second starts in mid-February and lasts until late May. Each term is followed by a series of preliminary tests (in the last week of December/May) and exams (in January/June).{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

===Campuses=== [[Image:Spb 06-2012 University Embankment 01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|View of the university from [[Saint Isaac's Cathedral]].]]

The university has two main campuses: on Vasilievsky Island in the historic city center and in Peterhof (formerly Petrodvorets), a southwestern suburb, which can be reached by railway from the city's [[Baltiysky Rail Terminal]]. The main building of the university, Twelve Collegia, is on Vasilievsky Island and includes the Library, the Faculty of Biology and the Institute of Earth Sciences. The Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Oriental Studies share the nearby 18th-century [[Petrine Baroque]] building on [[Universitetskaya Embankment]] of the [[Bolshaya Neva]], designed by [[Domenico Trezzini]] and originally built as the Palace of [[Peter II of Russia]]. The New [[Gostiny Dvor]] designed by [[Giacomo Quarenghi]] and built in the 19th century in that part of the island is occupied by the Institute of History, Institute of Philosophy. The Faculty of Psychology is in front of it on Admiral Makarov Embankment of the [[Malaya Neva]]. The Graduate School of Management, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry and Medical Technologies, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Military Studies are on Vasilievsky Island, but farther to the west. Four other social science faculties are east of the city center on the southern bank of the [[Neva]]: the Faculty of Economics is not far from the [[Chernyshevskaya]] [[Saint Petersburg Metro|metro station]], while the Faculty of Sociology, Faculty of Political Science and the School of International Relations occupy historical buildings of [[Smolny Convent]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

The new suburban campus consists of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, and Faculty of Physics, which are in modern buildings in Peterhof. Nearby the Peterhof campus there is a park area called Sergievka. In the Sergievka park there are abandoned buildings of the Faculty of Biology.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

===Faculties and Institutes=== SPbSU is made up of 24 specialized faculties, which are:

{{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[w:ru:Факультет прикладной математики — процессов управления Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes]] ([http://apmath.spbu.ru/ *rus] | [http://www.apmath.spbu.ru/en/ *eng] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014120114/http://apmath.spbu.ru/en/ |date=14 October 2017 }}) * [[w:ru:Биологический факультет Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Faculty of Biology]] ([http://bio.spbu.ru/ *rus]) * [[Saint Petersburg State University Department of Chemistry|Institute of Chemistry]] * Faculty of [[Dentistry]] and [[Medical Technology]] ([http://www.dent.spbu.ru/ *rus]) * [[w:ru:Экономический факультет Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Faculty of Economics]] ([http://econ.spbu.ru/ *rus]) * [[w:ru:Факультет географии и геоэкологии Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Institute of Earth Sciences]] ([http://geo.spbu.ru/ *rus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901042755/http://www.geo.spbu.ru/ |date=1 September 2014 }}) * [[w:ru:Исторический факультет Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Institute of History]] ([http://history.spbu.ru/ *rus]) * [[w:ru:Факультет международных отношений Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|School of International Relations]] ([http://sir.spbu.ru/ *rus]) * [[Faculty of law, Saint Petersburg State University|Faculty of Law]] * Faculty of [[Liberal arts education|Liberal Arts and Sciences]] ([http://artesliberales.spbu.ru/?set_language=ru *rus] | [http://artesliberales.spbu.ru/?set_language=en *eng]) * [[Saint Petersburg State University Mathematics and Mechanics Faculty]] ([http://math.spbu.ru/rus/ *rus] | [http://math.spbu.ru/eng/ *eng]) * [[Faculty of Medicine]] ([http://med.spbu.ru/ *rus]) * [[w:ru:Восточный факультет Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Faculty of Oriental Studies]] ([http://orient.spbu.ru/ *rus] | [http://en.orient.spbu.ru/ *eng]) * [[Faculty of Arts]]([http://arts.spbu.ru/ *rus] | [http://arts.spbu.ru/en *eng] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203064035/http://arts.spbu.ru/en |date=3 December 2013 }}) * [[w:ru:Филологический факультет Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Faculty of Philology]] ([http://phil.spbu.ru/?set_language=ru *rus] | [http://phil.spbu.ru/?set_language=en *eng]) * [[w:ru:Философский факультет Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Institute of Philosophy]] ([http://philosophy.spbu.ru/ *rus] | [http://philosophy.spbu.ru/en *eng]) * [[w:ru:Физический факультет Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Faculty of Physics]] ([http://phys.spbu.ru/ *rus] | [http://phys.spbu.ru/englishpages.html *eng]) * [[Faculty of Political Science]] ([[:ru:Факультет политологии СПбГУ|*rus]]) ([http://politology.spbu.ru/ *rus] | [http://politology.spbu.ru/en/ *eng] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202161116/https://politology.spbu.ru/en/ |date=2 December 2023 }}) * [[w:ru:Факультет психологии Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Faculty of Psychology]] ([http://psy.spbu.ru/ *rus] | [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203053802/http://www.psy.spbu.ru/english *eng]) * [[w:ru:Факультет социологии Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета|Faculty of Sociology]] ([http://soc.spbu.ru/ *rus]) * [[Graduate School of Management (St. Petersburg State University)|Graduate School of Management]] * Military Faculty ([http://fvo.spbu.ru/ *rus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124034528/http://fvo.spbu.ru/ |date=24 January 2017 }}) * [[w:ru:Высшая школа журналистики и массовых коммуникаций|School of Journalism and Mass Communications]] ([http://jf.spbu.ru/ *rus] | [http://eng.jf.spbu.ru/ *eng]) ** Faculty of [[Applied Communications]] ** [[Faculty of Journalism]]

There is also a Department of Physical Culture and Sports. ([http://sport.spbu.ru/ *rus])

== International collaboration == The university is a member of the [[University of the Arctic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic |language=en-US |archive-date=12 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312124055/https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |url-status=live }}</ref> UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US |archive-date=12 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312110142/https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The collaboration has been paused after the beginning of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shared Voices 2022 |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/shared-voices-magazine/shared-voices-2022/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US |archive-date=12 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312071037/https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/shared-voices-magazine/shared-voices-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Rankings == {{Infobox university rankings | The Three University Missions Ranking|MosIUR_W = 39 | MosIUR_W_year = 2023 | MosIUR_W_ref =<ref name="News"/> | ARWU_W = 301-400 | ARWU_W_year = 2022 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=ARWU World University Rankings 2022 - Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022 - Top 500 universities - Shanghai Ranking - 2022 |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2022.html |website=shanghairanking.com |access-date=5 November 2017 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119012717/http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2017.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | THE_W =801-1000 | THE_W_year =2023 | THE_W_ref =<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gotouniversity.com/university/saint-petersburg-state-university/ranking|title=Saint Petersburg State University Global, Subject & Regional Rankings|website=Gotouniversity.com|access-date=1 July 2022|archive-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009033311/https://www.gotouniversity.com/university/saint-petersburg-state-university/ranking|url-status=live}}</ref> | USNWR_W = 652 | USNWR_W_year = 2023 | USNWR_W_ref =<ref name="News"/> | QS_W = 375 | QS_W_year = 2026 | QS_W_ref =<ref name=":QSW2026">{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings|title=QS World University Rankings|access-date=23 July 2025|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115634/https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>| QS_EECA =3 | QS_EECA_year =2022 | QS_EECA_ref =<ref name="QS World University Rankings 2022">{{Cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/eeca-rankings/2022 |title=QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia |access-date=15 January 2023 |archive-date=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330080551/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/siberian-federal-university |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

In international rankings, the university was ranked 35th by ''[[The Three University Missions Ranking]]'' in 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moscow International University Ranking, 2022 |publisher=MosIUR "The Three University Missions" |url=https://mosiur.org/ranking/ |access-date=3 December 2022 |archive-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902062924/https://mosiur.org/ranking/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 242nd by the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' in 2022,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://roundranking.com/universities/saint-petersburg-state-university.html?sort=O&year=2022&subject=SO|title=Saint Petersburg State University|website=roundranking.com|access-date=1 July 2022|archive-date=1 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701223913/https://roundranking.com/universities/saint-petersburg-state-university.html?sort=O&year=2022&subject=SO|url-status=live}}</ref> 652nd by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' in 2023,<ref name="News">{{cite web |title=Best Global Universities in Russia |url=https://www.mosiur.org/ranking/ |website=MosIUR |access-date=2024-09-17 |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914104212/https://mosiur.org/ranking// |url-status=live }}</ref> 601-800th by the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'',<ref name="auto"/> and 301–400th by the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Petersburg State University |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Institution.jsp?param=Saint%20Petersburg%20State%20University |access-date=2011-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118045518/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Institution.jsp?param=Saint%20Petersburg%20State%20University |archive-date=2011-11-18}}</ref>

== Notable alumni and faculty == {{Main list|List of Saint Petersburg State University people}}

Saint Petersburg State University has a strong reputation in the field of politics, having educated: *[[Vladimir Putin]], 2nd and 4th [[president of Russia]] (2000–2008, 2012-present), 5th and 9th [[prime minister of Russia]] (1999–2000, 2008–2012) *[[Dalia Grybauskaite]], 8th [[president of Lithuania]] (2009–2019) *[[Ion Inculeţ]], 1st [[President of Moldova|president]] of the [[Moldavian Democratic Republic]] (1917–1918) *[[Levon Ter-Petrosyan]], 1st [[president of Armenia]] (1991–1998) *[[Gabriel Narutowicz]], 1st [[president of Poland]] (1922) *[[Antanas Smetona]], 1st [[president of Lithuania]] (1919-1920, 1926-1940) *[[Dmitry Medvedev]], 3rd [[president of Russia]] (2008–2012), 10th [[prime minister of Russia]] (2012–2020) *[[Vladimir Lenin]], 1st leader of [[Soviet Russia]] (1917–1923) and the [[Soviet Union]] (1923–1924) *[[Jazep Varonka]], 1st [[List of prime ministers of Belarus|prime minister]] of the [[Belarusian National Republic]] (1918) *[[Augustinas Voldemaras]], 1st and 12th [[prime minister of Lithuania]] (1918, 1926–1929) *[[Boris Shturmer]], 5th [[Prime Minister of Russia|prime minister]] of the [[Russian Empire]] (1916) *[[Pyotr Stolypin]], 3rd [[Prime Minister of Russia|prime minister]] of the [[Russian Empire]] (1906–1911) *[[Alexander Kerensky]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Russia|minister-chairman]] of the [[Russian Provisional Government]] (1917) *[[Liudmyla Denisova]], 3rd [[ombudsman in Ukraine]] (2018–2022) *[[Ben-Zion Dinur]], 4th [[Ministry of Education (Israel)|minister of education of Israel]] (1951–1955) *[[Jean-Claude Gakosso]], 16th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of the Congo)|minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of the Congo]] (2015–present) *[[Lyudmila Narusova]], [[Federation Council (Russia)|Russian Federation senator]] from [[Tuva]] (2016–present) and from [[Bryansk Oblast]] (2010–2012) *[[Anatoly Sobchak]], 1st [[Governor of Saint Petersburg|mayor of Saint Petersburg]] (1991–1996) and a co-author of the [[Constitution of Russia]]

===Nobel laureates=== Nine graduates of the university are [[Nobel Prize]] recipients: [[File:Leonid Kantorovich 1975.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Leonid Kantorovich]]]] {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Ilya Mechnikov]], Russian-French, Physiology or Medicine in 1908 *[[Ivan Pavlov]], physiologist, psychologist, and physician; Nobel laureate in [[Physiology]] or [[Medicine]] in 1904 *[[Nikolay Semyonov]], [[Chemistry]] in 1956 *[[Lev Landau]], [[physicist]]; Nobel laureate in Physics in 1962 *[[Alexander Prokhorov|Aleksandr Prokhorov]], Australian-Soviet-Russian, [[Physics]] in 1964 *[[Wassily Leontief]], Soviet-American [[economist]]; Nobel laureate in Economics in 1973 *[[Leonid Kantorovich]], economist, [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureate in [[Economics]] in 1975 *[[Joseph Brodsky]], Russian-American, [[Literature]] in 1987 *[[Alexey Ekimov]], Chemistry in 2023 }}

===Science and mathematics=== [[File:Dmitri Mendeleev.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Dmitri Mendeleev]]]] {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Dmitri Mendeleev]], [[chemist]], creator of the first version of the [[periodic table]] of [[Chemical element|elements]] *[[Alexander Barvinok]], [[mathematician]] *[[Raissa Berg]], Russian-American [[Genetics|geneticist]] and [[Evolutionary biology|evolutionary biologist]] *[[Abram Besicovitch]], Russian-British mathematician *[[Lev M. Bregman]], Soviet-Israeli mathematician *[[Pafnuty Chebyshev]], mathematician *[[Yakov Eliashberg]], Russian-American mathematician *[[Vera Faddeeva]], mathematician *[[Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock|Vladimir Fock]], [[physicist]] *[[Sergey Fomin]], Russian-American mathematician *[[Leonid Frankfurt]], Russian-Israeli physicist *[[George Gamow]], Soviet-American [[cosmologist]] *[[Israel Gohberg]], Soviet-Israeli mathematician *[[Mikhail Gromov (mathematician)|Mikhail Gromov]], Franco-Russian mathematician, [[Abel Prize]] winner *[[Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim]], Ukrainian [[botanist]] *[[Georges Gurvitch]], Russian-born French [[sociologist]] and [[jurist]] *[[Viktor Ambartsumian]], Soviet-Armenian theoretical astrophysist *[[Solomon Herzenstein]], zoologist *[[Cecil Hoare]] [[Royal Society|FRS]], British [[protozoologist]] and [[parasitologist]] *[[Alexander Its]], mathematician *[[Ivan Ivanov (mathematician)|Ivan Ivanov]], mathematician *[[Dmitry Ivanovsky]], biologist *[[Faina Mihajlovna Kirillova|Faina Kirillova]], mathematician and [[control theorist]] *[[Leo Klejn]], [[archaeologist]], [[anthropologist]], and [[philologist]] *[[Wladimir Köppen]], Russian-German [[geographer]], [[meteorologist]], [[climatologist]] and botanist *[[Yuri Linnik]], mathematician *[[Mikhail Lomonosov]], scientist, author and [[polymath]] *[[Victor L'vov]], physicist *[[Aleksandr Lyapunov]], mathematician, mechanician and physicist *[[Victor Lyatkher]], renewable energy engineer *[[Andrey Markov]], mathematician *[[Boris Nikolsky]], chemist *[[Konstantin Petrzhak]], physicist *[[Lev Pavlovich Rapoport|Lev Rapoport]], theoretical physicist *[[Alexander Raikhel]], Soviet-American [[entomologist]] *[[Natasha Raikhel]], Soviet-American [[plant cell]] biologist *[[Vladimir Rokhlin (Soviet mathematician)|Vladimir Rokhlin]], mathematician *[[Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov|Nikolai Semenov]], physicist and chemist *[[Stanislav Smirnov]], mathematician, [[Fields Medal]] winner (2010) *[[Jacob Tamarkin]], Russian-American mathematician *[[Vladimir Vernadsky]], [[mineralogist]] and [[geochemist]] *[[Georgy Voronoy]], mathematician *[[Emil Wiesel]], Russian-German artist, museum curator, full member of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] (since 1914), organizer of international art exhibitions, councilor of [[Hermitage Museum]] and [[Russian Museum]] *[[Sergei Winogradsky]], [[microbiologist]], [[ecologist]] and [[soil scientist]] *[[Yuri Yappa]], theoretical physicist *[[Victor Zalgaller]], Russian-Israeli mathematician }}

===Literature and the arts=== [[File:Ayn Rand (1943 Talbot portrait).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Ayn Rand]]]] * [[Johann Admoni]], composer, pianist, teacher, and public person * [[Alexander Blok]], poet *[[Ilia Chavchavadze]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] writer, politician and public benefactor *[[Igor Chubais]], philosopher, sociologist, and author *[[Solomon Dodashvili]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] philosopher, grammarian, [[belletrist]] *[[Ayn Rand]], Russian-born American novelist *[[Boris Grebenshchikov]], founder and lead singer of the band Aquarium *[[Yehuda L. Katzenelson]], writer and doctor * [[Alexander Kugel]], theatre critic and editor * [[Julian Henry Lowenfeld]], American-Russian poet, playwright, trial lawyer, Composer, and translator *[[Salomon Mandelkern]], poet and author *[[Olga Ozarovskaya]], folklorist, storyteller, performer, writer, and an archivist of fairy tales * [[Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan]], Indian historian * [[Nicholas Roerich]], artist *[[Lyubov Speranskaya]], theater artist *[[Maximilian Steinberg]], composer of classical music *[[Igor Stravinsky]], composer * [[Ivan Turgenev]], writer

Other notable alumni include: [[Alexander Alekhine]], fourth World Chess Champion and [[Grigory Levenfish]], 2x Soviet chess champion, [[Gennadiy Shatkov]], Olympic champion in boxing, and [[Eduard Vinokurov]], Olympic and world champion sabre fencer. Joseph Shor, a student of the School of Mathematics and Mechanics, known as the main protege of [[Ostap Bender]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Реальная история великого комбинатора |trans-title=The real story of the great combinator |url=http://rusplt.ru/society/realnaya-istoriya-velikogo-kombinatora-17374.html |language=ru |access-date=14 June 2015 |archive-date=9 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509160114/http://rusplt.ru/society/realnaya-istoriya-velikogo-kombinatora-17374.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Igor Artimovich]], known for creating [[Festi]]. [[Yakov Rekhter]], known for creating [[BGP]]. [[Nikolai Kondratiev]], Soviet economist, known for the [[business cycle]] theory known as [[Kondratiev wave]]s.

[[Pavel Durov]], the Telegram founder, graduated from the department of philology while his brother, [[Nikolai Durov]] received his PhD from the department of mathematics. Kyrgyz sociologist [[Rakhat Achylova]] received her DPhil in 1988.

==Rectors==

{{Div col|colwidth=22em}} :1819–1821 Mikhail Balugyansky :1821–1825 [[Yevdokim Zyablovskiy]] (acting) :1825–1836 Antoine Jeudy Dugour :1836–1840 Ivan Shulgin :1840–1861 [[Pyotr Pletnyov]] :1861 [[Izmail Sreznevsky]] (acting) :1861–1863 [[Aleksandr Voskresensky]] (acting) :1863–1865 [[Heinrich Lenz]] :1865–1867 [[Aleksandr Voskresensky]] :1867–1873 [[Karl Kessler]] :1873–1876 [[Pyotr Redkin]] :1876–1883 [[Andrey Beketov]] :1883 (1884)–1887 [[Ivan Andreevsky]] :1887–1890 [[Mikhail Vladislavlev]] :1890 [[Ivan Pomyalovsky]] (acting) :1890–1897 [[Pyotr Nikitin]] :1897–1899 [[Vasily Sergeevich]] :1899–1903 [[Adolf Holmsten]] :1903–1905 [[Aleksandr Zhdanov]] :1905–1910 [[Ivan Borgman]] :1910–1911 [[David Grimm (lawyer)|David Grimm]] :1911–1918 [[Erwin Grimm]] :1918–1919 [[Alexander Alexandrovich Ivanov|Alexander Ivanov]] :1919 [[Sergei Zhebelev]] (acting) :1919–1922 [[Vladimir Shimkevich]] :1922–1926 [[Nikolay Derzhavin]] :1926–1927 Vsevolod Tomashevsky :1927–1930 [[Mikhail Serebryakov]] :1930–1932 Yury Nikich-Krilichevsky (director) :1932–1933 Viktor Seryozhnikov (director) :1933–1937 Mikhail Lazurkin (director) :1937-1938 Boris Berezin (acting) :1938–1939 Konstantin Lukashev (director) :1939 Artemy Marchenko (acting) :1939–1941 Pyotr Zolotukhin (director) :1941–1948 [[Alexander Voznesensky]] :1948–1950 [[Nikita Domnin]] :1950 [[Mikhail Artamonov (historian)|Mikhail Artamonov]] (acting) :1950–1952 [[Alexey Ilyushin]] :1952–1964 [[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov|Aleksandr Aleksandrov]] :1964–1970 [[Kirill Kondratyev]] :1970–1975 [[Gleb Makarov]] :1975–1986 [[Valentin Aleskovsky]] :1986–1993 [[Stanislav Merkuriev]] :1993(1994)–2008 [[Lyudmila Verbitskaya]] :since 2008 [[Nikolay Kropachev]] {{Div col end}}

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==See also== * [[Education in Russia]] * [[List of universities in Russia]] * [[Open access in Russia]] * [[Smolny College]] * [[List of early modern universities in Europe]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Bibliography == * {{cite book |last1=Lempert |first1=David |series=Eastern European Monograph Series |title=Daily Life in a Crumbling Empire: The Absorption of Russia into the World Economy |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-88033-341-2 |volume= 2 |publisher=Columbia University Press}} — The history of the university, with a particular focus on the law faculty, from the 19th century to the perestroika period.

==External links== {{Commons category|Saint Petersburg State University}} * [https://english.spbu.ru/ Saint Petersburg State University homepage] * [http://www.history.museums.spbu.ru History of St Petersburg University]

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