On 23 and 24 October, the SPbGASU Faculty of Automobile and Road Building held the 10th National (All-Russian) Interuniversity Scientific and Practical Conference "Master's Hearings".

The conference is traditionally held at the end of October, in the lead-up to Automobile and Urban Passenger Transport Workers' Day, and serves as a platform for master's students to present preliminary results of their work, followed by discussion with colleagues and relevant specialists, exchange experiences in preparing master's dissertations, and discuss issues related to the implementation of master's degree programs.

In 2025, the conference topics included four specialized sections:

• highways, bridges, and tunnels;
• road and construction machinery;
• transport maintenance;
• transport processes technology.

The audience and out-of-town participants could join section meetings remotely.

In total, more than 60 reports were presented, covering all relevant areas of research and development in the road transport sector. Among the most interesting presentations were those related to improving the quality of road construction, developing intelligent transport systems, predictive vehicle diagnostics, and automating road construction equipment.

The conference proceedings will be published with indexing in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).