On September 1, the celebration of first-year students ITMO.GO took place at Aleksandrovsky Park in front of Baltic House. This means that all enrolled applicants can now proudly call themselves students. Of course, for everyone this is a new and important stage of life, because getting a higher education determines not only your future professional skills, but also forms ideas about many things not related to future work. In addition, do not forget about rest and entertainment. And ITMO.GO confirms these words.
Every year, ITMO University hosts a variety of events related to various aspects of student life. For example, sports, scientific, social events. I would like to mention some events, in which I was fortunate enough to participate in one way or another.
Entrepreneurship has almost never been easier, thanks to the ease of Estonia’s e-Residency program. In December 2014, the small Baltic nation developed a new virtual system that facilitates the start-up process for non-Estonians. Now, people from around the world are able to enjoy access to Estonian services such as company formation and registration, banking, payment processing, and taxation. The benefits of such a program can’t be overstated, because in today’s world of Digital Nomads, Estonia’s e-residency is capable of providing people, such as software developers and writers, with complete location independence, access to the European Union single marketplace, and a highly competitive tax rate.
The ITMO University Representative Office in Brussels opened up in 2014 as part of the university's internationalization effort. The purpose of creating a representative office in the heart of Europe is to bring ITMO closer to its European counterparts. Here are some facts about the office.
There are certain things you can do only once in your life. For me going to semester exchange to Russia is one of those events. I was sure that, if I don’t come here now — I never will. So, I registered for the exchange program at my home university in Finland. I didn’t know what to expect and what I even could hope for. For some years I have been wondering how it really is on this side of the border. I wanted to feel the Russian culture as it is. St. Petersburg was my first choice, because I had heard it’s a beautiful city with great culture. Which, indeed, is a modest description of the city.
The streets we walk every day are filled with history; we all know this, but begin to ignore it as we slowly get used to our home. When we hear the word "history", our imagination runs away to la-la land and skips the class. Rather than general boring history, I am curious about those "wow elements" around us and ask myself if they are true or simple rumors. In this blog entry, I would like to share some curious facts you might not know — or get wrong — about our historic and awesome city.
How to adapt to the culture smoothly and enjoy the process.
If studying abroad, beginning a new life project in a different country or starting over has always been on your mind, listen up! because if you are already planning to move to a different location, this topic might be useful for you. When you start daydreaming about how things are on the other side of the world, or if you wonder if the grass is greener on the other side, everything seems to be fantastic in your mind, and quickly expectations begin to rise. You imagine yourself walking freely in a new city and having fun with new friends. Things are not always as easy as we imagine them to be, so today I want to share a couple of tips to speed up the process of adaptation and make it less scary.
Have you ever thought about the roots of all the disappointments a man could have? We have all wondered, but the answers commonly given are mostly our excuses; we like passing the buck onto someone else, shielding ourselves from responsibilities.
In this part, I would like to talk a bit about the changes we have in our life and how do we deal with them. Does the nature of a human being stay constant through all of his life or the time and the ambience have an ability to reconstruct the temper, redirect the path the things used to have before? This topic is quite interesting, it isn't a hundred percent clear for me either, so hereby I would write not the states, but the assumptions, proposals and ideas on it.
As I have stated before, I don't care much about the format of my blog. Anyways, I will try to make it somehow related to why I have started it — with living abroad and being on a mobility programme. So below I'm gonna think a little about the choices we make. What rules us while making them and should we probably rebuild our way of reflecting while making a decision.
