Baltic State Technical University

Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" D.F. Ustinov (Балтийский государственный технический университет "Военмех" им. Д.Ф.Устинова; abbreviated BGTU) is a Russian technical university situated in Saint Petersburg. Previously it was known as the Leningrad Mechanical Institute (Ленинградский механический институт) and Military Mechanical Institute (Военно-механический институт).

History

 * 1875: Tsesarevich Nikolay's Handicraft College is created (for which is considered an heir)
 * 1932: Established by order of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry of the USSR, as the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute
 * 1992: Reformed as Baltic State Technical University, after D.F. Ustinov

Faculties

 * Rocket and Space Technology Faculty (A)
 * Arms and Weapons Systems Faculty (E)
 * Department of Information and Control Systems (I)
 * Natural Science (O)
 * International Industrial Management and Communications (R)

Notable alumni

 * Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov (Marshal of the USSR, the Minister of Defense of the USSR from July 30, 1976 to December 20, 1984)
 * Sergei Krikalev (cosmonaut)
 * Georgi Grechko (cosmonaut)
 * Vladimir Yakunin (head of Russian Railways)
 * Vladimir Okrepilov (academician of Russian Academy of Sciences RAS, general director of State Centre "Test-St.Petersburg")