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• Your Guide to Choosing Top AI & IT Educational Programs in Russia

  Over 200 Russian universities provide training in AI and IT, with each university offering multiple relevant Bachelor’s programs. How do you choose the ones that are truly esteemed and in-demand? Discover in our guide for university applicants.

  19.03.2026

• ITMO Physicists Find Way For Ultra-Fast Light Control With a Laser

  Researchers at ITMO have found a way to manipulate light in integral photonic waveguides using laser pulses. Unlike its counterparts, this particular method is thousands of times faster and done fully optically, without mechanical or electrical input. This is thanks to hybrid waves of light and matter, whose properties change when subjected to radiation. The new solution can be used to create ultra-fast optical chips that have the potential to accelerate AI calculations. The results of the study have been published in Applied Physics Letters.

  18.03.2026

• This Week in St. Petersburg: March 19-25, 2026

  It’s a miracle: we can’t count sunny days in March on one hand! Let’s keep enjoying the wonderful weather this week – with day trips, exhibitions, concerts, and movie screenings. 

  18.03.2026

• New Program at ITMO: Full-Cycle AI Systems Engineers

  A new Bachelor’s program for AI engineers has launched at ITMO. It will train specialists to ensure the full cycle of AI production: from training neural networks to integrating them into products and keeping them secure and operational. Such skills are in demand in many fields, including finance and banking (smooth operation), retail (predicting demand), and industry (automatic quality monitoring). Learn more about the program and how to apply in this article.

  17.03.2026

• Grow As a Lecturer at ITMO With Competition for Future Faculty

  On March 27, ITMO opens applications for the annual competition for academic and teaching positions. This competition welcomes applications from internal and external candidates, while the positions available range from assistants to professors with contracts lasting from one to five years. Applications are due May 3.

  16.03.2026

• Russian Spring Fashion: Why Headscarves Are Making a Comeback

  Looking for a new accessory this spring? Consider an oldie but goldie: a headscarf, particularly the way it’s worn by Russian grannies – and fashionistas around the globe.

  16.03.2026

• How to Enter One of Russia’s Most Prestigious AI Programs: Tips from Two-Time NTO Winner

  NTO (National Technology Olympiad) offers school students from all over Russia a chance to enter the country’s leading engineering universities, including ITMO, without exams. Among the students who used this opportunity is Konstantin Sigalov, a two-time winner of the track Big Data and Machine Learning and a first-year student at AI360: ML Native by ITMO, Yandex, and Sberbank. In this article, he shares his experience of participating in NTO, preparing for the competition, and winning. 

  12.03.2026

• School Students From St. Petersburg Win FIRST Tech Challenge Italy Championship

  A team of school students trained by ITMO mentors reigned supreme at the international robotics competition FIRST Tech Challenge Italy Championship. The championship welcomed 36 teams from 13 countries. The team will now compete in the final stage – the world robotics championship in the USA.

  12.03.2026

• Research Can Now Be Entirely AI-Automated With a Tool From ITMO

  ITMO researchers have developed CoScientist, an AI system that can automate the full cycle of research and development in computational chemistry and medicine. Unlike similar assistants, CoScientist doesn’t solve separate research tasks; instead, it tackles complex higher-order ones alongside scientists: analyzes literature, extracts and prepares data, trains generative and predictive AI models to search for new molecules and compounds, and selects candidates based on multiple criteria. The new solution will improve the efficiency and accelerate research in chemistry, nanomaterials, and clinical medicine.

  11.03.2026

• ITMO NEWS Guide to Spring in St. Petersburg

  The snow is melting, the sun is shining, and the temperatures are steadily climbing up. We can hardly believe it ourselves, but it’s finally spring in St. Petersburg! Enjoy our guide on how to make the most of it.

  10.03.2026