Order № 124/нk “About a joint council for defense of PhD and D.Sc. degree theses in Federal state budgetary education institution of higher professional education “Saint Petersburg state polytechnic university named after Peter the Great”, federal state budgetary education institution of higher professional education “Petersburg state university of transport named after emperor Alexander I”, and federal state budgetary education institution of higher professional education “Saint Petersburg state university of architecture and civil engineering” issued by the Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation entered into force on February 7, 2015.

The dissertation council will function in the following specialties of science workers:
25.00.36 – Environmental geology (in engineering and municipal services) (technical sciences);
05.26.01 – Labour protection (in engineering) (technical sciences);