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• ITMO.GO: New Students Join the ITMO Family

  To accept the challenges of the 21st century, to remain open to the most outlandish ideas, to share their last bitcoin with their friends and to try not to hack Pentagon without a good reason – these are the promises made by the thousands of first-year students of the “first non-classical” as they began the new academic year at ITMO University. The massive open-air event unfolded on a square in front of the “Baltiyskiy Dom” theatre in Alexandrovskiy Park. There, ITMO University’s new students learned about the new opportunities provided to them by the university, raced against each other, played tug-of-war with an enormous USB cable and took part in raffles. As per tradition, they sealed a “Memory Stick” with their messages which will be read out in six years on their graduation day.

  31.08.2017

• Relocation Tips: Banking in St. Petersburg

  Tired of all the overseas transaction bills? If you’re planning to live in Russia for more than a year, it’s worth opening a Russian bank account. Everything you need to know about opening an account and transferring money to Russia is here.

  29.08.2017

• ITMO University Gets Right To Award Academic Degrees

  ​Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev signed a decree giving several organizations and universities the right to award academic degrees and create their own thesis boards. The corresponding document was published on the government's website on Friday, August 25th. Four scientific organizations and 19 universities, including ITMO, were on the list; the decree comes into effect on September 1, 2017.

  28.08.2017

• Mountaineers Name Peak After ITMO University

  This summer, Vadim Veiko, head of ITMO University’s Department of Laser Technologies and Systems, who has been a mountaineer for more than 50 years, and Alexei Orudzhev, an ITMO alum, engineer and a mountaineering club trainer, have successfully climbed an unexplored peak in the Pamir Mountains, located at 4729 meters above the sea level. The previously unnamed mountain, located near the Lenin Peak, now bears the name of ITMO University Peak. In an interview with ITMO.NEWS, Veiko speaks about their journey, routes, riding on horseback, lasers and volcanoes.

  28.08.2017

• Student Life on the French Riviera: ITMO Exchange Experience

  For her final semester Elena Kuznetzova, a graduate of ITMO University’s Department of Customs and Logistics, went to study in the city of Montpellier, on the coast of France. Back from her trip, she spoke with us about why everyone should try studying abroad, the difference between French and Russian education and the importance of leaving one’s comfort zone.

  24.08.2017

• Telegram For Geeks: Channels for Those Fond of Science

  ​Telegram has long become one of the major information sources that provides its users with all kinds of news. What was once a typical messenger turned into a whole media universe with all the corresponding niches: it has channels on economy, politics, feminism, human rights, sex, education, music, fashion, movies and just everything modern media is about. We've decided to take a closer look at what it can offer in terms of Science.

  23.08.2017

• Relocation Tips: Using Public Transport in St. Petersburg

  Saint Petersburg has a vast transportation network that is easy to pay for and use. You can get around town using the metro (“so deep it goes below the permafrost”), buses, trams, trolleybuses, commercial minibuses called “marshrutka” and many taxis. Here’s a primer on how to get anywhere without breaking the bank.

  22.08.2017

• Nanoparticle Ink Lets Regular Inkjet Printers Produce Glowing Holograms

  Researchers at ITMO University have unveiled a new approach to printing luminescent structures based on nanoparticle ink. The unique optical properties of the ink were achieved by means of europium-doped zirconia. Particles of this material were proven to be useful in manufacturing glowing holographic coatings with a high degree of protection. Notably, the developed approach enables the fabrication of custom holograms by means of a simple inkjet printer. The results of the research were published in RSC Nanoscale.

  22.08.2017

• Admission Campaign 2017: The Results

  ​ITMO's admission campaign of 2017 is almost over; the lists of accepted students for the first year of Bachelor's and Master's programs have already been published. Read more about ITMO's growing popularity amongst high school graduates, this year's relevant programs, the growing requirements on the Unified State Exam scores and the admission of international students in an article by ITMO.NEWS.

  18.08.2017

• Giant Paper Plane Dives in at Red Bull Flugtag

  Flugtag is a festival of creativity, engineering and, naturally, flying -  or at least trying to. Its participants create improvised flying machines, and boost them from a high pier into the water; the main condition is that they can only use muscle power as their "engines". And though the flight distance is among the assessment criteria, it is by no way the main thing: most of the machines ended up in the water soon after leaving the take-off strip. What's a lot more important is their appearance, the participant's performances and just having fun. Read more about Red Bull Flugtag-2017 in ourarticle.

  17.08.2017