The Mission of the Emperor Alexander I Petersburg State Transport University

Abstract

Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University is the only one of the universities subordinate to the Federal Agency for Railway Transport, which in 2021, among other 106 Russian universities, was awarded the basic part of the grant of the Priority 2030 program. The Priority 2030 Program, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation, concentrates resources to ensure the contribution of Russian universities to achieving the national development goals of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030. The program is aimed at increasing the scientific and educational potential of universities and scientific organizations, as well as ensuring the participation of educational organizations of higher education in the socio-economic development of the subjects of the Russian Federation. Participation in this program opens up wide opportunities for import substitution and contributes to the university’s going beyond solving urgent problems limited exclusively by the activities of railway transport. During 2021–2022, Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University successfully implements all the projects outlined by the program and confidently reaches the goals it has set. The article briefly describes the key tracks of the university’s development during the implementation of the development program until 2030, as well as scientific and practical achievements obtained within the framework of strategic projects as of 2023.