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• ITMO Among Top 5 in Quality of Bachelor’s Admissions Among Russian Universities

  According to the latest admissions review, ITMO University is ranked among the top 5 universities in Russia that demonstrated great performances in terms of the overall quality of their admissions campaigns. The average Unified State Exam (USE) score among ITMO’s first-year students in 2021 has increased compared to previous figures and now reaches 93.7.

  13.01.2022

• Student Spotlight: Sharaf Ahdaf Souf, Bangladesh

  Sharaf is an international student at ITMO who came to St. Petersburg from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is currently enrolled in ITMO’s Russian-language Foundation Program and will pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from next semester. A painter and singer at heart, Sharaf is a very amiable and cheerful young man. We got an opportunity to hang out with him and talk to him about his experiences, expectations, and ambitions at ITMO.

  13.01.2022

• ITMO.EduStars Winner Ksenia Kapelchuk on How Philosophy Can Help Get in Touch With Your Inner Self

  To stimulate its teachers and mentors, ITMO University has introduced the annual ITMO Edu Awards, meant to recognize superior accomplishments in education. ITMO.NEWS talked to Ksenia Kapelchuk, a philosophy lecturer and one of last year’s award winners, to learn more about what makes philosophy unique, how the pandemic affected teaching, and how she got into the art of fragrances.

  12.01.2022

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 15-16, 2022

  If you are freezing today, we are with you – and this guide is our version of the obligatory cold winter day cup of hot chocolate. Now, let's make some plans for the weekend – which promises to be much warmer this time around!

  12.01.2022

• Cultural Holidays: Starting 2022 by Expanding Our Horizons

  The winter holidays were made for trying something new – be that sports, cooking experiments, or cultural discoveries. Get inspired by what our team is doing over the first days of 2022 to start the year off on a high note!

  04.01.2022

• Best Movies and TV to Binge This Holiday Season

  The weeks after New Year’s are perfect for staying home, surrounding yourself with friends and snacks (friends optional), and enjoying some quality entertainment. Here is our guide to the season’s recent and upcoming releases that have us hyped for January binging.

  03.01.2022

• Dark Matter and Quantum States: All About ITMO's New Frontier Labs

  In December, the open call for projects held as part of the 2030 Development Strategy was completed. Among its categories was the establishment of frontier laboratories at ITMO University, where researchers would work on the very cutting edge of modern science. As a result of the open call, six labs were chosen for the implementation. 

  28.12.2021

• Russian Government to Invest Three Billion Rubles in ITMO Highpark

  In 2021, the Russian Government will allocate three billion rubles to construct ITMO’s world-class research, education, and innovation center in the satellite city Yuzhny, Pushkinsky District. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the associated order on December 23. Another two billion rubles will be granted by the Government of St. Petersburg until the end of the year. The next round of financing is scheduled for 2022-2024. 

  27.12.2021

• Climate Change Denial: A Response Strategy for Scientists and Eco Journalists

  What can we do if someone on TV says that climate change is a myth? How can the scientific community and science communicators react to such claims? And how can they broadcast the actual facts ignored by an army of climate change deniers? During a recent workshop, the students of ITMO University's Science Communication Master's program were guided by climatologist Alexander Chernokulsky as they analyzed a recent news report to develop a strategy for researchers and communicators.

  27.12.2021

• Digital Humanities Specialist

  Researchers of the past had hundreds or, in the best-case scenario, thousands of documents. Now, at least 130 million books are available to us. How do you study millions of sources and make their analysis interesting for a wide audience? What tools do digital museums and new media use? Why mix data science and philosophy? Specialists in the field of digital humanities (DH) try to answer these questions. In this issue of the What Will You Be project, we’ll talk about DH and the related ITMO University’s program.

  24.12.2021