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Think Critically: ITMO University Student Creates Popular Science Podcast
…teresting topics, only uninteresting people. You just have to find a good way to approach the topic. What is your target audience? Our project is not for people who are totally new to science, but for those who are already interested in it, for those who think critically. We don’t have to explain what protons are to our listeners. Thanks to that, we can work wi…
24.07.2018
ITMO University Makes a Big Debut in 2018 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
…l and Gas, D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Ural Federal University, and New Economic School. In total, Russian universities have 62 appearances in the ranking, with the most mentions in Physics. Among the Russian universities included in the 2018 ranking are 11 participants of the 5-10…
17.07.2018
Vacations, Business Trips and Mushroom-Picking
…r to save up for my first car. Tell us about your first proper vacation. That would have been when I defended my PhD and went on a trip to Montenegro. I thought: “I’m a totally free person and I’ve got my whole life ahead of me”. So if you spend the summer at work, when do you go on vacation? During the ski season, usually. Mountains and snow are a mu…
13.07.2018
Travel Tips: Incomplete and Subjective Guide to Summer in Tallinn
…d spend a day there exploring its castle and bastions. Then, take a comfortable train to Tallinn - only 2.5 hours and you are just under the Old City Walls. I hope that my totally personalized and non-comprehensive guide can be a starting point to your journey to the magical Tallinn. It’s been waiting for you for 800 years.…
10.07.2018
Relocation, Accelerated Training, and Comfortable Workplaces: Ways of Addressing the Lack of IT Specialists in the Labor Market
…s part of the new scheme, St. Petersburg local government is ready to make up for 30 % of the expenses for an overall amount of up to a million roubles per one specialist. In total, the government has allotted 99,6 million roubles for IT talent relocation. “This initiative is not the latest whim of government officials, it is what the professional community actu…
06.07.2018
Tsinghua University: Cooperation Opportunities with ITMO
…lients, all students, including the Russian ones, can get an internship in a high-tech company. There are many international students at the university, over a quarter of the total student population “International students are an opportunity for our university to establish new collaborations with partners all around the world. Very often students come to our un…
02.07.2018
ITMO U Takes Second Place in Digital Internationalization
…formation about the university, its history, enrollment, current educational programs, etc. ITMO University was ranked in the first group of five “leader” universities with a total of 87 points, up 2 points from the previous year, putting it in second place. First place went to the Higher School of Economics (103 points) and third place to Tomsk State University (76)…
15.06.2018
New Non-Linear Metasurface Changes Basic Properties of Light
…d of technology can, for instance, make the heat radiated by human bodies visible by converting it from infrared to the visible part of the spectrum, letting us see humans in total darkness. Scientists only started researching nonlinear metasurfaces recently, and it turns out that plasmonic metasurfaces aren’t effective in a nonlinear mode. The thing is, you have to …
15.06.2018
ITMO University Among Interfax’s Top 10 Russian Universities
Bridge Watching in St. Petersburg
… in the proximity of the Smolny Convent, this bridge is very different from others in both its appearance and surroundings. The place gets really tranquil at night, and has a totally unique atmosphere. For our final advice, please do remember that though the weather is usually quite warm in the beginning of summer, it’s still St. Petersburg weather, which can be h…
05.06.2018