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• Success Story: ITMO Student Attracts 10 Million Rubles in Investments for His Startup

  Together with his team, ITMO Master’s student Daniil Maklakov developed an app for diagnostics and control of dental health based on photos. Recently, the startup attracted 10 million rubles from the Voskhod venture fund through DIT Korolev and a business angel. How can toothache turn into a promising project? What steps can you take to win in the SberStudent accelerator and secure millions in funding? Learn from Daniil Maklakov in this interview. 

  06.08.2024

• ITMO Student’s Monthly Budget: 2024 Edition

  What should you expect to spend in a month as a student at ITMO University, St. Petersburg? This summer, we asked our students about their monthly spendings – here are the results of the survey.

  06.08.2024

• Better, Higher, Stronger: First Results of ITMO’s 2024 Admissions Campaign

  ITMO University has published orders of admission to its Bachelor’s programs: this year, 1,452 students from 89 Russian regions were admitted to the university on tuition-free basis. 2024 became a record-breaker for ITMO: nearly 18,000 applications were submitted by 8,000 prospective students from all over the country. The number of admitted contest winners also increased: this year, 681 of them enrolled at ITMO – the highest number in St. Petersburg and one of the best in Russia.

  05.08.2024

• ITMO Scientists’ New Machine Learning Model Predicts Nanoparticle Shape and Size

  Researchers from ITMO University have developed a prototype machine learning model that predicts the properties and size of nanoparticles with high accuracy. With the model, it will be possible to conduct fewer experiments when developing new nanomaterials for medical and industrial applications. The authors presented their solution at the international machine learning conference ICML 2024.

  02.08.2024

• Student Spotlight: Abubakr Mustafa, Sudan

  Meet Abubakr Mustafa, a chemical engineering graduate from Sudan whose journey from the arid landscapes of his homeland to the historic streets of St. Petersburg is nothing short of remarkable. His story is a testament to the resilience and curiosity that drive international students to seek knowledge across the globe.

  01.08.2024

• Tiny Orchestra: New AI Model Uses Water Vapor to Make Music

  In collaboration with researchers from Tyumen State University, scientists at ITMO have created an algorithm that can decipher the behavior patterns of droplets inside a cloud dispersed over water. Research into these processes opens opportunities to create computers that can program living systems, such as bacteria clusters, or solve complex tasks unavailable to conventional computers. What’s more, the suggested neural network can transform the data into music, making it possible to “hear” the particles interacting. The resulting publication describes the first observation of particle reactions inside a levitating droplet cluster.

  01.08.2024

• Stable Influx of New Startups: How ITMO Accelerator Supports New Projects

  At ITMO Accelerator, budding entrepreneurs learn to grow their projects from ideas to their first income. Here, you can not only improve an existing project but also launch a startup from scratch: novices get mentors and help when assembling their teams. At the end of the program, the best projects get 400,000 rubles to be spent on cloud infrastructure and subscriptions from Yandex Cloud Boost, as well as other prizes from the program’s partners, such as MTS StartUp Hub and ITMO’s Technology Transfer Center. Learn more about the work of ITMO Accelerator and the opportunities it offers in this ITMO.NEWS story.

  31.07.2024

• This Week in St. Petersburg: August 1-7, 2024

  Even though the sky above St. Petersburg today might be gray, the week ahead is everything but: with exhibitions for all tastes, a fair, a concert, and a contemporary ballet performance. Get ready to fill up your calendar!

  31.07.2024

• How To: Running in St. Petersburg

  Are you on the lookout for a new hobby? Maybe you’d like to join a supportive community of like-minded people? Or maybe you’ve been looking for a fun way to stay active? We present to you our very own How-To guide on running, featuring top tips from experienced running experts. Let’s dive in!

  30.07.2024

• ITMO Welcomes Record Number of Academic Contest Winners

  In 2024, a whopping 681 winners of academic competitions have enrolled at ITMO without entrance exams. This is the highest number in St. Petersburg and one of the best results in the whole country.

  30.07.2024