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• Scientific St. Petersburg: See a Different Side to the City

  St. Petersburg isn’t just about the Palace Square, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, sphynxes, buns, and shawarma (the things it’s commonly associated with in Russia). It’s here that the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded and where the great Russian researchers, from Lomonosov and Mendeleev to Pavlov and Vavilov made their contributions to science. These days, the city is still a magnet for students and young scientists. In October, visitors and locals will get to explore St. Petersburg as a research city thanks to a new project by ITMO’s Center for Science Communication, developed with support from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. 

  01.10.2024

• ITMO Launches New Open Call for Projects within 2030 Development Strategy

  On September 16, ITMO launched another open call for projects within its 2030 Development Strategy, welcoming submissions from students and staff, as well as representatives of other universities and organizations in Russia and abroad. Winners of the open call will receive funding up to 20 million rubles depending on their project’s track, as well as access to the expertise, staff, and infrastructure of the university and its partners. 

  16.09.2024

• Success Story: ITMO Student Attracts 10 Million Rubles in Investments for His Startup

  Together with his team, ITMO Master’s student Daniil Maklakov developed an app for diagnostics and control of dental health based on photos. Recently, the startup attracted 10 million rubles from the Voskhod venture fund through DIT Korolev and a business angel. How can toothache turn into a promising project? What steps can you take to win in the SberStudent accelerator and secure millions in funding? Learn from Daniil Maklakov in this interview. 

  06.08.2024

• Stable Influx of New Startups: How ITMO Accelerator Supports New Projects

  At ITMO Accelerator, budding entrepreneurs learn to grow their projects from ideas to their first income. Here, you can not only improve an existing project but also launch a startup from scratch: novices get mentors and help when assembling their teams. At the end of the program, the best projects get 400,000 rubles to be spent on cloud infrastructure and subscriptions from Yandex Cloud Boost, as well as other prizes from the program’s partners, such as MTS StartUp Hub and ITMO’s Technology Transfer Center. Learn more about the work of ITMO Accelerator and the opportunities it offers in this ITMO.NEWS story.

  31.07.2024

• 13th SCAMT Workshop Week Wraps at ITMO – Here Are Its Projects

  Held biannually, SCAMT Workshop Week brings together students from Russia and all over the world, engaging them in research projects in the fields of chemistry, biology, and IT. Participants can enroll in ITMO’s Master’s programs without exams – and over 100 students availed of this opportunity over the years. Recently, the 13th SCAMT Workshop Week wrapped up at ITMO. We talked to its participants to learn about their plans and projects.

  18.07.2024

• PI School: Rising Stars – First-Hand Experience

  For several years now, ITMO has organized its PI School in spring, welcoming everyone who wishes to expand their academic horizons and is thinking about managing their own research team one day. This year, I was one of them, actively battling my imposter syndrome, as well as networking and soaking in all the knowledge. Here’s my insider’s take on what it feels like to train to be a PI.

  14.06.2024

• Cyber-Karate and Fitness Trackers: New Phygital Technologies for Sports

  How are modern technologies making conventional and phygital types of sports more accessible and exciting? More than 750 participants gathered for a discussion on the topic at the nationwide youth contest Phygital Sporttech Innovations Cup. At the finals, which took place at ITMO, businesspeople, students, and staff of Russian universities showed off tech projects that aim to make life easier for coaches, athletes, and amateurs alike. More about the top projects and their benefits – in our article.

  23.05.2024

• Voices of Leningrad: ITMO Students’ New Project Offers New Look at Children’s Stories of WWII Siege

  Right now, the project Children’s Voices of Besieged Leningrad includes more than 30 entries. At its core are diaries written by children and teenagers during the Siege of Leningrad and collected by the European University at St. Petersburg. In a new app developed by students of ITMO University, users can read – or hear – about everyday life in 1940s Leningrad as described by the youngest eyewitnesses of the era. On the eve of Victory Day, the student developers spoke with ITMO.NEWS about the project and why it’s important to preserve such historical knowledge.

  08.05.2024

• E-Cycles, Universal Chargers, and Edible Packaging: Top Projects From Young Scientists’ Exhibition at ITMO

  More than 300 participants, nearly 40 projects, and a dozen of commercial businesses took part in a recent exhibition of projects by young scientists at ITMO. The event allowed its participants to not only showcase their work before a wide audience, but find partners, too. More about the most fascinating projects below.

  17.04.2024

• ITMO’s Advanced Engineering School Passes Project Defence

  On February 15, the Russian capital welcomed teams from universities all over the country. They presented the results achieved by their advanced engineering schools in 2023 and outlined their next steps before a committee from the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Based on the results of these presentations, the Ministry will name the country’s best teams and allocate funding for advanced engineering schools of 30 universities for 2024.

  15.02.2024