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• Records & Key Numbers: Results of ITMO's 2025 Admissions Campaign

  …s increased by 20%.  A total of 1,603 students were admitted to ITMO without having to take entrance exams – 7% more than in 2024 – thanks to their wins at the I Am a Professional contest (64 people), Mega Contest (86 people), the Portfolio Contest (668 people), the Congress of Young Scientists (80 people), Mega School (198 people), and other competitions. Pros…

  03.09.2025

• Back to School Guide: Ring in the Academic Year

• ITMO-Developed Metasurface Makes Optical Chips 2x More Efficient

  …ocess simpler and more affordable and convenient for patients. And last but not least, the metasurface can serve as a polarizing filter for improving the quality of computer vision images.  “In this research, we studied the linear polarization of light that caused the metasurface to become transparent. For our next step, we’ll focus on circular polarization, the…

  02.09.2025

• Five Paintings: Students in Russian Art

  …Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment – so, it is no wonder that it is often chosen as the book’s cover. The image has its counterparts: one of them, Girl Student, with two versions exhibited at the Kyiv Art Gallery and the Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts, portrays the dawn of education for women when female students were first granted the right to receive higher educatio…

  01.09.2025

• ITMO CONF 2025: Synthesis of Science, Technologies, and People

  …Daria Kozlova, ITMO's Director for Strategic Development, launched the discussion by identifying the main challenges of the 2025-2026 academic year: “ITMO is a university that sets the education and research agenda in Russia and beyond. It has over 18,500 students who are working on breakthroughs, and this academic year, we will welcome 6,800 more students who t…

  29.08.2025

• Discovery of the Month: Ploughing Championships, Sleeping on Anthills, and More

  …at it can be so much fun! For some weird reason, I was excited to see tractors there but it was much more than that. There was an agricultural expo, folk games, and tasting sessions, but also tractor shows (extreme races and even “dances”) and a concert with popular Russian singers. It’s all free, fun, open-air – and definitely worth seeing at least once. – Marina …

  29.08.2025

• AI Assistants, Vibe Coding, and Role-Based Models at Universities: Highlights from the Yandex Education Press Conference

  …At the event, Daria Kozlova, the conference’s moderator, the Director for Education at Yandex, and the Director for Strategic Development at ITMO University, sparked a discussion that highlighted the need for a fresh perspective on the use of AI in the educational process and training of IT specialists. The reason for this is the massive transformation of higher educ…

  28.08.2025

• Student Spotlight: Muhammad-Bilal Muhiuddin, Pakistan

  …ussia but also in the world. Moreover, at ITMO, we have the freedom to study at our own pace rather than following a strictly structured schedule. What was your first impression of life in St. Petersburg and the academic atmosphere at ITMO? Before coming here, I had already watched an enormous amount of videos and vlogs related to St. Petersburg, and the only t…

  28.08.2025

• This Week in St. Petersburg: August 28 - September 3, 2025

  … 5 pm Rodina Cinema 350 rubles (tickets here) On the screen will be the competitors in this year’s international short film contest schnit 2025, namely the submissions in the third category – films focused on dealing with fear, loss, nonsense, or change. You will see creations from Russia, New Zealand, France, Guatemala, and the Netherlands – each with …

  27.08.2025

• 1,000+ Participants From 37 Countries: ITMO Hosts Its First International School in AI and Gamedev

  …d businesses. In particular, they mastered prompts, created their own AI agents, studied methods for analyzing user data, and built value maps. A substantial part of the discussion focused on AI ethics.  Students of the Global Thinking track got to analyze global trends and study startup ecosystems in Southeast Asia and Latin America. The organizers highlighted th…

  27.08.2025