Contents:

  1. Choosing your program
  2. Opportunities for applicants
  3. How (and when) to apply
  4. Staying up to date on admissions progress

Choosing your program: programs and subject areas

Bachelor’s studies. This year, applicants can choose from 26 Bachelor’s programs in six subject areas: information technologies, physics, life sciences, engineering, economics and innovations, and interdisciplinary studies. There are two new programs on this list: Digital Urban Studies and AI Engineering, the latter implemented in collaboration with social media platform VK. Among the university’s other industrial partners are Yandex, Nexign, BIOCAD, and Huawei, whose experts deliver lectures and workshops, offer internship opportunities to students, and organize scholarship competitions.

Find all available Bachelor’s programs, their curricula and admission requirements here.

 

Master’s studies. A wider choice compared to last year awaits applicants to Master’s programs as well: in 2024, you can choose from a total of 80 programs. Some new names are Sustainable Development and Environmental Management, Team Lead in IT, and Cybersecurity. Overall, Master’s programs are offered in 13 subject areas, including programming, AI, ecology, biotechnologies, chemistry, robotics, and information security. 

Many of the available programs are implemented in collaboration with industrial partners. For instance, Team Lead in IT is run in collaboration with Samolet Group, while Cybersecurity – with the IT security company Positive Technologies. Last year’s admissions campaign saw two particular favorites among applicants: Highload Systems (nearly 14 applicants per spot), implemented with Yandex, and Web Scale Systems (nearly 9 applicants per spot), implemented with VK.

This year, the university also offers more online programs – now, there are 9: 7 programs in design, chemistry, IT and more, as well as Applied Optics and Systems Analysis and Management.

Find all available Master's programs, their curricula and admission requirements here.
ITMO Admissions Campaign. Photo by Viktoria Shapovalova / ITMO Mediaportal

ITMO Admissions Campaign. Photo by Viktoria Shapovalova / ITMO Mediaportal

Opportunities for applicants

Bachelor’s studies. Apart from their Unified State Exam (USE) scores, applicants have the following opportunities to enter ITMO University:

You can find more information about admission opportunities for international students on the official admissions website or on ITMO’s international studies website.
  • Competitions. Winners and runners-up of national school competitions can enter the university without exams.
  • Contests organized by ITMO. One of them is ITMO.STARS, where participants have to present their own scientific or socially-relevant project, engineering solution, or tech startup, as well as get the minimum required number of points (60) on their USE. Learn more about last year’s winners here. Professional rowers and football and basketball players can also enter the university with only the minimal USE scores by participating in the KRONBARS.STARS competition. Winners get to study in any ITMO program for free.

There are also numerous opportunities to gain additional points for your USE results, including those earned by participating in ITMO competitions.

Master’s studies. Here, applicants have even more opportunities:

You can find more information about admission opportunities for international students on the official admissions website or on ITMO’s international studies website.
  • Portfolios and letters of recommendation. Another option is to submit a portfolio with your research, engineering, or interdisciplinary projects in the dedicated competition; you can also provide a letter of recommendation from a head of an ITMO educational program.
  • Contests. Three notable ones are the Congress of Young Scientists, ITMO Mega School, and Open Doors. Apart from that, many educational programs organize their own contests, where winners are granted opportunities to enter a particular faculty or program without exams. Discover other opportunities here. 
  • Competitions. You can enter ITMO Master’s programs without exams as a winner or runner-up at ITMO Mega Contest, or a winner or a medalist of the national contest I Am a Professional.
ITMO Admissions Campaign. Photo by Viktoria Shapovalova / ITMO Mediaportal

ITMO Admissions Campaign. Photo by Viktoria Shapovalova / ITMO Mediaportal

How (and when) to apply

You can already submit your documents online via the applicant’s personal page (available in English). This is especially handy for those applying from abroad, students who are graduating early, or vocational school graduates. On the website, you can pick and prioritize your chosen programs, find out how many others have applied for a specific program, and specify the contests in which you’ve participated and won.

Applications to Bachelor’s programs end on July 10 (for those applying via ITMO’s internal exams) and July 22 (for those applying via Unified State Exam results or school competitions). Applications for fee-based studies can be submitted by August 25.

Applications for tuition-free Master’s-level studies can be submitted by August 4; those applying for fee-based studies have until August 25 to apply.

Staying up to date on admissions progress

All relevant information about educational programs, open-door days, and exam schedules is posted on ITMO University’s official admissions website. You may also visit our international studies website for more information about admissions, life on campus and in St. Petersburg, and other aspects of the international student experience at ITMO.

We also encourage you to follow news about the admissions campaign on our social media pages on VK, Telegram, and Twitter.