Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University (PGUPS) (Russian: Петербургский государственный университет путей сообщения Императора Александра I, abbreviated ПГУПС) is a higher education institution specializing in railway transport.

Its earliest precursors date back to 1798-1809 as a part of the training provided in the Department of Water Communications by N. P. Rumyantsev.

The aim of University establishment was specialized training for construction of land and waterway lines of communication.

The ones were the Academy of Sciences, Main Engineering School of Russian Empire and Saint Petersburg State University.

The assessment was conducted on 10 indicators: academic reputation, reputation among employers, the ratio of scientific and pedagogical staff and students, the number of publications per employee, international scientific relations, the impact of the University on the Internet, the proportion of employees with a PhD degree, the number of citations publications per article, the proportion of foreign employees and the proportion of foreign students.

[6] The PGUPS Physical culture club is the center of sports and mass work with students and staff of the University.