Scientific council
Petersburg State Transport University
General management of the University is carried out by an elective representative body – Scientific council headed by Rector. The Scientific council’s term of office is 5 years.
The Scientific council defines the main lines of PSTU development; decides the issues of adoption and modification of PSTU structure; makes decisions on social and economic issues, remuneration of labour and business activity that cover the PSTU terms of reference, etc.
Decisions of the University’s Scientific council are taken by open ballot, a simple majority vote, but when a competitive selection for a professor and teaching staff vacancy to be filled takes place, and recommendations for awarding academic degrees are to be given, and also when deans of department are to be elected and honorary degrees are to be awarded, then by a duly secret ballot.
The University’s Scientific secretary is entrusted with the technical support for the University’s Scientific council and organization of its work.
Scientific secretary of the University
 Sapozhnikov Valery Vladimirovich, Doctor of technical sciences, Professor, Meritorious Scientist of Russia
Phone:
(812) 436-90-70
Room 7-214
Assistant Scientific secretary of the University
 Kolodkin Oleg Vladimirovich, Candidate of technical sciences, associate professor
Phone:
(812) 436-99-28
Room 7-217
Engineers of the Scientific council
 Afanasyeva Valentina Yurievna
Sergeeva Lyudmila Aleksandrovna
Address: 190031 St. Petersburg, 9 Moskovsky pr, PSTU, room 7-214
Phone: 457-84-89 (Railway tel.: 58489)
Fax: 570-24-61
E-mail: uchsovet@pgups.edu; uchsovpgups@mail.ru
There are Dissertation councils at the University
The Dissertation councils acting on a voluntary basis are the main link of the highest qualification research and educational personnel evaluation system and are to be approved by the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation.
Defence of Phd (candidate’s) and Dphil (doctoral) theses:
Dissertation council DM 218.008.01
in specialty: 05.23.11 Roads, metro systems, aerodromes, bridges and vehicular traffic tunnels design and construction
Dissertation council DM 218.008.02
in specialties: 05.22.08 Railway operation management and 05.13.06 Technological processes and production automation and management (transport)
Dissertation council DM 218.008.03
in specialties: 05.22.01 Transport and transport technological systems of the country, its regions and cities, transport management engineering and 05.22.06 Railway track, and railway location survey and design
Dissertation council DM 218.008.05
in specialties: 05.22.07 Railway rolling stock, traction and electrification and 05.09.03 Electrotechnical complexes and systems
Dissertation council DM 218.008.06
in specialties: 05.13.18 Mathematical simulation, numerical method and program systems, and 05.13.19 Information protection methods and systems, and information security
Dissertation council DM 218.008.07
in specialty: 08.00.05 Economics national economy management (by sectors and scopes of activity, including: organization and management of enterprises, segments, complexes – transport)
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