St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies Mechanics and Optics

SPb ITMO is one of the world leaders in training specialists in the field of advanced information and optical technologies

The University is one of the oldest educational institutions in Russia. Training of specialists began in 1900, when a mechanical-optical and watch department was created in the Crafts School of Tsarevich Nikolai. On the basis of this department, the Technicum of Precision Mechanics and Optics was established in 1920, and later the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics (LITMO) in 1930. The Institute developed as a technical university with the training of engineers in a wide range of specialties. In 1980, LITMO was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor for merits in training highly qualified personnel for the national economy of the country and the development of scientific research. In 1994, the Institute was awarded the status of a University following the state certification. The status of the University was confirmed by the State accreditation of the University in 1998, 2003 and 2008.

The main building is located at the address Kronverksky Prospect, 49.

House No. 49, architectural monument (regional) - the former 2nd House of City Institutions (1912-1913, Neoclassicism, Arch. M. M. Peretyatkovich with the participation of M. S. Lyalevich), distinguished by a characteristic tower with a rotunda and a dome. In this building after the February revolution before moving to the mansion Kshesinskaya was the Petrograd Committee of the RSDLP. In the 1920s there was the largest labor exchange in Leningrad. Then the building housed the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics (LITMO), now SPbSUITMO. The LITMO educational and laboratory building adjacent to this building was built on Sablinskaya Street in 1971. On the site of Sytninskaya Square, preserved after the construction of these two buildings, there is the Satiste Market - the oldest in St. Petersburg.