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• What is EMI? Tips and Tools

  These days many educational programs in universities are offered in English and ITMO University is no exception to this trend. The university’s Foreign Language Training Center has organized a series of workshops on English Medium Instruction (EMI). On June 21, the Center’s tutors Maryam Reyhani and Aleksandra Shparberg spoke about EMI, what makes it different from teaching students in their first language (L1) and how one should teach students whose mother tongue is not English.

  23.06.2017

• NAFSA 2017: "In Our Profession We Build Bridges, Not Walls!"

  The NAFSA 2017 exhibition & conference is coming to an end today in Los Angeles, USA. It was held on 28 May - 2 June with over 9,300 educators from around the world including leading universities from Russia participating in Project 5-100.

  02.06.2017

• Big Data and the Russian Dream

  If you’re from Pakistan and are thinking about studying in Russia, you might want to hear about a first-hand account of how it all works, and what studying in Russia could look like for you. In fact, you’ll laugh a lot when you find out how to say “how are you?” and “good” in Russian.

  29.05.2017

• 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

• From Lagos to St. Petersburg

  One of ITMO’s most beloved and well-known native English speakers is Chineye Osuoha, more affectionately known as Jayjay. He makes frequent appearances in ITMO photographs and advertisements and having already taught for four years both staff and students of the University, he is already a household name. 

  21.04.2017

• A New Level of Being International

  When we talk about international students at our University, we are usually thinking of someone who comes from another country with another culture to study here. But often we don’t quite take international as literally as we should. Abid Mossalli, an international student from the Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems takes "international" to an entirely new level.

  24.03.2017

• 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

• "It's More than ESP" Exceeds Our Expectations"

  On December 9−10 ITMO University hosted a conference on ESP (English for Specific Purposes) for English language teachers, translators and linguists.

  13.12.2016

• ITMO University Enters Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings

  For the first time, ITMO University placed in Times Higher Education (THE) BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, taking 27th position worldwide and 4th in Russia.

  01.12.2016

• We Are the Champions: ITMO’s English Courses at "Sirius" Center for Talented Children

  The November session at the Sirius educational center for talented children is going full blast. Three weeks every month, its students work on projects and participate in workshops under the supervision of Russia's leading scientists, artists, musicians and experts in other fields. This time ITMO University that already organized one the project sessions for the center, takes up a new role and conducts courses in English.

  21.11.2016