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• ITMO Student Experiences: Starting a Career in Video Production and Shooting Videos for Celebrities

  Having a passion for making videos since school, Iskander Garipov, a fourth-year student of the  Bachelor’s program Computer Technologies in Design, is proud to have a diverse portfolio full of short films, reports, ads, and even concert recordings (with Russian bands Три дня дождя and Шары). After he took part in online courses at Prostor, VK’s creative platform, he was asked to produce the music video Птичка (Bird – Ed.) for famous Russian rap performers HammAli & Navai, which reached 800,000 views in three weeks. In this article, Iskander Garipov speaks about how to get into the field and what hard and soft skills video makers need to have.

  06.03.2023

• Get Into a Master’s Program Without Exams: First Mega School Launched at ITMO

  ITMO’s Mega School initiative is four days packed with lectures. Here, the participants will get to meet researchers and get to know ITMO’s key fields. At the end of the school, its best students will get a chance to enroll at ITMO without entrance exams.

  27.02.2023

• In the Palm of Your Hand: ITMO Students Develop Cheap Compact Keyboard for Different Devices

  Students of ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering have developed a prototype of a portable keyboard that is only 3 mm thick and provides haptic feedback. The new device is compatible with PCs, smartphones, and tablets, while its production cost amounted to less than 1,000 rubles. Learn more about the benefits of the new keyboard in this article.

  10.02.2023

• ITMO Students and Staff Receive Badges of Honor on Student’s Day

  On January 25, celebrated in Russia as Student’s Day, accomplished representatives of St. Petersburg’s universities and citizens of the city were presented with special badges of honor. These medals are awarded to those who have made a notable contribution to moral enlightenment and took an active part in the life of society. Among those celebrated at the ceremony were a student and a staff member from ITMO University.

  26.01.2023

• ITMO Launches New Biotech Master’s Track With Geropharm

  A new educational track has been launched at ITMO’s Faculty of Biotechnologies in collaboration with GEROPHARM – one of the top three pharmaceutical companies in Russia’s Northwestern Federal District. The company’s R&D center has been responsible for developing the program’s curriculum, which includes classes that will be taught by GEROPHARM’s department heads. The track starts February 6. Keep reading to find out more about the new program and how it will benefit the students.

  25.01.2023

• Your Turn: ITMO Students Win National Project Contest

  Four students of ITMO University have achieved victory in the second season of the Russian national contest Your Turn. During the event, they presented projects that aim to further improve the Russian educational system. The winners will each receive 1 million rubles or an opportunity to go on a tour of the country.

  27.12.2022

• In It To Win It: In Conversation With Two-Time AI Journey Contest Winner Ammar Ali

  Ammar Ali, a PhD student at ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, has had a fruitful two years: since 2021, he has been twice named the winner of the machine learning contest run by the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (with support from NASA) and, just as many times – a winner of Sberbank’s AI Journey Contest. And that’s not to mention that this year, he secured a victory in three tracks out of four, all while competing solo. Speaking to ITMO.NEWS, Ammar reveals what his biggest challenges were at the contests – and what helped him win.

  22.12.2022

• ITMO Team Wins Gold at ICPC Northern Eurasia Finals

  Today, December 7, marked the finals of the Northern Eurasia leg of ICPC – the international collegiate programming contest. Team pengzoo from ITMO University took fourth place in the competition, scoring a gold medal alongside other winners. Now, they will represent their region in the 2022/2023 finals.

  07.12.2022

• FAQ on Getting Your PhD at ITMO

  Over the years, we’ve received a great number of questions about PhD studies and research at ITMO. Can you get your PhD online? Can you study in English? And what about teaching and practical experience? Learn all you wanted to know about postgraduate studies at ITMO in this article.

  29.11.2022

• ITMO’s Advanced Engineering School Awards Grants to Genetics, Machine Learning, Nanomaterials Projects

  Having been founded earlier in 2022 with federal support, ITMO's Advanced Engineering School has already welcomed its 55 first students, chosen from among the participants of the Master's programs Chemistry and Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Engineering, and Digital Systems Engineering. Recently, the school held a scholarship contest to support ambitious students wishing to develop their own products alongside their Master’s studies and acquire the competencies of lead engineers. In this article, we talk to the creators of three winning projects about their plans and goals now that they’ve won the scholarship.

  23.11.2022