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St. Petersburg Forest Technical University (the former St. Petersburg Forest Technical Academy) is one of the oldest and largest higher schools in forestry and forest industries in the world. It was founded in 1803. At that time it was not an Academy or University but a Forest Institute. It was situated in Tzar’s Village 30 kilometers from St. Petersburg. In the 18th – 19th centuries shipbuilding was rapidly developing and it required wood of special quality. A number of foresters were invited from Germany to Russia to train specialists in wood working and forestry.
In 1811 the Forest Institute was transferred from Tzar’s village to Lesnoye, St. Petersburg where it is situated now.
In 1820 field training courses were started in Lisino. Another training area was founded in 1902 in Okhta.
In 1827 the construction of a new building and more intensive tree planting began in the garden of the Institute.
In 1923 the Forest Institute began to specialize in 3 fields: forestry, forest technology and forest economics.
Moscow Forest Institute was joined to St. Petersburg Forest Institute in 1926.
In 1930 the Forest Institute was renamed the Forest Technical Academy. There were 6 faculties in the Academy.
During the WWII many students and teachers of the Academy went to the front. The others worked in the rear and the besieged city. The Academy produced matches as well as gun powder and explosives for the Army.
Nowadays the University trains about 8000 students at 7 faculties. They are: the Faculty of Forestry (trains foresters and landscape gardeners), the Faculty of Forest Engineering (trains specialists in logging), the Faculty of Forest Mechanics (trains specialists in forest machinery), the Faculty of Mechanical Technology of Wood (trains engineers for wood working industries), the Faculty of Economics and Management (trains managers of production) and the Faculty of Landscape Architecture. All branches of forestry and forest industry are represented in the Academy.
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Since 1992 the University has been training specialists at 3 levels: Bachelor, Master of Science and Diploma Engineer. It also has the largest post-graduate department in Russia.
At present the University provides full time and by correspondence education.
The University is not only a higher school – it is also a research center. Students can take part in scientific work too.
There is a famous specialized library in the University.
The 4 buildings of the University are surrounded by a beautiful park – one of the largest inside the city. In the park and in the botanical garden of the Academy there some training areas with a lot of tree and plant species.
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