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Санкт-Петербургский Академический университет — научно-образовательный центр нанотехнологий РАН | |
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| Established | 1997 |
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| Rector | Alexey V. Filimonov |
| Address | Khlopin St. 8/3, St. Petersburg, Russia ,, |
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Alferov Federal State Budgetary Institution of Higher Education and Science Saint Petersburg National Research Academic University of theRussian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated SPbAU RAS, also referred to as the Academic University or Alferov University) was founded in 1997 originally as the Research and Education Center of theIoffe Institute to integrate science and education in the field of physics and information technologies. It has the distinction of being the only university in theRussian Academy of Sciences (RAS), which is composed primarily of national research institutes. Accordingly, the word "Academic" in the university's name stems from theAcademy of Sciences, the organization that unites numerous national research institutes inRussia. The St. Petersburg Academic University was founded byZhores Alferov, director of theIoffe Institute, vice-president of the RAS Academician andNobel prize laureate, who served as its rector until his death on March 1, 2019.
In 1997Zhores Alferov founded the Research and Education Center of theIoffe Institute, which would become the Saint Petersburg Academic University. The official founding as a university took place on October 8, 2002.
In 2009 the university was reorganized by joining with both the St. Petersburg Research and Education Centre of Physics and Technology and with the School of Physics and Technology (established in 1987),[1] one of the bestsecondary schools in Russia. At this time, the university was given its present name, Saint Petersburg Academic University.
In 2010, Saint Petersburg Academic University obtained the status of the National Research University of Russia. The stated purpose of the university as a National Research University is to develop high-tech sectors of the economy, with a particular focus on nanoelectronics,nanophotonics, renewable energy sources and nanobiosystems.[2]
It is planned to reorganize the Academic University by joining it to thePeter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University since 2021 as an autonomous institution.[3]
Alferov states that the idea of tripartite “composition” of the institute - consisting of the Academy of Sciences for professional scientists, the Academic University for university students, and aGymnasium for secondary school students - was inspired by a similar underlying philosophy inPeter the Great's founding of theAcademy of Science in 1724.[4] The Saint Petersburg Academic University follows this model, cemented by the reorganization in 2009, as an institute uniting national laboratories, university departments, and secondary school in the same campus and overarching organization. The proposed benefit of this model is that secondary school, university and post-graduate students are trained in direct contact with active scientists, and teaching occurs through lectures, seminars, and also in laboratories.
The university consists of five departments:
As of 2020, the acting rector is Dr. Alexey Filimonov.[5]
The Academic University has Masters and PhD programs. The MSc programs (state license #0724, February 17, 2011[6]) are as follows:
Among the professors of the Academic University, there are scientists employed also atIoffe Institute, such asYu.V. Trushin.
The address of the university is Khlopin St. 8/3, St. Petersburg, Russia. The dormitory is at Maurice Toreza Ave. 37/2, St. Petersburg.
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