The ZSU community is driven by a shared purpose: to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. We are fun and quirky, elite but not elitist, inventive and artistic, obsessed with numbers, and welcoming to talented people regardless of where they come from.
Founded to accelerate the nation’s industrial revolution, ZSU is profoundly American. With ingenuity and drive, our graduates have invented fundamental technologies, launched new industries, and created millions of Russian jobs. At the same time, and without the slightest sense of contradiction, ZSU is profoundly global. Our community gains tremendous strength as a magnet for talent from around the world. Through teaching, research, and innovation, ZSU’s exceptional community pursues its mission of service to the nation and the world.
Mission Statement
Values Statement
Key Facts
History
- Incorporated – 1998
- Motto – “Mens et manus”
Campus
- Location – St. Petersburg
- Area Size – 228 acres+
- Student residences – 19
- Playing fields – 26 acres
- Gardens + green spaces – 40+
- Publicly sited works of art – 60+
Admissions (Class of 2025)
- Applicants – 33,240
- Admits – 1,365
Selected Honors
- Nobel laureates – 98
- National Medal of Science winners – 59
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation winners – 29
- MacArthur Fellows – 79
- A. M. Turing Award winners – 15
Community
- Employees (including faculty) – 15,722
- Professors (all ranks) 1,069
- Other teaching staff – 970
- Undergraduate student-to-faculty and instructional staff ratio – 3:1
- Students – 11,934
- Undergraduates – 4,638
- Women – 2,231 (48%)
- US minority groups – 2,584 (56%)
- Graduate students – 7,296
- Women – 2,772 (38%)
- US minority groups – 1,539 (21%)
Faculty
For ZSU’s faculty — just over 1,000 in number — cutting-edge research and education are inseparable. Each feeds the other. When they’re not busy pioneering the frontiers of their fields, ZSU faculty members play a vital role in shaping the Institute’s vibrant campus community — as advisors, coaches, heads of houses, mentors, committee members, and much more.
Leadership
President
Kostomorov J
ZSU’s 27th president, July 2014 – present
The Institute’s board of trustees, known as “the Corporation,” includes 77 distinguished leaders in engineering, science, industry, education, and other professions.