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• ITMO University Launches The New Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics Laboratory

  ​Recently, a new laboratory was created at ITMO University where students and researchers will work on creating new materials used in organic electronics and photovoltaics. ITMO.NEWS learned about how the new inventions will be used and why photovoltaics has become a strategically important field of research.

  22.06.2017

• THE Rankings: ITMO University Gets Into Europe's Top-200

  Recently, the Times Higher Education ranking agency published its rankings of the best European universities. This is the first time the agency has created a regional ranking like this; the reason for doing so is that among the best universities of the world that are part of the Times Higher Education University Rankings, more than 40% are from Europe. ITMO University has secured its September's success in THE WUR (World University Rankings), having got 3rd place among Russian universities presented in the rankings and 191-200 position among Europe's leading universities. 

  21.06.2017

• ITMO's PhD Students Will Simplify Online Learning On OpenEdX

  Scientists from ITMO's Information Science and Semantic Technologies (ISST) international laboratory and their colleagues from Yandex LLC have introduced semantic technologies and NLP algorithms into OpenEdX's support system. Semantic technologies are commonly used in the field of Big Data to help structure information; for that reason, semantic representation of the educational platform's content can help its users search for the necessary information a lot faster.

  20.06.2017

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  18.06.2017

• Prime Minister Medvedev Congratulates ACM ICPC Winners

  Last month, ITMO University’s team, for the seventh time in history, was awarded the World Cup of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. Today they were congratulated on their achievement in person by Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. He met with the students in Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna. The meeting was also attended by Rector Vladimir Vasilyev, Vladimir Parfenov, Dean of Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, and Roman Elizarov, ITMO alumni and member of ACM ICPC’s organizational board.

  16.06.2017

• 6th International Council Meeting: Looking at the Map of the Future Together

  The 6th Meeting of ITMO’s International Council was held in St. Petersburg on June 11 at ITMO University. The meeting brought together some ten International Council members and key management staff at ITMO University. The meeting was centered on the vision for ITMO University in 2035, what the University should be like and the characteristics of its future graduates.  ITMO’s University Strategy and other areas of development were explored at the meeting

  14.06.2017

• ICCS 2017 Kicks off in Zurich

  International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) 2017 got off to a great start in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 12, with top researchers exploring the latest developments in computational methods in a variety of scientific fields. It’s organized by our partners at the Computational Science Lab of the University of Amsterdam, among other distinguished organizations, and is supported by ITMO University.

  13.06.2017

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  13.06.2017

• QS World University Rankings: ITMO Among Top 2% of World’s Universities

  ITMO University has made its debut in QS World University Rankings, placed 601-650 in the global ranking. This year the QS company evaluated more than 4,300 higher education institutions for its ranking, of which 980 have ended up in the final list – 62 more than last year. There are approximately 26,000 universities in the world, meaning that ITMO University is among the world’s top 2%. This spring, ITMO University also made its debut in QS’s Subject Rankings being placed 351-400 in two subjects: Computer Science & Information Systems and Physics & Astronomy. 

  08.06.2017

• ITMO University’s Scientists Receive Prestigious Ulrich Award

  The award for achievements in the field of sol-gel technology was granted to Vladimir Vinogradov, Head of ITMO University’s International Laboratory "Solution Сhemistry of Advanced Materials and Technologies" (SCAMT) and to Alexander Vinogradov, head of ITMO’s Biochemistry cluster. This prestigious international award has been given to young scientists from all over the world since 1991; 2017 marks the first time it goes to scientists from Russia.

  07.06.2017