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Welcome to Polytech: a memo for first-year students at the start of the academic year

Welcome to Polytech: a memo for first-year students at the start of the academic year

Published on: 2026-08-11

Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –

An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

Very soon, the new academic year will begin at the Polytechnic University, and thousands of freshmen are preparing to take their first step into student life. To ensure that this important phase goes as smoothly and comfortably as possible, without organizational difficulties, we have compiled key dates, addresses, and lists of necessary documents.

Dormitory move-in

Required documents:

  • passport and its copy
  • 6 photos 3×4
  • registration certificate or military ID (for male students)
  • certificate of fluorographic examination (validity – no more than 1 year)
  • notarized consent of the legal representatives of minor students

Check-in will be conducted starting August 24, daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Outside of working hours, freshmen will be temporarily accommodated in duty rooms.

Students who are citizens of foreign countries and stateless persons must report to the post office five days before arrival dormitory@spbstu.ru last name, first name and patronymic (if any), citizenship and the country they are arriving from, date and approximate time of arrival at the dormitory.

Medical documents

Documents for admission to physical education classes for minors:

  • medical certificate confirming the minor’s belonging to a medical group for physical education activities

Documents required for adults to be admitted to physical education classes:

  • medical certificate of fitness for physical education classes and compliance with the GTO standards

A medical certificate must be issued at the place of residence/registration before the start of the educational process.

All first-year enrolled students are also required to undergo a preventive medical examination at the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution “City Polyclinic No. 76.”

Documents for medical examination:

  • a copy of the passport with registration data
  • a copy of the compulsory medical insurance policy from both sides
  • copy of SNILS
  • chest X-ray examination protocol (dated no more than 1 year ago)
  • vaccination certificate and/or vaccination card (form No. 063/u) and their copies
  • medical professional-consultative conclusion (if available)
  • information about the health group and medical certificate for admission to physical education classes based on the results of the current year’s preventive medical examination (issued in advance by a pediatrician/therapist of the attached clinic)

For minors, additionally:

  • provision of the results of the DIASKINTTEST skin test conducted over the past 12 months
  • form No. 030-PO/u “Card of preventive medical examination of a minor”

Additionally, for adults:

  • a certificate confirming that a citizen who has reached the age of 18 has undergone the mandatory universal health check-up or preventive medical examination

Who will help to settle in at the university?

Adapters. These are senior students who will be assigned to each group. Thanks to them, students will be able to get closer acquainted with the educational processes and rules of the university, make friends with their classmates, and get answers to all their questions about Polytech.

Mentors in dormitories. These are activists from the Student Council who will meet freshmen upon moving into the dormitories and assist in social and psychological adaptation to independent life in a different city.

Meetings with the institute managements

The meetings will take place at the beginning of the academic year. There, freshmen will have the opportunity to meet the leadership of their institutes and their future classmates.

During the official part of the meetings, representatives of the institute directorates will provide important organizational information and answer all questions of interest.

After the official part, freshmen will meet the adapters of their groups.

Schedule of meetings

Humanitarian Institute

August 31

10:00 (GUK, room 101) — Higher School of Jurisprudence and Forensic Expertise

10:00 (Building 16, Room 200) — The Graduate School of Media Communications and Public Relations with more than 50 student teams.

12:00 (Building 16, Room 200) — Graduate School of International Relations

Engineering and Construction Institute

August 28

12:00 (GUK, White Hall) — all programs (bachelor’s and specialist degrees)

Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport

August 31

10:00 (GUK, White Hall) — all directions

Physics and Mechanics Institute

August 31

10:00 (GUK, room 324) — all directions

Advanced Engineering School “Digital Engineering”

September 4

13:00 (NIK, conference hall “Semyonov”) — all directions (master’s program)

Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications

August 31

12:00 (GUK, room 324) — all programs (bachelor’s and master’s degrees, full-time study)

Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology

August 31

11:00 (11 Khlopina St., room 209) — Higher School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies (bachelor’s and specialist programs)

13:00 (48 Novorossiyskaya St., room 410) — Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production (bachelor’s program)

September 7

10:00 (11 Khlopina St., room 209) — Graduate School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies (Master’s program)

14:00 (48 Novorossiyskaya St., room 410) — Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production (Master’s program)

Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity

August 31

14:00 (State Management Center, White Hall) — fields: Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Information Systems and Technologies, Information Security, Computer Security, Automated Systems Information Security, Information-Analytical Security Systems

16:00 (GUC, White Hall) — directions: Applied Informatics, Software Engineering, Management in Technical Systems, Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematical Support and Administration of Information Systems

Institute of Industrial Management, Economics and Trade

August 27

10:00 (GUK, White Hall) — fields: Economics, Statistics, Public and Municipal Administration, Economic Security (bachelor’s and specialist degrees, full-time study)

11:00 (GUK, White Hall) — fields of study: Management, Business Informatics (bachelor’s degree, full-time study)

12:00 (GUK, White Hall) — fields of study: Commerce, Commodity Science, Service, Tourism, Hotel Management, Customs Affairs (bachelor’s and specialist degrees, full-time education)

September 3

16:00 (Building 50, Posnikov conference hall) — all fields of study (bachelor’s degree, part-time form of education)

September 7

14:00 (Building 50, Posnikov conference hall) — Higher School of Engineering Economics, Higher School of Public Administration (master’s program, full-time study)

15:00 (Building 50, Posnikov conference hall) — Graduate School of Production Management (master’s program, full-time education)

16:00 (Building 50, Posnikov conference hall) — Higher School of Business Engineering, Higher School of Service and Trade (master’s program, full-time study)

October 1

14:00 (Building 50, Posnikov conference hall) — all programs (specialist degree, part-time study)

16:00 (Building 50, Posnikov Conference Hall) — all fields (master’s programs, part-time study)

Institute of Energy

August 31

12:00 (GUK, White Hall) — all fields (bachelor’s and master’s programs, full-time study)

12:40 (GUK, room 257) — Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering

12:40 (GUK, room 215) — Thermal power engineering and heat engineering, Power engineering machinery, Nuclear energy and thermophysics

Institute of Physics and Mathematics

August 28

10:00 (GUK, room 324) — all programs (master’s degree)

More detailed information about all the necessary documents, dormitory accommodations, upcoming events, and much more can be found on the website: https://www.spbstu.ru/freshman/index.html

In addition, all current news for freshmen is published in on the VKontakte channel There, in the comments, you can ask all the questions that interest you, and the Polytechnic staff will promptly answer them.

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