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• ITMO’s Russian Language Summer School: Attracting Students from Around the World

  For the third year in a row, ITMO University's Russian Language Summer School has given students from around the world an opportunity to delve into intense Russian language study for a few weeks, get to know the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, and learn more about Russian culture.

  27.07.2018

• Cryosaunas and Liquid Nitrogen: Guatemalan Student Shares Her Experience Of Studying in Russia

  Maria Renee Marroquín Pineda has recently finished the first year of her Master’s studies at ITMO’s Cryogenic Technology Department. Before entering ITMO University, she spent four years studying ecology at Tver campus of Moscow Humanitarian Economic University (MHEU). Having spent five years in Russia, the Guatemalan student decided to launch her own business in the field of cryogenic technologies. ITMO.NEWS asked her about her experience of studying in Russia and her plans for the future.

  27.07.2018

• Curry and Computer Science: Indian Students Come to ITMO

  Discovering the best vegetarian food in the city, studying computer science by day and enjoying the architecture by night, communicating with the locals via Google translate, treating their neighbours to Indian food, cheering for the Russian team at the World Cup, our new students from Parul University in India have had a few weeks of adventure at ITMO University.

  03.07.2018

• Tsinghua University: Cooperation Opportunities with ITMO

  Representatives of Tsinghua University have recently visited ITMO University. They discussed collaboration opportunities in the field of academic exchange with scientists from the International Institute “Photonics and Optical Information Technology” and other research centers. An agreement on cooperation has already been signed between the two universities. The professors from Taiwan university also shared their ideas in the field of photonics, big data analysis, AI development and electronic engineering. They have also talked about some aspects of teaching in Taiwan.

  02.07.2018

• Rector of Gomel State University: Science Doesn't Have a Nationality

  Sergei Khakhomov, the Rector of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University in Belarus has recently come to ITMO University. The universities have a long history of cooperation in the field of metamaterial research. In our interview, we talk to Professor Khakhomov about collaboration plans and asked why science has no borders and why the skills of scientists are more important for collaboration than a university’s prestige. 

  26.06.2018

• 2018 Admissions for International Students

  Today, 20 June 2018, applications open for all Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD students at ITMO University. You can find out here the paths for international students to enrol in the university. Whether you are interested in a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD program, there are numerous options available, both for state-sponsored, as well as full-fee paying positions. 

  20.06.2018

• ITMO and University of Bologna Cooperate in Science and Education

  How is recycling organized in Italy, what is transition engineering all about, and how can its principles be applied to the operation of Russian companies in order to form a really effective recycling management system? Anastasia Pavlova, senior lecturer at the Department of Industrial Ecology and Safety, is working on a project that manages raw materials and wastes from the food industry, which answers these questions. She recently won an Italian government grant and has gone to the University of Bologna - the country's second largest university and the oldest educational establishment in Europe. In the course of her internship, not only does Anastasia plan to study Italian practices, but also enhance cooperation with Italian universities.

  18.06.2018

• ITMO U Takes Second Place in Digital Internationalization

  While QS-Apple creative awards acknowledged ITMO University with a Bronze prize for the Best International Website page back in 2016, here in Russia, the internationalization efforts of the university on the web are receiving focus from the Russian International Affairs Council who placed ITMO second in terms of digital internationalization.   

  15.06.2018

• ITMO U ROCKYed in Philadelphia at NAFSA’18

  Philadelphia is the city where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated and signed. It’s also the place where “Rocky” movie was shot. More importantly, it’s the place, where NAFSA 2018 was hosted. NAFSA is the most comprehensive international education Conference & Expo serving the diverse needs of the international education community. As with last year, ITMO University took part under the umbrella of “5-100” Academic Excellence Project along with 15 other Russian universities.

  06.06.2018

• Diving into Internationalization: ITMO’s English Upgrade

  The word “robot” was first introduced to the English language in 1921 by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek. His play, Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR), explored the dark reality of humanity’s future if we build robots to do our bidding. Last Friday’s performance of RUR by ITMO students is one of the many projects and developments advanced by the Foreign Language Training Center, established just over three and half years ago.

  22.05.2018