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{{Infobox school
| name = Academic Lyceum Physics and Technology School
| logo = [[File:PhTS Logo.tif|50px]]
| streetaddress = 293F+5Q Kalininsky District
| city = [[Saint Petersburg]]
| state = 
| country = [[Russia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|60.003024|30.374413|display=inline,title}}
| founded = 1987
| founder = [[Zhores Alferov]]
| director = [[Ivanov Georgievich]]
| grades = 8-11
| enrollment = 200
| enrollment_as_of = 2019
| gender = [[Coeducational|coed]]
| newspaper = "Mixed News" (1987), "Position" (1989)
| url = {{url|school.ioffe.ru}}
}}

Academic Lyceum '''Physics and Technology School''', (also Physical-Technical School, abbreviated "PhTS", "FTSH"), a St. Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is a Russian [[Secondary school|high school]] founded in 1987 by [[Zhores Alferov]].  The Physics and Technology School is the only high school in Russia belonging to the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]], and regularly places students in international math, physics, and science olympiads.

== History ==
The Physics and Technology School was founded in 1987 by [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureate]] [[Zhores Alferov]] and colleagues at the [[Ioffe Institute]], originally under the administrative umbrella of the [[Ioffe Institute]].

The groundwork for the school was laid by two employees of the Ioffe Institute, Igor Alexandrovich Merkulov and Mikhail Georgievich Ivanov, beginning in 1983, who were later joined by the current head of the Ioffe computer center, Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko.<ref name="Ivanov1999">{{cite web |last1=Ivanov |first1=M.G. |title=The history of the creation of the FTS: From idea to birth |url=http://www.school.ioffe.ru/school/history/creation.html |accessdate=4 November 2019 |date=November 1999}}</ref> In 1984, the three convinced Vladimir Maksimovich Tuchkevich, the director of the Ioffe Institute, and with his help received permission to create a vocational school. However, the funds were still not in place in 1986. Towards the end of 1986, Zhores Alferov became a supporter of project, and with Alferov taking over from Tuchkevich as the director of the Ioffe Institute in 1987, funds were secured to found the school in 1987.<ref name="Ivanov1999"/>  The first classes began in September 1987.

In 2009, PhTS was officially joined with the [[Saint Petersburg Academic University|St. Petersburg Academic University]], also founded by [[Zhores Alferov]].  The St. Petersburg Academic University was first founded by Alferov as the Research and Education Center of the Ioffe Institute in 1997, and then received a charter to become a university in 2002.  The Physics and Technology secondary school and the Academic University had been located on the same campus site, but the organizational change in 2009 integrated them into the same administrative structure.<ref name="Josephson2010">{{cite book|author=Paul R. Josephson|title=Lenin's Laureate: Zhores Alferov's Life in Communist Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcXxCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA44|date=10 September 2010|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-29150-7}}</ref>{{rp|199}}

The St. Petersburg Academic Institute has a three-part structure; it joins the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]], a national organizing body for professional scientists, with the university structure of the Academic Institute, offering M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, as well as with the Physics and Technology School [[secondary school]]. Due to this unique structure, the PhTS is the only high school in Russia that is a part of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]].  One of Alferov's goals in creating the Academic Institute structure was to invigorate a leading scientific research institute with the exposure to [[gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] students, creating a pipeline of future scientific researchers.<ref name="Josephson2010"/>{{rp|199}}

== Class body and achievements ==
PhTS class body is roughly 200 students, with grades 8 through 11.  The available majors include physics, mathematics, computer science, and English.

Students of PhTS place annually in the [[International Mathematics Olympiad]] (IMO), [[International Physics Olympiad]] (IPhO), and additional [[International Science Olympiads]].<ref>{{cite web |title=International Physics Olympiad (Unofficial) - Russia Individual Results |url=https://ipho-unofficial.org/countries/RUS/individual |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=International Math Olympiad - Russian Federation Individual Results |url=https://www.imo-official.org/country_individual_r.aspx?code=RUS |publisher=International Mathematic Olympiad Board |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="PhTSWebOlympiads">{{cite web |title=Lyceum PTS - International Olympiads |url=http://www.school.ioffe.ru/awards/olymps.html?s=0 |accessdate=6 November 2019}}</ref>

The Physics and Technology School is regularly ranked second overall among high schools in St. Petersburg, with the [[Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239]] specializing in mathematics placing first.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ria.ru/sn_edu/20151012/1299413736.html|title=Лучшие школы России-2015 (Best Schools of Russia-2015)|date=12 October 2015 |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ria.ru/sn_edu/20161005/1478479572.html|title=Лучшие школы России-2016 (Best Schools of Russia-2016)|date=5 October 2016 |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ria.ru/sn_edu/20171004/1506060903.html|title=Лучшие школы России-2017 (Best Schools of Russia-2017)|date=4 October 2017|work=РИА Новости|access-date=6 November 2019|language=ru}}</ref>

== Teaching staff ==
A significant portion of the Physics and Technology School teaching staff have PhDs,<ref name="PhTSWebsite">{{cite web |title=Lyceum PTS - About the School |url=http://www.school.ioffe.ru/school/ |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref> due to the integration with the [[Saint Petersburg Academic University]].  A number of the teaching staff graduated from PhTS [[lyceum]] themselves; as of 2019 twelve of the 26 full-time and 25 part-time teachers were graduates of the PhTS.<ref name="PhTSWebsite"/>

== Notable alumni ==
From 1989 through 2018, 1514 students graduated from PhTS.<ref name="PhTSWebsite"/>  Notable alumni include
*[[Dmitry Feichtner-Kozlov]] (1990)

== Partnerships and funding ==
PhTS has several learning exchanges with the United  States, an initiative begun by Alferov. One such exchange is with the [[Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy]] high school founded by [[Leon Lederman]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ISMA360 Fall/Winter 2008 Report |url=https://www.imsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/imsa360special.pdf |website=IMSA |publisher=IMSA Office of Strategy and Innovation |accessdate=4 November 2019 |pages=23}}</ref> Alferov spent 6 months at the [[University of Illinois]] in 1970 and built lasting relationships with scientists there.<ref name="Josephson2010"/>{{rp|142}}

In addition to the Foundation for Support of Education in Society (Alferov Foundation), PhTS lists the [[Open Society Institute]] founded by [[George Soros]] and [[Siemens]] in Russia as funding sources.

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== External links ==
*{{official site|http://www.school.ioffe.ru/school/}}

[[Category:Schools in Russia]]
[[Category:Schools in Saint Petersburg]]
[[Category:Russian Academy of Sciences]]