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• Relocation Tips: Getting Your Visa and Registration in Russia

  Almost all foreign citizens need a visa to enter the Russian Federation, and the type of visa depends on their purpose of entry and the length of their stay in Russia. ITMO’s International Office helps international students and employees with the entire process and with all the necessary paperwork. Here’s what you need to know to have a general understanding of the process and to stay legal while you’re here.

  01.08.2017

• Carving Your Niche

  Of Russian descent, raised in Israel, and after having spent her youth in Canada, Nelly, with a background in history and fine arts returned to us as a native English teacher at ITMO University.

  12.05.2017

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: 'Crystal Is the Heart of Lasers'

  Pavel Loiko came to ITMO to participate in ITMO Fellowship Program. In this interview he shares the details of a project he is working on together with Russian colleagues and talks about the importance of cross disciplinary studies. 

  06.04.2017

• ITMO Faculty Learned How to Teach in English in Arizona

  5 weeks, 10 ITMO staff, 7 classes, 4 teacher trainers, 50 hours of travel, 100 hours of study and a lot of sunshine. Why all the fuss? It’s called English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI), and it’s what is bringing ITMO University into the cutting-edge of internationalization.

  23.02.2017

• New Faculty Opens Its Doors for Bachelors

  The new Physical Technical Faculty started working on January 1, 2017. This summer it will launch a program for Bachelors called "Nanophotonics and Quantum Physics."

  19.01.2017

• ITMO University Staff Win Government Award for Translational IT

  ITMO University’s team headed by the Director of the School of Translational Information Technology Alexander Boukhanovsky received an award from the Government of the Russian Federation for the creation and implementation of "Complex Methods for the selection and training of highly quality personnel of a world-class level in the field of Information technology" known as ICT Excellence. This is a program for continuing education aimed at training elite personnel in the field of translational IT. Such technologies are being introduced to companies and organizations to optimize their work. What makes this program unique is that it can be studied at any stage of the educational process and is carried out in partnership with universities around the world and its graduates are trained to work at a world class level.

  18.01.2017

• How to Сatch Up with New Technologies: Universities of the Future

  Those who now are students in several years will join a new world, which differs from the world we now live in. Specialists of the Center for Science and Technology Foresight talked about how universities become part of new promising solutions.

  16.01.2017

• A Guide for Energy Saving: How to Make It Safer and Cheaper

  Modern science is still puzzled with the problem of a lack of fuel materials and aims to develop new effective and safe methods of storage and saving energy. These days bio and nanotechnologies as well as nonstandard chemical elements are used for these purposes. We’ve prepared a review of achievements in this field made by international researchers and ITMO University.

  13.01.2017

• Spend Your Leisure Time with Kickcity

  Where to go and how to find soulmates who keep you company? ITMO.NEWS has interviewed Gideon Nveze, founder and CEO of Kickcity, an interactive app for looking for events, which is appropriate for IOS users and is already tested at Android, and also has Russian and English versions.

  12.01.2017

• ITMO’s Startup to Develop IT Innovations for Pharmaceutical Industry

  Optimal Drive Company, a resident of Technopark of ITMO University, will implement a new automation system at one of Russia’s largest pharmaceutical plants, POLYSAN. The LIMS system will assist in increasing productivity of laboratories, as well as simplify the quality control process.

  11.01.2017