Further in the 19th century, shipbuilding was increasingly developing with a growing up demand for qualified staff. In 1899, by the order of Emperor Nikolay II, St.Petersburg Polytechnic Institute was found. It consisted of four Departments, the Shipbuilding Department was one of them. In 1908 the first 12 Marine Engineers got employment and since that time preparation of specialists in all ship t
ype design and construction has never been interrupted. The Polytechnic Institute and its Shipbuilding Department suffered through the stormy years of the first World war, the October revolution and the civil war and in spite of all the losses, they not only survived by continued preparation of engineers.Later the Department essentially enlarged the numbers of students and teachers and extended the educational programs on offer to the dimension of a higher studies institution. It was opened in 1930 and got the name of Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute (LSI). LSI inherited the best traditions of its mother institution and developed new approaches to teaching and learning which met the current requirements of marine industry. Many of LSI's graduates made notable contributions to national marine-related science, technology and education. The Institute gained its world-wide reputation for providing instruction in the area of special industrial significance - the Naval Fleet industry. Due to its role, it accumulated the best professionals in dominating fundamentals, engineering and advanced technologies. Whatever sector of industry or researches involved in design and construction of Russian Naval and Commercial Fleet you take there are LSI's graduates at the leading positions. Among them there are Ministers of Shipbuilding industry, General Designers of R&D Amalgamations, Directors of Ship Yards and key persons at Krylov Institute, the centre of national marine-related science.
