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• Next Stop – Houston: School Students from St. Petersburg Win FIRST Tech Challenge Championship

  Sputnik Original, a team of school students from St. Petersburg, reigned supreme at last month's international robotics competition FIRST Tech Challenge Championship in Italy. They outperformed more than 40 teams from 13 countries, becoming the event’s absolute winners. The team trains at Lyceum No. 244, where they are mentored by university students, including Master’s students from ITMO who once graduated from the school and have now returned to teach supplementary courses. What awaits the team next? The world finals in Houston (USA) in late April. ITMO NEWS got to talk to the team and now shares their story. 

  21.03.2025

• 100+ Participants of Winter Engineering School Get to Enroll in ITMO Master’s Programs Exam-Free

  The Winter Engineering School has concluded at ITMO. Its students learned about the latest engineering innovations and expanded their knowledge of optics, light-guided photonics, fiber-optic sensorics, programmable electronics, patent law, and the oil-and-gas industry – but most importantly, they competed for the opportunity to enroll in Master’s programs at ITMO without taking entrance exams.

  21.03.2025

• Spring Opportunities: How to Enroll at ITMO Without Exams

  You don’t need to take exams to get into the Master’s program of your dreams when there are competitions and schools that can get you in, too. Read on to discover a plethora of opportunities you can use this spring to enter ITMO’s Master’s programs without entrance exams.

  28.02.2025

• ITMO Prepares St. Petersburg School Students for Physics and Computer Science Contests

  ITMO and Talent Academy, a St. Petersburg-based educational institute, have recently organized an intensive course to assist the city's school students as they prepare for competitions in physics and computer science. Among the course’s experts were ITMO lecturers and winners of previous years, while the program included a detailed breakdown of the tasks, as well as popular science talks and workshops. Participation was free for all; students had to pass an in-person test to secure their place in one of the course’s two tracks.

  24.02.2025

• New City, University, and Field: ITMO Mega Contest Winners Share Tips and Impressions

  Registration is ongoing for ITMO Mega Contest, an online competition for Bachelor’s students and graduates. The winners can enroll in ITMO’s Master’s programs without exams. Read on to find out all the wisdom from previous years’ winners – as well as their success stories.

  23.12.2024

• ITMO Students Secure Prizes at International Championship IT Planet Professionals

  Artem Sukhov and Alexandra Sukhotina landed in the top three at the international championship IT Planet Professionals 2024, where they had to compile a series of requests for the Platform V Pangolin database management system. Over 900 students took part in the contest, competing for a prize fund of 1 million rubles.

  17.12.2024

• ITMO Among Absolute Champions of IT Planet 2024 Competition

  In the latest season of the international competition IT Planet, ITMO University reigned supreme, landing among the absolute champions. Recently, representatives of the university were awarded for this achievement at the competition’s Mentor Forum in Moscow.

  19.11.2024

• AI, Gamification, and Storytelling: Winners of This Year’s ITMO EduLeaders Competition

  The fourth ITMO EduLeaders competition for educators has recently concluded at ITMO. Participants presented unique and innovative educational projects, with a special emphasis on AI features. Each winner received 250,000 rubles. Discover their projects in this article. 

  18.11.2024

• I Am a Professional Student Contest: Top Tracks in St. Petersburg

  Among the students from St. Petersburg who took part in the eighth season of the I Am a Professional student competition, the following tracks turned out to be the most popular: Programming and Information Technologies; Medicine and Pediatrics; and Artificial Intelligence. This year, the total number of applications reached 185,000 – over 16,000 of them from St. Petersburg.

  15.11.2024

• Battle of Robots: ITMO and Alfa-Bank Roll Out Competition’s First AI-Controlled Robot

  ITMO’s team Auxilium AI, in collaboration with Alfa-Bank, recently presented the AI-powered robot A.L.F.A. at the second qualifying round of the International Battle of Robots championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The robot is equipped with a powerful weapon, upgraded armor, and fully autonomous controls. All in all, the tournament featured 96 teams from nine countries.

  07.11.2024