Saint Petersburg State Forestry University

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
Typestate
Established1803 (1803)
FounderAlexander I of Russia
Officer in charge
Acting rector
RectorMelnichuk I.A.
Students9350
Address
5 Institutskiy pereulok
, ,
194021
,
Russia

59°59′35.22″N 30°20′37.17″E / 59.9931167°N 30.3436583°E / 59.9931167; 30.3436583
LanguageRussian
Websitespbftu.ru

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.