About bright events and new acquaintances, creative endeavors and sports achievements, your own event-activities, development of talents and realization of ideas
Student life at Polytechnic University means dozens of creative associations, research groups, clubs, communities, councils, and curators; hundreds of annual events, among which everyone will find something to their liking. Read the guide below, where we have placed the most relevant links for international students:
Polytechnic Student Club
It occupies one of the key positions in organizing extracurricular activities. Every year it holds more than 40 events of different scale, has a student co-working room and a team of 30+ organizers. There are many ways to be creative on the Student Club campus - some like theater, others like music, dance, or something else.
For a complete list of studios and clubs, see here.
And here you can follow Student Club news in Telegram.
TutorForces
They help students adapt to life in Russia at the beginning and deal with academic and everyday tasks, whether it's finding the right academic building or going to the grocery store. And there are also thematic events aimed at introducing Russian and international students to the traditions and cultures of different countries of the world. Tutors are available in Telegram..
"Adapters" Int.
It introduces international students to the university and to St. Petersburg, conducts various tours of the City on the Neva and its environs, and, like TutorForces, helps ease the difficult process of adaptation.
PolyUnion International Student Club
Helps to develop communication skills to pump up organizing activities. Created by students for students, it gives everyone an opportunity to prove themselves and prepare a bright and dynamic event. Here they celebrate the New Year and club birthdays, bake pancakes for Shrovetide, cook pilaf for Navruz and chak-chak to celebrate Sabantuy. The club also hosts film screenings, concerts, language clubs and board game nights.
Contacts:
Pavel Nedelko - assistant vice-rector for international activities
Ekaterina Potochkina - Head of International Direction of PI Adapters
adapter.international@gmail.com
FabLab
It develops your imagination and turns you into a maker. The open digital fabrication workshop is located in the famous Hydro Tower of Polytechnic University. Anyone can learn about the digital fabrication lab, work on a 3D printer or laser machine, acquire valuable programming skills, and create their own art object.
Boiling Point - Polytech
Gives you the opportunity to be part of a modern and popular community. Boiling Point is a collaborative space where you can come to a cool event, hold your own lecture or workshop, or organize a student community event.
Polytechnic Athletic Club
The Club will help keep yourself in shape and find lots of like-minded athletes. It is one of the first sports clubs in St. Petersburg, where today there are classes in more than 80 kinds of sports. Sports club includes a spacious swimming pool with five lanes, a huge stadium, sports halls for soccer, mini soccer, handball, basketball, volleyball, boxing, wrestling and gymnastics. Here you can join hockey, soccer, basketball teams, go to the gym and be a part of a cheerleading squad. Polytech has all kinds of ideas and suggestions - we play rugby, hold cricket tournaments, and host the International Student Olympic Games every spring.
Useful Information:
Every year new student associations and communities are created at Polytechnic university. A full list of them can be found on the main website of SPbPU.