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Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
At Bauman Moscow State Technical University, as part of the competition of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, projects of Student Design Bureaus were defended. One of the participants was the team of SKB “System Engineering” of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Polytechnic University scientists demonstrated a strategy for training young engineers capable of solving breakthrough problems in the interests of industry and technological development of the country. The project was presented in the direction of “Student Design Leadership”. It was among the five winning universities in its nomination. Grant support in the amount of 20 million rubles will be used to develop the educational ecosystem of SKB, as well as to purchase materials and components for prototypes of products created by students.
“Highly qualified engineers capable of contributing to the country’s technological leadership are trained at youth design bureaus. Students, postgraduates and young scientists develop competitive technologies, solve specific scientific, technical and engineering problems, and are widely involved in work on orders from industrial enterprises. It is important that the initiative has shown high demand – 178 universities from 81 regions of the country submitted applications for the first competition. 15 winning universities will receive support for the creation of new and development of existing sites, including the purchase of modern equipment,” said Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov.
SKB “System Engineering” is being implemented within the framework of the university’s development strategy and program to achieve technological leadership and integrate education, science and industry. The main goal of the project is to form a cross-cutting trajectory for training engineering personnel – from early career guidance for schoolchildren to the inclusion of senior students in real research and design activities commissioned by industry. Interest in the project results was expressed by 12 partners, including JSC Power Machines, which will provide co-financing for the SKB’s work in the amount of almost 15.5 million rubles in 2025.
Speaking at the defense, the project manager, director of the Higher School of Power Engineering, deputy director of the Scientific and Educational Center “Aircraft Engines and Power Plants” of the PISH “Digital Engineering” Alena Aleshina emphasized that the work of the SKB directly corresponds to the national development goals of Russia until 2036 and is aimed at training highly motivated specialists capable of working to overcome modern technological challenges.
In 2025, the SKB’s main focus is on two key areas that correspond to national projects of technological leadership: “new nuclear and energy technologies” and “unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)”. In the future, it is planned to integrate other strategically significant areas into the SKB structure.
Oleg Rozhdestvensky, Head of the SPbPU Office of Technological Leadership, emphasized: “As part of the SKB, we introduce schoolchildren to engineering, invite them to continue their education at the Polytechnic, where we give them the opportunity, already as students, to find themselves and try their hand at different areas during their 1st and 2nd years, during general engineering training. And in their 3rd and 4th years, we select the most qualified students to work at the request of our industrial partners.”
A special feature of the Polytechnic University’s approach is the creation of a three-level educational ecosystem covering different age categories of students, formed on the basis of the methodological and scientific-technical background of the SPbPU PIS “Digital Engineering”.
School design bureaus — early career guidance, development of engineering thinking and involvement in the technological environment already at the stage of school education. In March 2025, with the support of the government of St. Petersburg and the Academy of Talents, 12 agreements were signed on the opening of new school design bureaus. Youth design bureaus — work with students in grades 10–11 and students of secondary vocational education, including them in project activities with real tasks from partners. Thus, a laboratory is already operating at the Institute of Secondary Vocational Education of SPbPU, where students create small series of antennas ordered by the enterprise. Student design bureaus — focus on general engineering training of 1st–2nd year students and a gradual transition to conscious engineering practice and participation in R&D from the 3rd year.
The development program of the SKB “System Engineering” will be implemented on the basis of the Office of Technological Leadership of the Polytechnic University. It is integrated into the University Development Strategy until 2030, with a perspective until 2036 and will be based on the principles of network interaction of various SPbPU divisions, including: the Student Design Bureau “Power Machines – Polytechnic”, operating since 2020, the SKB of the Advanced Engineering School “Digital Engineering”, participating in the implementation of a large project on drones since 2024, as well as the Center for Youth Trajectories and others.
Director of the Engineering Center of JSC Power Machines Konstantin Savichev noted the importance of the project in terms of training qualified engineering personnel at the company’s request and said that students are already being trained in the process of working on R&D commissioned by the company. The SKB team has already signed a contract for R&D worth 12 million rubles, in which students are participating. By the end of 2025, it is planned to attract more than 25 million rubles for the implementation of projects and the development of prototypes.
“The key objective of our SKB is to give each student the opportunity to find their place in engineering. We strive not only to transfer knowledge, but also to develop skills, teach how to work with advanced digital and production technologies, so that young specialists can make a real contribution to achieving technological leadership in the country,” noted Alena Aleshina.
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