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• Internships in Belgium: How to Apply and What to Expect

  Elena Eremeeva and Daniil Ilatovskiy are Master's students at ITMO's SCAMT laboratory who have recently completed internships at universities in Belgium. They had an opportunity to use new equipment there as well as become acquainted with how research work is conducted in Europe. This experience will help them to better organize their research and improve the operation of the entire SCAMT (Solution Chemistry of Advanced Materials and Technologies) Laboratory. The students were able to take part in the internships thanks to academic mobility competitions organized by the university.

  02.02.2018

• Webometrics-2018: Russian Universities Strengthen Positions

  Once every six months, the results of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities are published. In the latest ranking, ITMO University has improved its global position, rising to 783rd place while still remaining the sixth top Russian university.

  02.02.2018

• 5 More Summer Schools You Can’t Miss

  Planning your summer? Want to rest, travel but also get ahead in your career? Read about five exciting summer schools around the world - and don't forget to check out our list of five more schools from last week.

  01.02.2018

• ITMO Researchers Team Up With French Scientists on New Type of Hybrid Nanoparticles

  Scientists from ITMO’s Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials have won a grant as part of a federal targeted program. The three-year project will be carried out in collaboration with the Institute Jean Lamour (France), which has a great deal of experience in production and characterization of new hybrid nanostructures which have no counterparts among the existing materials and structures. This collaborative research will include the development of methods for the creation of new hybrid crystalline nanoparticles based on two metals, metal-insulators and metal-organics, as well as proving their unique optical properties. In future, they may serve as a foundation for cheap and effective hybrid photonic nanodevices.

  01.02.2018

• ITMO Technopark Resident Orbi Receives CES Innovation Awards in Wearables and VR/AR

  Orbi Prime, the world’s first wearable 360-degree camera glasses with a 4K resolution, were named among the best new innovations in two categories at CES 2018, the world’s largest technology and innovation show. The first batch will be released this August and shipped to the project’s backers. Orbi Inc. has been a resident of ITMO’s Technopark for a year.

  31.01.2018

• From Russia with Gifts: Foods to Bring Home

  From caviar to cranberries, Russia offers lots of scrumptious treats that you can share with friends and family. If you’re in Russia now or planning to visit in the future, you’re probably wondering what to bring home with you - how about traditional local delicacies that Russians love?  

  30.01.2018

• ITMO Graduate Nadia Polikarpova on Working at MIT and UC San Diego

  Ten years ago, Nadezhda Polikarpova graduated from ITMO University; since that time, she got her PhD at ETH Zurich under the supervision of renowned software engineering expert Bertrand Meyer, worked as a postdoc at MIT and got the position of an Assistant Professor at UC San Diego. In an interview to ITMO.NEWS, she talks about studying and working around the world and why students in California don’t mind professors who play in bands and come to work on a skateboard.

  29.01.2018

• Here's How ITMO's New Academic Degree System Will Work

  Last year, 19 universities and 4 scientific organizations in Russia were given the right to grant their own academic degrees, form thesis boards and outline their credentials. According to representatives of those universities that have already started this process, it will help Russian universities better integrate into the international community. At the same time, experts agree: more abilities means more responsibility. Maria Skvortsova, head of ITMO’s Office of International Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, and Stanislav Reznikov, head of the Thesis Board Office, talk to ITMO.NEWS about how this change makes international partnerships easier, how the university plans to ensure a high quality of thesis defense and ITMO’s current efforts to establish this new system.

  29.01.2018

• 5 Summer Schools You Need to Apply for Fast

  It's time to start thinking about how you want to spend your summer. In the next few days and weeks application deadlines for awesome summer schools, internships and special workshops are running out. Read about how some of our students spent their summer last year - and then check out these five summer opportunities worth considering! Once you’ve sent in your documents for these, we’ll give you another five next week.

  25.01.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 27-28

  After a short break, we’re back with our review of This Weekend in St. Petersburg!

  24.01.2018