Baltic State Technical University

Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" D.F.Ustinov (Балтийский государственный технический университет "Военмех" им. Д.Ф.Устинова; abbreviated BGTU) is a major Russian military technical university situated in Saint Petersburg. Previously it was known as the Leningrad Mechanical Institute (Ленинградский механический институт) and Military Mechanical Institute (Военно-механический институт).

Faculties

 * Faculty of Aircraft Jet Production
 * The Aerospace Faculty
 * the Faculty of Physics and Mechanics
 * the Faculty of Arms and Armament Systems
 * the Faculty of Information and Control Systems
 * the Faculty of Mechatronics and Control
 * the Faculty of Applied Mechanics and Automation
 * the Faculty of International Industrial Management

Famous alumni

 * Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin (chief designer at OKB-56 (Yuzhnoe), chief designer of the SS-18 Satan, SS-19 Stiletto, SS-24 Scalpel ICBMs)
 * Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov (chief designer of the DP-28 machine gun, the ubiquitous DShK 12.7mm heavy machine gun)
 * Dmitriy Fedorovich Ustinov ( Marshal of the USSR, the Minister of Defense of the USSR from July 30, 1976 to December 20, 1984)
 * Sergei Krikalev (cosmonaut)
 * Georgi Grechko (cosmonaut)
 * Vladimir Yakunin (head of Russian Railways)