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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
This Week in St. Petersburg: November 20-26, 2025
Snow’s on the ground! But we aren’t ready to let go of November just yet. Let’s fill the week with fun, from insightful documentaries to unique instruments and experiments with sound!
19.11.2025
Top Spots for Harry Potter Lovers in St. Petersburg
Still waiting for that letter from Hogwarts? We get you! But guess what, there is no need to wait: you can experience the magical world right here in St. Petersburg. Here’s the ITMO NEWS Marauder’s Map to the city.
18.11.2025
ITMO Director for Strategic Development Daria Kozlova on Unique Appeal of Regional Universities
Thanks to top educational programs and industry collabs, IT programs at universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg took a leap forward. Regional universities need to learn from this experience, said representatives of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media and Ministry of Science and Higher Education at the recent IT forum Digital Solutions. Daria Kozlova, the Director for Strategic Development at ITMO, suggested possible ways to reach this objective.
17.11.2025
ITMO Team Wins RoboCup Asia Pacific 2025
The team of ITMO’s Youth Robotics Lab became the winner of the international RoboCup Asia Pacific 2025. Their robotic saxophonist Fantastic Robby Brown was named best in the creative category RCJ OnStage Secondary. This year’s contest took place in Abu Dhabi and drew over 700 participants from 20 countries.
17.11.2025
Head of ITMO’s AI Talent Hub Master’s Program Receives Yandex ML Prize
Dmitry Botov, the head of ITMO’s Master’s program AI Talent Hub, has been named one of the winners of Yandex ML Prize. The award honors 10 lecturers and heads of educational programs who have significantly contributed to the development of AI in Russia.
14.11.2025
ITMO and Yandex to Train Specialists in Physical AI
Together with other Russian universities, Yandex and ITMO are launching a new educational program called Physical AI Garage. The graduates will specialize in physical AI and will be trained on real-life industrial cases. At ITMO, Physical AI Garage will become a track within the Robotics and AI educational program. Admissions will start in the summer of 2026; studies will be tuition-free via scholarship programs.
13.11.2025