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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 19-20, 2019

  Korean culture, Russian opera, Italian language and Nordic cinema – explore the world on this truly cosmopolitan weekend in St. Petersburg!  

  16.10.2019

• ITMO Ranked Among Top 100 Best IT Universities in THE Computer Science Ranking

  The Times Higher Education (THE) magazine has published its 2019 subject rankings of the world’s best Computer Science and Engineering and Technology universities. For the fourth year in a row, ITMO comes first out of all Russian universities in the Computer Science ranking, keeping its position in the top-100 best universities in the world. The university has also gone up in the Engineering and Technology ranking, where it appears for the third time in a row. In this subject ranking, ITMO University holds the 201-250 place and comes second after Lomonosov Moscow State University out of all Russian universities. 

  16.10.2019

• Open Doors Competition for Tuition-Free Master’s Studies in Russia: ITMO to Coordinate Computer & Data Science Track

  The organizing committee of the Open Doors international competition has announced the start of the qualification round, which is a portfolio contest, for international prospective Master’s students wanting to study in Russia. 2019 will be the third year that the competition has been hosted. ITMO.NEWS met with Polina Petrusha, Advisor to First Vice Rector, to find out how many winners of last year’s Open Doors enrolled at ITMO, what is needed to pass the portfolio round, and how this year’s competition will differ from the previous ones.

  16.10.2019

• Spanish Environmental Biotechnologists on the Environmental Situation, Greta Thunberg and Two-Phase Air Filters

  Two environmental biotechnologists from Valladolid University, Spain came to St. Petersburg to give a course at ITMO University. Right before their departure we got a chance to meet them to talk about ways to improve the environmental situation and how these are different in Russia and Spain, as well as discuss the academic exchange opportunities for Master’s students.  

  15.10.2019

• QS EECA University Rankings: ITMO Enters Top 13%

  According to the QS EECA University Rankings 2019/20, ITMO University has once again improved its standing, rising by 10 places and ranking 46th. Every year, QS experts identify the top universities in the developing countries of Europe and Central Asia. This time, 14 Russian universities made it to the top-50.

  14.10.2019

• First Graduates of Game Development Technologies Master’s Program: You Cannot Just Be a Programmer in GameDev

  This year marks the graduation of the first ever intake of the “Game Development Technologies” Master’s program. The former students are now on their way to changing the world of videogames. We had the chance to talk to the graduates and their professors about the benefits of this program, as well as  what it is that makes a game developer stand out from other IT specialists and makes people want to become one.

  14.10.2019

• ITMO University Changes Its Full Official Name

  On October 11, a new edition of ITMO University's statute, which includes a new official title, was registered and entered into force by Order No. 1,358 of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The key to the “ITMO” abbreviation and a reference to St. Petersburg are no longer included in the name.

  14.10.2019

• ITMO University Team Wins NordCTF With More Points Than All Other Contestants Put Together

  The final of the regional NordCTF cyber security contest took place in the St. Petersburg “Boiling Point” center. ITMO University team has managed to finish first with a fourfold margin. Our correspondent observed the competition and was lucky enough to talk to its hosts about computer forensics, hacker footprint tracking methods and the fate of the current winners. 

  14.10.2019

• Unexplored St. Petersburg: Perfect Artist's Retreat

  Craving autumn beauty with a unique artistic vibe? Check out Penaty, a country estate of a famous Russian artist Ilya Repin.

  11.10.2019

• Top Five: Podcasts

  October always starts on a high note for millennials, with three memorable days – International Podcast Day on September 30, International Coffee Day on October 1, and  Mean Girls Day on October 3 – arguably forming the Holy Trinity of the Gen Y autumn calendar. So come sit with us with a hot cup of java and let’s pay our reverent homages to this wonderful time of the year with our five favorite pods of late!

  04.10.2019