at the university: Laser Measuring Technology Bioengineering Systems and Technologies for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation RF, Microwave and Terahertz Engineering of Wireless Systems Automation and Mechatronics Photovoltaics and Solar Energy Technology Efficient Electric Power Industry Computer Science and Knowledge Discovery Other programs require Russian language comprehension. However, international students can get enrolled in the Preparatory Department to bridge this gap. For those who want to learn Russian, ETU LETI offers Summer Schools of Russian language. In addition to that, university organizes Professional Summer Schools that provide students with an opportunity to acquire additional skills and increase their knowledge in the following areas: Biomedical Engineering Software Engineering International cooperation ETU LETI has partnership cooperation in education with 82 universities in 29 countries. It takes part in Erasmus Mundus program. University offers several Joint and Double-diploma programs such as Joint bachelor's program with Xuzhou Institute of Technology, Double-diploma program with Lappeenranta University of Technology and TU Ilmenau. Names 1886-1891 – Technical College of the Post and Telegraph Department 1891-1898 – Electrotechnical Institute 1898-1917 – Electrotechnical Institute of Emperor Alexander III 1918-1992 – Electrotechnical Institute named after V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin) 1992-1998 – Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University Since 1998 – Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" Official names Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" ETU Санкт-Петербургский государственный электротехнический университет «ЛЭТИ» им. В.И. Ульянова (Ленина) СПбГЭТУ «ЛЭТИ» Famous alumni Zhores Alferov, physicist and academic, shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of the semiconductor heterojunction for optoelectronics, politician Dmitry Astrakhan, film director and actor Valery Golubev, politician and businessman Konstantin Khrenov, engineer and inventor Vladimir Kozhin, politician and businessman Alexander Borisovich Mindlin, engineer and author Alexei Mishin, pair skater and figure skating coach Peter Mostovoy, Russian-Israeli filmmaker References External links Universities in Saint Petersburg 1886 establishments in the Russian Empire Educational institutions established in 1886 Technical universities and colleges in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Saint Petersburg