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• ITMO PhD Student Diego Arbildo Receives Best Foreign Professor Award

  Diego Arbildo, a PhD student at ITMO’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, has recently received the Best Foreign Professor Award at Jilin International Studies University, China. This award marks professionals who develop and implement innovative teaching methods. At 27, Diego has been to 6 countries and given lectures at major universities in Russia, South America, the Middle East, and Asia. In this interview, we asked him how to become a Professor and gain international experience as a Master’s student and what differences there are between students in China and their Russian counterparts.

  03.12.2025

• Discovery of the Month: Books to Match the Season, Museum Discoveries, and More

  And that’s a wrap on November! It may seem that this month lasted forever – and we put that time to good use by taking on new ventures, be that book lists, unexpectedly cool museums, or affordable ways to get the beauty of film photos. Read on for our November discoveries.

  28.11.2025

• ITMO Students Secure 5.8 Million Rubles at International AI Challenge

  ITMO students reigned supreme at the international AI Challenge competition. Breaking last year’s record, winners and runners-up from ITMO secured certificates for a total of 5.8 million rubles. Within the contest, 10,000 students of schools and universities from 75 countries battled each other for a prize fund of 15.6 million rubles.

  27.11.2025

• ITMO Scientist Elected 2026 Optica Fellow

  Andrey Bogdanov, a researcher at ITMO’s International Research and Educational Center for Nanophotonics and Metamaterials and the Harbin Engineering University (China), has joined the 2026 cohort of Fellows selected by Optica – the world’s leading scientific society in optics and photonics. As an Optica Fellow, the researcher will now be eligible to influence the photonics agenda, participate in the community’s strategic initiatives, and attract new partners, PhD students, and researchers to ITMO University.

  27.11.2025

• ITMO’s New AI Assistant for Physicists Makes Theoretical Calculations and Material Selection Simple

  Developed at ITMO, AI-Materials Project is an AI assistant that significantly facilitates and speeds up calculations of material properties based on fundamental laws of physics. Complex computations no longer require deep theoretical expertise or specialized software, and the process now takes just minutes instead of a full day. With this new AI-powered tool, scientists will be able to determine a material's physical properties faster and more accurately in order to select the best option for research in laser technologies, optics, as well as thermal and microelectronics.

  27.11.2025

• This Week in St. Petersburg: November 27 - December 3, 2025

  Would you believe it, the last weekend of November is this week! If you aren’t all “Jingle Bells” yet, no worries, we’ve lined up an eventful, uplifting selection of events for the week to cheer you up in this November gray. 

  26.11.2025

• UX in the Era of Digital Simplification: Key Insights From WUD@ITMO 2025

  Studies of complex products, accessibility barriers, and UX redesign mistakes – what challenges UX teams are facing today? At the recent WUD@ITMO conference, experts from Avito, VTB, Samokat, and Selectel shared their ways to tackle challenges, test hypotheses, and scale up design systems.

  25.11.2025

• Registration Opens for ITMO Mega Contest: Participate and Enter ITMO Master’s Programs Without Exams

  On November 24, registration opened for the fifth season of ITMO Mega Contest. The competition will be held online and is open to Russian and international Bachelor’s and Master’s students and graduates. Winners will get the opportunity to enter ITMO Master’s programs without entrance exams.

  24.11.2025

• Skomorokhi: The Travelling “Mages” of Medieval Russia

  Your current vibe is “November gloom” and you forgot when you saw the sun last? We know who might’ve lifted your mood in 15th-17th century Russia: skomorokhi, the travelling actors and musicians. Hopefully, our story about them will have a similar uplifting effect. 

  24.11.2025

• AI Brainstorming and Techno Rave: Notes from Techno Quest by ITMO and Yandex

  Is it possible to create a project for Yandex in just two hours? Guess what! It is, and AI is here to help. At the techno quest Future Gets Coded Here, ITMO students worked on their projects with Alice AI, and in the final, Yandex experts chose which were ready to go into production and which – needed some improvements. The event was also attended by Ilya Nowkie, a famous million-follower blogger, who enjoyed the techno rave and coded his future alongside ITMO students. Here are the highlights.

  21.11.2025