Saint Petersburg State Forestry University
Санкт-Петербу́ргский госуда́рственный лесотехни́ческий университе́т им. С. М. Ки́рова (СПбГЛТУ) | |
Main building of the university in the park campus (front bird-eye view) | |
Former name | Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) Forestry Academy, Forst-Institut, Forestry and Surveying Institute |
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| Type | state |
| Established | 1803 |
| Founder | Alexander I of Russia |
Officer in charge | Acting rector |
| Rector | Melnichuk I.A. |
| Students | 9350 |
| Address | 5 Institutskiy pereulok , , 194021 , Russia 59°59′35.22″N 30°20′37.17″E / 59.9931167°N 30.3436583°E |
| Language | Russian |
| Website | spbftu |
Saint Petersburg State Forestry University (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный лесотехнический университет им. С. М. Кирова (СПбГЛТУ) (also known under its former name Лесотехническая академия "Forestry academy", Rus. abbrev. ЛТА (LTA)) is a higher education institution in Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded in 1803 by an edict of Emperor Alexander I.
Saint Petersburg State Forestry University is a state-owned higher education institution, giving undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate education; it trains, retrains, and provides professional development for, people with degrees for industry work, research and teaching in the field of forest management, timber industry, wood mechanical processing, forest chemical industry, wood-pulp and paper industry, hydrolysis industry; it carries out theoretical and applied research. The university is a leading science and methodology center for the network of forestry degree colleges of Russia.