ST PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY MESHES TEXTILE TRAINING WITH REGIONAL TEXTILE SECTOR

St Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design is effectively leveraging its tight collaboration with textile industry representatives and a recently westernised curriculum to boost its reputation for upstream expertise within the sector. Introducing differentiated bachelor’s and master’s standard courses has allowed the university's Institute of Textile and Fashion to stay relevant, despite the changing textile industry landscape within Russia. “Our specialists [graduates] are in demand in the textile industry because its structure ...


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