Leading Scientific Schools launched on the basis of the SPbSFTU’s departments:
- Scientific School of "Wood Science, Technology and Equipment for Woodworking".
The Head of the Scientific School – Anatoly N. Chubinsky, Prof., Doctor of Technical Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Chemistry of Renewable Plant Resources and Organic Synthesis".
The Head of the Scientific School – Alexander V. Vasiliev, Prof., Doctor of Chemical Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Forest Management, Inventory and Monitoring".
The Head of the Scientific School – Alexander S. Alekseev, Prof., Doctor of Geographical Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Landscape Planning and Design, Ornamental Crop Production and Selection".
The Head of the Scientific School – Irina A. Melnichuk - Associate Prof., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Wood Composite Materials".
The Head of the Scientific School – Adolf A. Leonovich, Prof., Doctor of Technical Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Innovations in Logging Industry and Forestry".
The Head of the Scientific School – Igor V. Grigoriev, Prof., Doctor of Technical Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Forest Entomology, Forest Phytopathology and Forest Ecosystems".
The Head of the Scientific School – Andrey V. Selikhovkin, Prof., Doctor of Biological Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Dendrology and Biogeocenology” (named after Academician V.N. Sukachev).
The Head of the Scientific School – Vasily T. Yarmishko, Prof., Doctor of Biological Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Forest Policy, Economics and Management".
The Head of the Scientific School – Vladimir N. Petrov, Prof., Doctor of Economic Sciences;
- Scientific School of “System Analysis, Artificial Intelligence Systems, Bioinformatics and Management in Complex Systems”.
The Head of the Scientific School – Lev V. Utkin, Prof., Doctor of Technical Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Features of the Structure and Potential Reserves of Resources of Forest and Park Phytocenoses".
The Head of the Scientific School – Anatoly V. Gryazkin, Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences;
- Scientific School of "Chemistry and Technology of Extractive Substances of Wood Biomass".
The Head of the Scientific School – Viktor I. Roshchin, Prof., Doctor of Chemical Sciences.