Today, the university is the region biggest training and scientific complex specialized in information technologies and communications.The main field of the university activity is education of different levels which are:- secondary education (lyceum),- secondary vocational education (college and university branches),- higher education (18 specialties)- bachelor's and master's degrees (2 courses),- post-graduate and doctoral studies.Forms of studying:- intramural (full-time);- evening time (part-time);- extramural (by correspondence).There are more than 8,000 students in the university, including more than 6,000 studying full time, almost 1,500 students in Saint-Petersburg College of Telecommunications, and more than 3,000 students in Archangelsk and Smolensk branches.The university is proud of its teachers. Many of them have been working in the university for decades. Almost 400 people out of 600 teachers have scientific degrees and titles. 75 doctors of sciences are teaching in the university.11 faculties of the university have 43 chairs, and every chair is an organized scientific and pedagogical group that unites teachers, scientific staff, and administrative personnel, who participate in training, methodological, and scientific work.The size of university, as a communication scientific and educational complex, is very impressive: there are six study and laboratory buildings (total space is more than 65,000 square meters), with an assembly hall, conference halls, dozens of study and scientific laboratories, computer classes, and specialized classrooms. The university has at its disposal a complete complex of infrastructure objects: three dormitories for 1,500 people, big gymnasium, sport halls, scientific and technical library, a powerful university Internet node, and much, much more.