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• ITMO Highpark to Become Part of St. Petersburg’s Transportation System

  During a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Alexander Beglov, the Governor of St. Petersburg, presented an outline of ITMO Highpark, a world-class research, education, and innovation center that will become an essential part of St. Petersburg’s transportation system.

  26.07.2021

• Project-Based Master’s Program – ITMO’s Higher School of Engineering Offers a New Approach to Education

  It often happens that students graduate from universities equipped with profound theoretical knowledge but with no experience of applying it in practice. That leads them to spend several years adapting to the actual labor market conditions instead of using their full potential in their field. 

  23.07.2021

• ITMO Accelerator Demo Day: Top Startup Projects From Virtual Fitting Rooms to Sharing Parking Places

  As another season at ITMO Accelerator came to an end, the finalists of the program presented their startup projects and plans for their development to an expert board.

  22.07.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: July 24-25, 2021

  Half the summer is already behind us – but the other half is gloriously glowing right ahead, so let’s step into it day by day, taking nothing for granted. This weekend treats us to three diverse exhibitions and a city-wide celebration, so take out your diaries and let’s dive right into our guide! 

  21.07.2021

• ITMO Highpark Design Project Documentation Approved

  At a recent working session of the Government of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, the Governor of the city, has approved the design project of the world-class research, education, and innovation center ITMO Highpark, which is to be located in the Pushkinsky district of the city. 

  20.07.2021

• ITMO Students Learn Academic English With The University of Arizona Lecturers

  ITMO University students spent their spring semester learning how best to communicate with their international collaborators, what to avoid when writing an article for a peer-reviewed journal, and what to keep in mind during a conference presentation. In this article, students share their experiences from the course. 

  19.07.2021

• Vatrushka: Delicious Tvorog Pastry With a Mysterious Past

  If you think the term vatrushka sounds familiar, you probably remember our recent all-encompassing overview on the many ways we eat tvorog, a true kitchen staple, in Russia. But there is more to this dessert than meets the eye – and today we’ll let you in on the secret to the best, most delicious vatrushka of your life. 

  19.07.2021

• Winners of the I am a Professional Contest Share Their Experience

  The final results of the fourth I am a Professional contest were announced last month. Five of the contest tracks were hosted by ITMO University together with Sberbank. We asked some of these tracks’ prize winners and ITMO students who participated in the event to share their thoughts on this year’s contest.

  16.07.2021

• The Future of Life Sciences: Video Game Treatments, Top Vaccines, and Preventing Apocalypse

  trillion dollars due to the pandemic. At the beginning of this global challenge, it was suggested that venture capital investments would plummet, but 2020 actually witnessed a record-breaking rise in investments into life sciences – the yearly volume amounted to $20 billion. The pandemic was definitely a stress test for health care and the global pharma industry. Progressive digitalization of medical services was an ongoing process for many years, but it was in the first month of the pandemic that the share of online medical consultations went from 10% to 40% of the total amount. For the first time in history, researchers dared to create a vaccine against a new virus in under a year with over 200 projects launched, including some international collaborations. All of this led to new trends and changes in life science that Anton Gopka, a general partner of the ATEM Capital biotechnology investment foundation and dean of ITMO’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, discussed in a recent open lecture on New Holland Island.  

  16.07.2021

• The Internet of Things Technologies in Modern Industrial Programming

  What's the Internet of things and what computer technologies does it employ? Does it have any other applications apart from smart homes? In this article, experts from the Internet of Things Technologies Master’s program together with their corporate partners DT IT Russia and GS Labs answer these and other questions.

  15.07.2021