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• Student Spotlight: Pranay Shreshth, India

  Some students follow trends; others follow questions. Pranay Shreshth belongs to the second group. Now studying big data and machine learning at ITMO on a semester-long exchange, he brings with him a sharp analytical mind, a love for problem-solving, and the quiet confidence of someone who simply enjoys learning how things work.

  27.11.2025

• Student Spotlight: Manish Mishra, India

  Manish, a Bachelor’s student from Lovely Professional University, has entered into a new phase of life – one that includes ITMO’s world of IT labs, new friends, and a city that feels like a living museum. For him, this exchange semester is about seeing how far curiosity can take you. Read on to learn more about this young man from Kolkata.

  09.10.2025

• Student Spotlight: Suraj Majumdar, India

  What started as a fascination with how things work has now become a daily routine for Suraj, a Bachelor's student of computer science at Parul University who is currently on a semester exchange at ITMO. As a new arrival to St. Petersburg, Suraj is having the time of his life – and we caught up with him to hear all about it.

  02.10.2025

• Student Spotlight: Rishabh Tripathi, India

  Loaded with curiosity and optimism, Rishabh came to ITMO for a semester-long exchange that turned out to be a crash course in not just information security, but also self-awareness, global friendship, and cultural rewiring. In this candid conversation, he shares what it’s like to trade Indian warmth for Russian winters and why chaos, cold, and clarity are the three best words to sum up the ride.

  17.07.2025

• ITMO Goes to India: Building the Future Together

  The formula to our success is partnerships and collaborations. We are where we are today thanks to the immense support from our partners like Parul University. Our bond with the Indian university has been very strong for years. Every year, many of its students visit ITMO along with their professors to participate in summer schools and internships. This December, ITMO staff members Ekaterina Rassolenko and Yulia Shik visited India to attend Parul University’s International Week. What were the main highlights of this event? What new opportunities can students expect? Let’s learn it all from Ekaterina and Yulia.

  10.01.2023

• Staff Spotlight: Ekaterina Rassolenko, International Admissions Office

  Every year, hundreds of international students come to ITMO as well as travel abroad as part of academic mobility programs. Naturally, a lot of effort goes into making it happen. Let’s take a sneak peek into the workings of ITMO’s International Admissions Office through the words of Ekaterina, an employee since 2018.

  06.10.2022

• International Opportunities at ITMO: Students Share Their Experiences

  One of the benefits of studying at ITMO University are the many opportunities to gain international experience. There are so many ways that ITMO students can develop their intercultural communication skills and study or collaborate on research with people from all around the world. What are the options and why should you do it? Learn about it first-hand from our students!

  25.01.2022

• Alina Zashkola on her Exchange Semester in the United States

  Alina Zashkola is a Bachelor’s student in Business Informatics at ITMO from the city of Kingisepp not far from St. Petersburg. Recently, she got the opportunity to spend an academic year in the USA as an exchange student. She has been in Naperville, Illinois, for a month already and we got the chance to catch up with her to learn more about the program, the application procedure, and her experiences so far.

  23.09.2021

• ITMO’s Russian Language and Culture Summer School: A Passion for Learning

  Since 2016, ITMO University has hosted a Russian language summer school for language learning enthusiasts around the world. This year, from July 1 to 28, the school was held online for the first time with 22 participants from 10 countries including Canada, China, the UK, the USA and several countries in Europe. We talked to a few of the participants to learn about their experiences during the summer school and what attracted them to Russian language and culture. 

  28.07.2020

• “Best Choice I’ve Ever Made”: ITMO Graduate Kseniya Zavatskaya on Her Education and Career in Optics

  Kseniya Zavatskaya studied quantum electronics for her Bachelor’s, but never found a solid application for the knowledge she acquired. As a Master’s student at ITMO University, she discovered her future calling and found employment less than a month after graduation. Kseniya spoke to ITMO.NEWS and explained why she chose applied optics, how her career has unfolded since, and what advice she would give to future engineers.

  15.05.2020