In accordance with the Order of the Russian Ministry of January 17, 2014 №20 an autonomous federal state educational institution of higher education "Saint-Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics" was created by changing the type of existing federal government budget educational institution of higher professional education "St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics".

In accordance with this order a series of measures for the transition of the NRU ITMO in an autonomous institution must be carried out. The measures must include the approval of the university as an autonomous entity, its state registration, state registration of rights to the operational management of real estate, etc.
After doing this set of measures our university will become an autonomous institution and will be referred in accordance with the Order of the Russian Ministry. It is expected in the second quarter of 2014.