future engineers were trained in two houses bought from count pyotr sheremetyev.ere, where it now stands. well known to st. petersburg residents and guests of the northern capital. home. lines of vasilyevsky island. the first students were only 14, now there are about 10,000 and a quarter of them have already begun studying according to new standards as part of the higher education reform. particular attention is paid to industrial practice , due primarily to increasing the duration of practical training, which is carried out at enterprises in the real sector, at scientific and educational production sites of universities being created together with enterprises, and also at the university’s educational and scientific sites, the time for practical training has actually doubled. now, to become an engineer, it takes five and a half years, and not 4 years, and in the first three semesters, students study fundamental disciplines, receive a basic education, and then move on to specialized subjects, the standards have changed, but as before, mining professionals are trai