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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 11-12, 2021

  The season of brightly colored leaves dreamily falling on the ground is here – and though you never know whether tomorrow brings gloom or shine, you can’t help but smile at the changing nature. This weekend, you will get to do that on your way between three peculiar exhibitions and one historical festival. Don’t forget your umbrella and let’s plan your agenda! 

  08.09.2021

• ITMO_ENTER: ITMO University Welcomes First-Year Students

  Between August 30 and September 3, ITMO University held the on-site version of ITMO_ENTER, a series of events for first year Bachelor’s and Master’s students with thematic stations where they could learn about the university and meet their fellow students and lecturers. 

  06.09.2021

• ITMO at Eastern Economic Forum: Education of the Future and New Challenges

  What are the contemporary trends in science and education? What are the prerequisites of breakthrough technologies? And what kind of economic solutions are developed by students these days? These were some of the questions raised at the Eastern Economic Forum that was held in Vladivostok on September 2-4. Among the speakers of the forum were ITMO’s Rector Vladimir Vasilyev, Professor Ekaterina Skorb, and Anton Gopka, dean of the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations.

  06.09.2021

• ITMO’s Best Graduation Papers 2021: Big Data, Biotech, and More

  This year, 12 Bachelor’s and Master’s graduates won ITMO’s annual competition for the best thesis. 

  03.09.2021

• Prime Minister of Russia Recognizes ITMO as the Best Engineering School Nationwide

  ITMO University is one of the best engineering schools in Russia, according to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. He recently visited the new under-construction campus of Kapitza Phystech Lyceum of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, attended classes, and talked with the school’s students and graduates. At the meeting, he shared plans for large-scale support of engineering education in Russia.  

  03.09.2021

• EduStars Winner Valeria Limonova: Every Student Can Be Seen As a Whole Universe

  In another interview of the ITMO.EduLeaders series, we talked to Valeria Limonova, a lecturer in soft skills, about the ways a humanities student can fit in with physicists, how to cope with the impostor syndrome, and the need to always prepare for public speeches. 

  01.09.2021

• ITMO University Presents Its New 2030 Development Strategy

  What will ITMO University be like in ten years? And what about the whole world – education and science in particular? What kind of breakthroughs are we to expect? The university's experts presented its new 2030 Development Strategy during a session of ITMO's Academic Council at Sevkabel Port.

  31.08.2021

• ITMO Student’s Quick Guide to Life in the City

  As the new academic year kicks off, we’re happy to see some new faces pop up around the campus as more and more students arrive to St. Petersburg from all over. And to get you up to speed, we’ve put together a quick but comprehensive adaptation guide. Welcome to ITMO!

  31.08.2021

• ITMO University Retains Its Position Among Top Ten Russian Universities in the Three University Missions Ranking

  On August 31, the new Three University Missions Moscow International University Ranking (MosIUR) was published. ITMO University placed 270th worldwide and ninth in Russia.

  31.08.2021

• Researcher Artemy Okhotin: If Vaccine Makes Hospitalization Five Times Less Likely – Then It’s a Powerful Tool

  In late August, researchers from the European University at St. Petersburg, the Sergey Berezin Medical Institute, the Pavlov First State Medical University of St. Petersburg, and the central district hospital of Tarusa  conducted an independent study of the efficacy of the Sputnik V vaccine in preventing hospitalization among those infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19. The study demonstrated that the vaccine is 81% effective in preventing hospitalization in such cases. ITMO.NEWS got the chance to interview Arseny Okhotin, one of the authors of the study, a cardiologist and physician in Tarusa, and a student at ITMO’s new Master’s program Public Health Sciences. Read on to learn more about the research project and the way it can change public perception of vaccines.  

  30.08.2021