During the period after the WW II, the University's graduates participated in the restoration of the city and industrial objects much destroyed by the enemy.

Naumov), the architectural plans of the Kirov Stadium (A.S.Nikolskiy), BCH “Oktiabrskiy” (G.P.Morozov), the ensemble of the Victory Square with the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of the City (architect S.B.Speranskiy, V.A.Kamenskiy and sculptor M.A.

Anikushin), the hotel “Pribaltiyskaya” (N.N.Baranov and others), a lot of underground stations "Avtovo", "Baltiyskaya", "Gorkovskaya", "Grazhdansky Prospekt", "Yelizarovskaya", "Kirovsky Zavod", "Moskovskaya", "Narvskaya", "Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo I", "Politekhnicheskaya", "Tekhnologichesky Institut").

Presently there are approximately 8400 students, concentrating their studies in science and engineering, and 243 post-graduates, working on their Ph.D. and DSc theses at the University.

The University has cooperated in joint research work with partners from Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Poland, Finland, USA, China, etc.