Higher education. In 1982, he graduated from the Leningrad Engineering and Construction Institute with a degree in Industrial and Civil Construction, and in 1992, from St Petersburg State University with a degree in Political Economy.
Doctor of Economics, Professor, PhD in Engineering, Senior Scientific Associate. Distinguished Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
Vice-president of the International Public Organization for Promoting Construction Education (ASV).
Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAACS).