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• AI Brainstorming and Techno Rave: Notes from Techno Quest by ITMO and Yandex

  Is it possible to create a project for Yandex in just two hours? Guess what! It is, and AI is here to help. At the techno quest Future Gets Coded Here, ITMO students worked on their projects with Alice AI, and in the final, Yandex experts chose which were ready to go into production and which – needed some improvements. The event was also attended by Ilya Nowkie, a famous million-follower blogger, who enjoyed the techno rave and coded his future alongside ITMO students. Here are the highlights.

  21.11.2025

• ITMO Student Wins Russia’s Drone Programming Championship

  First-year ITMO student Ekaterina Kochetkova earned a gold medal at Russia’s first Drone Programming Championship. The final round was organized by the Competitive Programming Federation and took place at the tech hub Morion Digital in Perm, Russia.

  10.11.2025

• Startups, Metaverses, and Competitive Programming: 8th Educational Forum It’s Your Call! Kicks Off at ITMO

  On July 8-12, ITMO University will host the 8th educational forum It’s Your Call! At the event, participants of the national student competition I Am a Professional will learn how to use IT in business cases, develop digital products, and launch startups. At the case championship, students will tackle a real-world case from the event’s general partner Sberbank.

  04.07.2025

• Hack Your Way into ITMO: Enroll Exam-Free With DevWeek Hackathon

  Bachelor’s and Master’s students of Russian universities recently took part in DevWeek, a hackathon dedicated to software development and project management. For a week, the participants attended lectures and tackled cases brought in by experts from Alfa-Bank, Gazprom Neft, Samolet, and YADRO. Winners of the hackathon will get the opportunity to enter one of the four ITMO Master’s programs implemented in collaboration with these industrial partners without exams.

  29.05.2025

• 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

• Student Spotlight: Djurdje Pavlovic, Serbia

  Having made the transition from the lively streets of Belgrade to the tech labs of St. Petersburg, Djurdje is embracing the rhythm of student life in a new country. As he navigates language lessons, sub-zero winters, and the warmth of shawarma stalls in St. Petersburg, Djurdje shares what it’s like to be a Serbian student in Russia — and why he’s encouraging others to follow.

  07.11.2024

• I Am a Professional Contest: Programming & Information Technologies Track FAQ

  Registration is still ongoing for the I Am a Professional competition. All winners will get the opportunity to enroll in Russia’s leading universities and intern at major companies; medalists will be awarded up to 300,000 rubles. ITMO is in charge of three of the conference’s tracks, including Programming & Information Technologies. In this article, we look into what to expect and how to prep for the track with its curator Alexander Mayatin, an associate professor at ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty.

  23.10.2024

• I Am a Professional Contest: ITMO in the Lead By Number of Winners and Medalists

  109 ITMO students have received diplomas in the seventh season of the I Am a Professional contest, which is one of the best results in St. Petersburg. Moreover, the university has made it into the top five based on the number of medalists, with ITMO students showing particular prowess in the tracks Programming and IT, and Software Engineering. 

  17.06.2024

• Learning Through Winning: A Conversation With Ammar Ali, Winner of Multiple AI Contests

  Ammar Ali is a PhD student at ITMO and multiple-time winner of Sberbank’s AI Journey contest. For three years in a row, he has been achieving successes at various AI competitions, often competing solo and coming out ahead of entire teams. At the most recent AI Journey contest, he secured three prize spots, including one as the absolute winner. We spoke with Ammar to learn what draws him to compete, why he decided to focus on AI, and how he prepares for each contest.

  07.02.2024

• ITMO Team Takes Gold at ICPC Northern Eurasia Finals 2023

  The Northern Eurasia Finals of ICPC, the semifinals of the world’s largest collegiate programming contest, concluded on December 13. The team from ITMO University took the third place (equivalent to a gold medal as per ICPC rules) and will now represent their region in the international finals, set to take place in September 2024 in Astana (Kazakhstan).

  13.12.2023