Summer and Winter Study in St. Petersburg

Location: Russia: St. Petersburg

Term: Summer, Winter

St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University

http://www.spbstu-eng.ru

29 Polytechnicheskaya st. Saint-Petersburg, 195251 Russia

Call Us

Phone: +7 812 534 10 01

Fax: +7 812 534 13 65

Description

SPbSPU Summer School offers a number of academic courses in a wide range of subjects, lasting from 1 to 6 weeks during the summer. We provide European or US Credits for most courses. Besides the academic program we offer fully furnished housing in the student dormitory and many included and extra social activities.

All Summer School modules are developed according to the European requirements and can be recognized as a period abroad. Upon successful completion of the course students receive a transcript that gives details of courses, ECTS credits (academic hours) and grades.

Outstanding professors will challenge you to explore the theme and increase your knowledge of the subject. Study methods emphasize student's active participation and involvement. Case studies, group discussions, field trips and study visits are an integral part of the learning process in addition to lectures.

Highlights

* Civil Engineering and Design
The module aims at gaining professional competences in the field of building information modeling and computer visualization as well as development of creative thinking and non-standard approach application.

* Open Your Mind to Russia (Russia as a Business Environment)
Within the module you will gain the knowledge about Russian business, culture, identity, national history, government, customs, traditions, you'll visit "Baltica" brewery company, while extra academic activities will bring you into inner life of Russian Cultural Capital.

* Global Tourism and Event Design
This module aims at helping future tourist managers to create an appropriate tour in order to meet even the most sophisticated demands of their clients and to get knowledge in the field of the largest and most perspective sectors of world tourism industry MICE-industry: meetings, incentive, conferences and events.

* Applied Modelling and Intelligent Systems
The module introduces the essence of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and gives students understanding of principles of knowledge representation models construction in artificial intelligence systems.

* Visual anthropology. Photography course
During the course we are talking about composition, angle, speed and color in photography. Using these instruments we learn how to make our pictures conscious reflecting the world around. Our main design project will deal with the concept of regional branding in one of the most incentive cities St. Petersburg.

* Graphic Design and Visual Communications
The academic module is based on the idea of understanding graphic design as a tool of creation continuous emotion process between customer and client, organization and person.

* Russian Language and Culture
The module aims at improving the linguistic and intercultural communication competences in the field of Russian Language on the ground of Culture Capital of Russia

* Russian Language, Business and Culture
Within the module you will gain or improve the competences in the field of Russian Language and business culture, you'll visit "Baltica" brewery company, together with some small businesses.

* Russian Language, Politics and Business Culture: Breaking the Stereotypes
Within the module you will gain or improve the competences in the field of Russian Language, Russian politics and business culture, you'll visit «Pepsi» company, as well as Peterhof and Pushkin Imperial residences and palaces in St. Petersburg surrounding.

* Russian Language, Literature, History and Culture: Exploring the Russian Heritage
Within the module you will gain and improve the competences in the field of Russian language, you'll gain the knowledge about Russian literature, history, art and architecture, you'll visit "Baltica" brewery company, as well as Peterhof and Pushkin Imperial residences and palaces in St. Petersburg surrounding, you'll take part in the day trip to Staraya Ladoga old Russian capital

* Russian Language, Politics and Culture: An Insight into Russian Language and Culture
The module aims at gaining and improving the linguistic and intercultural communication competences in the field of Russian Language together with knowledge about modern Russian politics, Russian art and architecture, you'll visit "Baltica" brewery company, as well as Imperial residences and palaces in St. Petersburg surrounding.

* Business Russian Language
The module aims at helping foreign students interested in establishing business contacts with Russian partners and in a successful business on the Russian market. Joint and foreign enterprises; Exhibitions; Fairs; Auctions; Prices; Terms of supply and payment; Insurance; Banks; Stock exchanges are included as lexical topics.

* Inventive Thinking and Decision Analysis
Within the module you will gain the knowledge of modern approaches to inventive thinking and market of inventive consulting. Also you will be told how to make high-impact decisions that are reasoned and defensible. An application as contemporary global agenda related to urbanization, cities, planning, development, and the environment will be added.

* Summer Language Program
IIEP SPSPU has a more than 35 years experience of Russian Language training of international students and is carefully keeping these traditions. The program has different levels so that the students could choose one according to their prior knowledge of Russian language. Beginners can be admitted only to the basic level and only from the start of the program.

Degree Level

Masters Degree

Cost in US$:

please contact SPbSPU

Cost Includes:

Cost Include Description:

Credit Available

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant.

Typical Living Arrangements
  • Dormitory

Participants Travel to Russia

Independently

Application Process Involves
  • Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
2 month
Post Services Include
  • Alumni Network
St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University's Mission Statement

The University adheres to the three long established traditions which it believes are of the utmost importance in education: 1) to build every curriculum on a solid background of general theoretic science and mathematics, 2) to foster active learning through problem solving and through hands-on experience, and 3) to encourages a pioneering spirit among its students by providing an environment for exploration. These goals are achieved via a challenging curriculum, instruction by experienced full-time faculty members in comparatively small classes, students' research of their own under guidance by a tutor, an opportunity for active involvement in ongoing research projects.

Year Founded

1899

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