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• Life-hacks for Studying Abroad: Students Share their Advices

  … if you want to try studying abroad, don't doubt, just give it a try. Studying there is hard indeed, but it's really worth it. I never regretted by decision, as I use the knowledge and experience I got there every day. You should appreciate the fact that the university can pay for your education abroad. Be sure to use it, and - learn to learn. Alexandra Mayurova s…

  08.08.2016

• Exploring Innopolis: Russia's Silicon Valley

  …hat I’d messed everything up. Yet, I had two more interviews on Skype in a month: one on general topics, about my expectations of studying in Tatarstan, and another on my knowledge of algorithms. After another month, I learned that my grant for education was approved. It's worth mentioning that the students are enrolled via a competitive examination, and the universi…

  05.08.2016

• Bioinformatics Summer School: Where Tech and Biology Come Together

  …nly for those who have recently become involved with bioinformatics. For those who knew nothing in this area, before coming to the summer school were able to obtain basic knowledge of biology and genetics through a special online course. The program was divided into two parts in accordance with the competences of participants: one stream of students studied mathemati…

  03.08.2016

• Brain Fitness Games: Can Intelligence Really be Boosted?

  …plasticity has to do with the brain’s ability to create new neural links when one learns new skills. On the cognitive level it’s about creating “archives” and storing new knowledge. It was once generally accepted that a person loses this ability with age, and the brain “dulls”. Recent research proves this to be wrong – the brain is capable of rehabilitation and restr…

  02.08.2016

• A Student from Iraq: “Studying in Russia was my Dream”

  …aq’s educational system differs from Russian. In my country Master’s students study theoretical disciplines during the first year and spent the second year to apply their knowledge into practice. At ITMO University I got an opportunity to choose the topic since the very beginning and right after that started to work in research labs.  I have never met such effective …

  01.08.2016

• ITMO’s Russian Language Summer School: A Cross-Cultural Experience for European Students

  …l Russian – you can learn by repeating after them. We also got access to Russian books which we don’t have in Belgium. During the program I got the chance to systemize my knowledge – for that, I’m really thankful. Our teachers were very patient, and possessed great knowledge of Russian history, the history of St. Petersburg, and nationa…

  27.07.2016

• Exchange Semester in Switzerland Turns into a Two-Year Master’s Program

  …choose which courses to take and which not, and that’s just great. Surely, there are mandatory subjects, but only a few. This allows each student to cover a great deal of knowledge and skills to get a better understanding of what to do later – during his postgraduate study or later in his career. Here in Russia it’s all decided beforehand: when and which subjects stu…

  26.07.2016

• Forum for Strategic Initiatives: Experts Look Towards the Future

  …field from no less than a hundred years back. Some of these experiments were so successful that they were adopted in the West. Ms. Lukovnikova strongly believes that such knowledge is of great importance for both businesspeople and government officials, as analyzing one’s past is an essential part of creating something new. As for the exhibition component of t…

  26.07.2016

• Time to Register For Russia’s First Online Science Communication Course

  …sm in general, and also of course science journalism, and how the Internet changed our profession. Discussions on subjects such as these often bring out new ideas and new knowledge. I’m really interested in what kind of people will participate in this course, and why. Some of them will become my future colleagues so I want to know their motivation, their areas of int…

  25.07.2016

• How an Iranian Student Chose St. Petersburg Over New Zealand

  …g company which is famous around the world in the field of IT simulation models for various industries. The postgraduate also notes that he could also potentially use his knowledge and skills in the field of nuclear energy in view of the close cooperation between Iran and Russia.  "If I could work both here and there, it would be much better, but Iran is unfortu…

  19.07.2016