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ITMO University Makes It Into Top-10 of RAEX Ranking
For the first time, ITMO University entered the top-10 of the RAEX Universities Reputation Ranking in the field of “engineering, natural and exact sciences”, having gone up five positions and securing ninth place. The ranking is compiled based on the results of a survey; the respondents were asked to assess each university in accordance with three criteria: the quality of education, the demand for a university’s graduates among employers, and the level of research activity.
05.09.2018
ITMO University Topped GoTech Ranking
For the third time, the GoTech Innovation company assessed Russian universities in terms of the number of IT entrepreneurs they trained. The data used in the study was obtained via questionnaires. For the first time, ITMO University took first place. According to the company’s estimates, ITMO students and graduates accounted for more than 5% of all the entrepreneurs who participated in the GoTech contest last year.
30.08.2018
ITMO and Rostelecom Support Technological Startups
Rostelecom and ITMO University have signed a cooperation agreement on joint acceleration programs and technological startups development. Together, the company and the university will launch several acceleration programs, as well as other educational events aimed at supporting Russian scientific organizations and industrial enterprises that specialize in information and communication technologies, cutting-edge products for all sectors of the economy, as well as software and hardware-software systems.
28.08.2018
Mentorship Program: Find a Mentor and Land Your Dream Job
ITMO University graduates can now take part in the Mentorship Program launched in collaboration with the Recursion charity fund and aimed at creating a platform for university graduates and students to share ideas and experience. About 250 university graduates became mentors for more than 1000 students.
20.08.2018
PyLadies: Python for Women
St. Petersburg has recently hosted the first PyLadies meetup in the CIS countries. PyLadies is a community of women Python developers with chapters in 76 cities all around the world. The group’s mission is to help more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community, as well as create a platform for sharing knowledge and establishing useful connections. ITMO.NEWS publishes the highlights of the meeting.
10.08.2018
How Blockchain Technologies Are Changing Everyday Professions
Blockchain technology has existed for almost 10 years now, but its potential has only begun to unravel in the past few years. Blockchain had a great effect on the field of finance, especially in regards to cryptocurrency, accounting, interactions between banks, and government regulation in the field of finance. Dmitry Plahov, coordinator of Dash, a community of St. Petersburg-based blockchain developers, recently gave a lecture on how different professions have changed with the development of blockchain technology.
10.07.2018
ITMO University Shines at TechCrunch International Robotics Conference
In December 2017, ITMO University started to collaborate with the British company TRA Robotics. Since then, they have been working on several joint projects in the field of robotics. In the middle of May, Berkeley, United States, hosted one of the world's most prestigious conferences in the field of robotics, TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics 2018. ITMO University and TRA Robotics presented their joint projects, a prototype of versatile industrial grasping device “UHVAT”, and an algorithm of sensorless force/torque regulation for robotic arms.
05.06.2018
Island 10-21 Welcomes Future Technological Leaders
This July (10-21) the University of National Technical Initiative "20.35" will hold its first intensive training course for 1000 Russian technological leaders on Russky Island. The training organizers (University of NTI "20.35", ASI, RVC, Data Economy Russia 2024 and FEFU) will use these eleven days to provide the participants with all the skills necessary for digital economy development that usually take months to acquire. The participants will work with big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, new and portable energy sources, wireless technologies, neuro-technologies, virtual and augmented reality and new production technologies. In this article, we will tell you what awaits the participants and how to become one as well as whether the project is worth skipping a few nights of your usual 8-hour sleep.
10.05.2018
ITMO’s Personal Development Center Launches New Courses
What are effective ways to organize teamwork, streamline new ideas and make presentations to large audiences? These are just some of the topics of the new courses and workshops at ITMO’s Personal Development Center. In the coming months, established entrepreneurs, business trainers, marketing experts, HR-specialists and psychologists will teach their students to be successful in negotiations, properly analyze potential customers, and give emotionally intelligent presentations.
14.02.2018
Here's How ITMO's New Academic Degree System Will Work
Last year, 19 universities and 4 scientific organizations in Russia were given the right to grant their own academic degrees, form thesis boards and outline their credentials. According to representatives of those universities that have already started this process, it will help Russian universities better integrate into the international community. At the same time, experts agree: more abilities means more responsibility. Maria Skvortsova, head of ITMO’s Office of International Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, and Stanislav Reznikov, head of the Thesis Board Office, talk to ITMO.NEWS about how this change makes international partnerships easier, how the university plans to ensure a high quality of thesis defense and ITMO’s current efforts to establish this new system.
29.01.2018