The article presents data on admission in Institute of Civil Engineering in 2016, we define the popular master’s degree programs. Furthermore, we show the ratio of plan of the admission and quantity of submitted applications. In addition, the task was to explore the contingent of enrollees. The results of the comparison of Institute of Civil Engineering with other universities in the Northwestern Federal District show that Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University became the leader in admission to training master degrees in Construction area.