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• Unusual Places Outside of St. Petersburg

  … in the Leningrad Region since 2010. Until 1940, it was Finland’s second largest city. Among the key attractions are Vyborg Castle, Alvar Aalto Library, and Monrepos Park. In total, more than 300 different monuments are concentrated in Vyborg, and by travelling here for the weekend you can always find something new. One of the places to visit is the Vyborg Castle …

  04.02.2020

• ITMO University Newcomer’s Guide: Student’s Perspective

  … with them and the earlier you get to know each other the easier the life will be. However, there is always a chance that you won’t get along and this is absolutely normal as total strangers who meet for the first time in their lives don’t have to like each other. Therefore, in case of a situation like this don’t be scared to ask for another room. Arguments and quarr…

  30.01.2020

• Coconut, peach or mango?

  …hole, Swedes will wait for the neighbors to leave first and only after that will leave the house themselves. In Russia it would be considered rude or weird but in Sweden it’s totally normal. We are very different. Someone has a shell; someone has a pit. Doesn’t matter if you’re a "coconut", "peach" or "mango", you’re a person with your own amazing traits. Let’s ju…

  12.12.2019

• Yagodnoe Trip: A Chance to Strengthen Ties Between Russian and Exchange Students

  …ely party, that would happen at 9 in the night. It was remarkable to get to the place where we had watched videos and played card games a little while before it turned into a totally different environment, with colorful lights and loud and exoctic music. It was totally a multicultural event in the sense that we danced to lots of differe…

  20.11.2019

• Big science communication story in Russia born from a small networking coincidence

  …assionate communication professional and enthusiast of university excellence, she had no background in SciComm whatsoever, but with her true visionary instinct she felt its pivotal role in the overall communication of a research university. To cut a long story short, she just approached me and told: "Help us find a SciComm genius, you are the only person who can do i…

  10.12.2018

• Higher Education in Belgium: My Personal Experience

  … the course about the optical design of non-imaging optical systems 6/20 is given for project exercises and 2/20 is given for the course project — the exam is left with 12/20 total contribution to the final grade. In my opinion, it reduces the randomness of the exam grade by giving a student a starting point, lower than which they won’t get. 2. Connection to indus…

  02.12.2018

• Impressions, Expectations and How It’s Really Like

  … but it also gives us solutions for problems we didn’t even realize to exist before. I think that one of the greatest things about the mobility program is to meet people from totally different backgrounds. Our group has people from North and South America, Asia and Europe. All having their own habits and views. For one this mobility is a great chance to broaden the h…

  27.02.2018

• Dream Finally Came True. Part 2.

  …university itself is really modern, and has its campuses all over the town. I have my lectures only at the campus in the city center. It is really conveniently situated. I am totally glad that it takes me only 20 minutes to get to the university from my dorm. You can use a tram, walk or even borrow a bicycle, which is the most amusing way of getting to the university…

  09.06.2017

• Dream Finally Came True

  …always glad to help you. Besides, there are some extra lessons, where you can also receive help and answers to your questions. As I have already said the learning process is totally different from the one in Russia, but it appeals to me in some way and I find such an experience totally interesting.…

  09.06.2017

• A Second Home

  …t I have made more friends than from just the university alone, especially since my group is very small. There’s also the question about roommates, and that one can either go totally wrong or really good. When I just arrived, the roommate I was assigned, well, to put it this way, it was not very pleasant living with him. Fortunately, I was able to find myself a bette…

  10.04.2017