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• New Interdisciplinary Collaboration Combining Particle Physics and Nanophotonics

  Headed by Rector Vladimir Vasilyev, a delegation of scientists from ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering has recently returned from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) located in Dubna, Moscow Oblast. JINR is an international intergovernmental scientific organization that conducts research in the fields of nuclear and particle physics, as well as the physics of condensed media. The visit paid by ITMO University’s physicists will result in a large-scale interdisciplinary collaboration and the launch of a new field of research for the university. 

  21.10.2021

• EduEnvi: Towards Sustainable Development and Waste Management in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Europe

  The EduEnvi program concluded with a final conference at ITMO University that brought together representatives of six Russian and Kazakh universities with European partners joining online. Read on to learn the main results of the four-year-long project and its prospects.

  20.10.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 23-24, 2021

  If you’ve already witnessed the first snow of the season and panicked, don’t worry, we’ve got your back. First, here’s our handy guide on how to dress for the cold. Next, below you’ll find our usual selection of the best things to do in St. Petersburg this weekend with exciting exhibitions, concerts, and a film festival. Enjoy! 

  20.10.2021

• Building Work-Life Balance From Scratch as a Translator Applying for a PhD

  Having repeatedly found myself unable to fall asleep because of the list of things to do at work and at home, as well as the burning regret over things I am failing at, I decided to set off on a journey towards a more balanced life. Can I learn to prevent burnout and frustration and establish boundaries between work, PhD aspirations, and a relatively active personal life? Let's see what my week-long experiment taught me.

  15.10.2021

• Times Higher Education Subject Rankings: ITMO in Global Top 300 in Business & Economics

  On October 13, the UK-based Times Higher Education (THE) magazine published its annual subject rankings of the world’s best universities in Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Education, and Law. This year, ITMO University is once again featured among the world’s top universities in Business & Economics. 

  13.10.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 16-17, 2021

  They say it’s about to get colder in St. Pete, with autumn claiming its throne by gloom and rain. No worries, though: with our weekly selection of top things to do in and around the city, you are bound to enjoy yourself, no matter the weather. Let’s see what the coming weekend brings us! 

  13.10.2021

• COVID-19 Vaccines (Sputnik Light) for ITMO University Staff and Students

  ITMO students and staff will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 with Sputnik Light at the university’s campuses.

  12.10.2021

• ITMO Researchers Ramp Up X-Ray Laser Research Into Nano- and Biomaterials

  In 2019, a Russian federal program for the development of synchrotron and neutron-focused research was launched. The program will go on until 2027; in that time, new megascience-class projects, such as X-ray lasers, synchrotrons, and neutron generators, are expected to be launched. As part of the program, in 2021 the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced a contest for research and specialist training. A team of scientists from ITMO University participated in the contest and won with a project on X-ray laser technologies in nano- and biomaterials science.

  12.10.2021

• EduStars Winner Yury Andreev: Lecturers Need to Understand What Their Students Are Interested In

  In continuation of our interview series with winners of the ITMO.EduLeaders contest, we’ve talked to Yury Andreev, deputy dean of ITMO’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, who told us how to better understand one’s students and what kind of feedback he values most.

  08.10.2021

• The Art of Making Molecules. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 in Five Simple Points

  This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to biochemist Benjamin List (Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany) and David W.C. MacMillan (Princeton University, the USA) for “the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.” Read our quick explainer on what this discovery is all about and what it means for medicine.

  07.10.2021