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• 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

• ITMO Scientist Among Most Cited Researchers Worldwide

  Anton Korobeynikov, a researcher at ITMO’s Institute of Applied Computer Science, has been named among the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate – an analytics company that owns Web of Science, an international scientometric platform and search engine. Only five Russian scholars made it on the list, including notable chemist Artem Oganov.

  13.11.2025

• KronBars Games: 3 Unusual Sports To Try This Year

  All through the academic year, from September ‘till May, every ITMO student has the opportunity to make a name for themselves at KronBars Games – a series of contests in every kind of sport imaginable. From classics like volleyball and chess to novelties such as bowling and Among Us, there’s something for everyone with a competitive streak in their heart. For today’s article, we ventured out to learn about just a few of these unusual sports from the coaches and the players.

  11.11.2025

• New Russian Tongue-Twisters

  Earlier, we shared with you some classic Russian tongue-twisters and even the longest tongue-twister, but today we shift our focus: what if you could practice your pronunciation with words more relevant to modern daily life? Here are five examples for you to master – and enjoy. 

  10.11.2025

• ITMO Graduates Share Their IT Career Paths at Yandex

  Behind every success story are challenges, perseverance, and hard work. IT successes are no exception. At the informal IT House Party, ITMO graduates who are now leading teams at Yandex had the chance to share their honest experiences – and we took notes. Here are three stories that will tell you how to get into a major university if you come from a small town, how to master programming with a humanities background, and how to ace a seven-stage job interview as a Bachelor’s student.

  06.11.2025