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• University Applicants Prefer Educational Programs by IT Companies

  The availability of educational programs developed by IT companies is one of the top three criteria for choosing a university among IT applicants – says a recent study by Yandex Education. Most of all when choosing a university, both applicants and their parents care about its support for new students, such as adaptation and mentorship programs and a helpful community. Another factor is high-quality educational programs that equip graduates with relevant skills, as well as experienced teaching staff, including experts from tech companies.

  17.09.2024

• ITMO’s First Vice Rector Daria Kozlova: Big Tech Should Support Universities in Training IT Experts

  Daria Kozlova, ITMO’s First Vice Rector, believes that businesses should engage in the educational process at universities, share their knowledge, and contribute resources to the training of high-profile IT specialists. That was the view she expressed at the recent Eastern Economic Forum during the discussion The Digital Transformation of Public Administration and the Data Economy: Friend or Foe?. Such specialists will also be able to engage in the new national project Data Economics and Digital Transformation of the Country that aims to create a domestic data market.

  05.09.2024

• ITMO Rector Vladimir Vasilyev: “Technological Leadership Is Impossible Without Mathematics”

  Vladimir Vasilyev, the Rector of ITMO University, believes that training highly qualified IT and AI specialists is impossible without an in-depth study of mathematics and computer science at universities that needs to combine the expertise of the country’s top educational establishments and tech giants. The statement was voiced at a Yandex.Education press conference, which was held today, on August 27, in Moscow. The event was also attended by Maksut Shadayev, the Russian Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, the rectors of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and the Siberian State Medical University, as well as the leaders of educational departments at T-Bank, Sberbank, and VK.

  27.08.2024

• Meet Russia’s First AI Service for Outstaffing IT Teams

  Students of the Artificial Intelligence Master’s program by ITMO’s AI Talent Hub and Napoleon IT have created an AI-powered platform for browsing job offers and hiring IT experts. Talent Matcher helps novice specialists find suitable internships faster; startups and corporations can turn to the service to assemble efficient teams for their projects. Currently, the online platform is used by over 5,000 people and 89 companies, including Wildberries, Napoleon IT, Rabota.ru, RuTube, and X5 Tech.

  14.06.2024

• ITMO Professor Anatoly Shalyto on Mentorship for IT Students

  2023 is declared the Year of Teachers and Mentors in Russia. Five years ago, Prof. Anatoly Shalyto was among the first lecturers in Russia to have received the prestigious award “For Mentoring.” This year, Dr. Shalyto, a leading researcher at the Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, celebrates his 75th birthday. We talked to the esteemed professor about his work at ITMO and the new challenges in mentoring IT students.

  27.07.2023

• New Online Master’s Program: ITMO & Yandex To Train High-Load Systems Developers

  Continuing their successful history of collaboration, ITMO University and the Russian tech giant Yandex are launching a new fully-online Master’s program for future high-load systems developers. Learn more in this article.

  14.03.2023

• ITMO Launches Open-Source Mentorship Program

  ITMO’s Research Center “Strong AI in Industry” has launched an open-source mentorship program that will allow students to work at the university, helping research groups develop open-source frameworks and libraries. Read on to learn about the program’s perks.

  20.12.2022

• ITMO.EduLeaders Winner Andrey Sukhovitsky: The Industry Needs IT Specialists Who Not Only Code But Can Easily Integrate Into Production Processes

  Andrey Sukhovitsky graduated from ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty. Like many of his fellow students, Andrey started working at an IT company when he was still a student, and already then he acquired an interest in teaching. As he admits himself, he strived to become a passionate teacher and a true mentor for his students, always there to help them if they needed it. Now, the lecturer not only delivers a software design course but also introduces novel educational approaches. For instance, he figured out a way to simulate real industrial processes that are at work in modern IT companies at the university. His project received an award at the ITMO.EduLeaders contest. In the article, Andrey Sukhovitsky speaks more about his experiment and explains why programmers need soft skills and higher education.

  12.05.2022

• Outcomes of 6th St. Petersburg International Labor Forum

  The 6th St. Petersburg International Labor Forum took place on March 14-18. This event brought together representatives of business, administration, science, education, and HR. They discussed new tendencies and challenges of the labor market, such as the lack of IT specialists. Read on to find out more about the measures taken by employers to solve the pressing problems, as well as what to expect in the future.

  22.03.2022

• ITMO University Joins Digital Professions in Russia Initiative

  From now on, thanks to the Digital Professions in Russia initiative, Russian citizens have the opportunity to become IT specialists by completing online courses at half the price.

  27.08.2021