Saint Petersburg State University

St Petersburg University (SPbU, Saint Petersburg State University; Russian: СПбГУ, Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a Russian university in Saint Petersburg. It is the oldest university in Russia. It is also one of the largest universities in the country.
 Schools 
Saint Petersburg State University has many schools. They include science, engineering and humanities.
 Applied mathematics and Control processes. Unlike many universities, applied mathematics is not a part of mathematics.
 Biology 
 Dentistry and Medical Technology 
 Economics 
 International Relations 
 Law
 Liberal Arts and Sciences
 Mathematics and Mechanics
 Medicine 
 Oriental Studies 
 Arts 
 Philology
 Physics. Some universities handle physics as part of "Faculty of Science (and Engineering)".
 Political Science 
 Psychology
 Journalism and Mass Communications 

 Alumni 
Saint Petersburg State University has produced a number of famous people. Their names are known in many fields.
Politicians
 Vladimir Lenin: Founder of the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union.
 Vladimir Putin: President of Russia
 Dmitry Medvedev: Former president of Russia
 Dalia Grybauskaitė: First female president of Lithuania
Scientists
 Ivan Pavlov: Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904 for research about the digestive system.Cambiaghi, M., & Sacchetti, B. (2015). Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936). Journal of neurology, 262(6), 1599-1600.
 Ilya Mechnikov: Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908 for research about immunity.Zalkind, S. (2001). Ilya Mechnikov: his life and work. The Minerva Group, Inc..
 Leonid Kantorovich: Russian mathematician known for the Kantorovich theorem and his textbook.Kantorovich, L. V., & Akilov, G. P. (1959). Functional analysis in normalized spaces. Fizmatgis, Moskva. He is also a Nobel prize winner.Kutateladze, S. S. (2011). Mathematics and economics of Leonid Kantorovich. arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.0984.

 Related pages 
 Moscow State University

 References 

 Other websites 
 Saint Petersburg State University homepage
 History of The St. Petersburg University in virtual space

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