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The university includes 12 basic institutes, faculties of additional education, a branch in the city of Sosnovy Bor, a complex of research units, including a joint scientific and technological institute, research and educational centers, a number of specialized research and production structures, a sports complex, a dispensary and recreation facilities . It provides graduates of engineers, economists, managers in 101 specialties, bachelors and masters in 51 areas of science and technology, graduate students in 90 scientific specialties. Student enrollment: 30197 people. The teaching staff includes 25 academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, more than 500 professors, doctors of sciences.

It is one of the five best technical universities in the country.

In July 2013, the university became one of the winners of the competition for the status of “Leading Universities of Russia”.

The university named nearby Polytechnic street and the Polytechnic metro station.