It’s time to beat the winter blues with some bright art, soulful music, and a dash of vintage charm 💝

🦄 Fairytale. Dream
• Feb 13 | 12 - 8 PM | 500 RUB

Anonymity and art rarely mix but Grekht, a mysterious Russian artist, proves otherwise. Step into his whimsical world this Thursday.

❤️ Only Love
• Feb 14 | 8 PM | 500 - 1300 RUB

Jazz it up on Valentine’s Day! Varvara Ubel and Oleg Butman’s trio will serenade you with love-themed classics and originals.

📰 Nastii (Nastic Movements)
• Feb 15 | 11AM - 7 PM | 200 RUB

Sergey Denikin transforms everyday objects into mesmerizing art by blending light, shadow, and nature’s rhythms. See for yourself at his latest exhibition.

⛵️ Garage Sail
• Feb 16 | 12 - 10 PM | Free

Garage Sail is back! Refresh your wardrobe sustainably with second-hand gems, groove to a DJ set, and enjoy tasty local bites at Sevkabel.

For more interesting and fun ideas, read our article on ITMO.NEWS 👈

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ITMO Family Day is back 🥳

The highlight of the year for all of us at ITMO, the open-air festival ITMO Family Day, will be held on July 12!

Get ready for a day filled with everything we love: interactive zones, special guests, fun activities, and, of course, the graduation ceremony!

🎈 Stay tuned for updates on the festival’s schedule here.

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From science to startups, ITMO leads the way! Here’s your weekly digest 📻

🔬 The 14th SCAMT Workshop Week wrapped up successfully. Top students can now enroll in ITMO’s Master’s programs without exams or continue their research at the university.

💡 At the conference Business Growth: Implementation of Photonic Technologies, experts explored how photonics is transforming industries.

🏆 ITMO student Mikhail Shperling has won GSEA Russia 2025 with his business automation platform. Next stop — the GSEA grand finals in Berlin!

And now, our most popular posts from this week:

✨ For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrated just a few of ITMO’s many brilliant female scientists and learned more about their research.

🔥 The major lasers & photonics conference FLAMN-25 lands at ITMO this June. Sign up by March 3!

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Do you think Russian literature is all doom and gloom? This article will change your mind 🌞

Here are five works by Russian classics that are sure to brighten your day! We’ve encoded their plots in emojis — pick one to discover your perfect read:

⛵️🌅❤️ — Scarlet Sails by Alexander Grin
🪑💰🏃‍♂️ — The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov
🚆🍷🌌 — Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedict Yerofeyev
👨‍⚖️🔄🏰 — Ivan Vasilievich by Mikhail Bulgakov
🧙‍♂️📚🔍— Monday Begins on Saturday by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky

Learn more about these books here 📚

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Capturing the beauty of our beloved city, university, and students 📷

Together with ITMO’s Online Pedagogy Lab, we’re filming a video for the upcoming admissions season. Take a peek! 🫶

💌 Всем влюблённым в ИТМО — наш новый рилс!
Немного о том, как мы снимали промо-ролик вместе с командой англоязычных соц.сетей ИТМО — @itmo_uni

Spend your summer holidays in Turkey 🇹🇷

Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey invites you to join the Delightful Istanbul Summer School.

📆 July 26 – August 9, 2025
📍 Istanbul

Available courses:

📁 Brand Management – 6 ECTS
📁 Digital Marketing – 5 ECTS
📁 Integrated Marketing Communication – 6 ECTS
📁 Genetics and Medical Biotechnology – 6 ECTS
📁 Neuroscience – 6 ECTS
📁 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine – 6 ECTS

Content and description of the courses is available via this link.

💵 Tuition fees — 990 EUR (890 EUR if registering before March 30, 2025), which includes:

✔️ Classes
✔️ Housing in a four-star hotel, breakfast included
✔️ Cultural events

Participants are selected by ITMO university in two stages. To apply, send the following documents to short-term@itmo.ru by March 20 (for early-bird registration) or by June 5:

📝 CV in English
📝 Motivation letter in English
📝 Certificate of English proficiency (B2 and higher).

Before applying for the school, please discuss your trip with the head of your education program.

For more info, please contact the Academic Mobility Support Office short-term@itmo.ru

Additionally, ITMO Bachelor’s and Master’s students can participate in a competition for partial financial coverage of this short-term event.

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ITMO Culture Fest: registration closes soon 🏯

February 22 will see an unforgettable celebration of diversity, tradition, and friendship at ITMO! This year, the festival welcomes 15 participating countries:

🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇮🇳 India
🇨🇳 China
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇲🇲 Myanmar
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇷🇺 Russia
🇸🇾 Syria
🇪🇨 Ecuador
🇮🇩 Indonesia

📌 Don’t miss your chance to join! ITMO students and staff, as well as Russian citizens can register by February 20.

Join the event’s Telegram channel for updates and to learn more about each country.

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Meet Nguyen Phuong from Hanoi, Vietnam 🇻🇳

Studying abroad comes with its own set of opportunities, challenges, and new experiences. At ITMO, Nguyen Phuong is studying business informatics while embracing life in a completely new culture. This year, she celebrated Tet (Lunar New Year) away from home for the first time and this is how she felt:

Tet is the most important celebration in Vietnam – a time for family, traditions, and reunions. Being away from home made me feel truly homesick for the first time. But then I realized something: we must leave home to know how much we love it. Instead of confining myself to nostalgia, I decided to embrace the new.

Read the full interview here 👈

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Calling all international students 🔊

Starting on February 5, foreign citizens may be added to the register of controlled persons if their stay in Russia is deemed to be illegal. Inclusion on the list entails bans and restrictions up to and including expulsion from the country.

❓ Why a person may be added to the register:

• Expiration or annulment of your visa, residence permit, or other documents required for legal stay in Russia
• Transfer of a foreign citizen to Russia under readmission when there are no legal grounds for their stay in the country;
• Refusal of an application for refugee status, loss of refugee status, etc.;
• Termination of Russian citizenship when there are no legal grounds for staying in the country;
• An administrative penalty in the form of expulsion;
• Deportation, readmission, refusal of entry, or restriction of exit;
• Illegal crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation;
• A court ruling recognizing a foreign citizen as guilty of a criminal act.

❗️ Persons included in the register are prohibited from:

• Changing their place of residence without permission from an internal affairs authority;
• Leaving their region of residence;
• Buying and registering real estate or vehicles;
• Entering a marriage;
• Establishing a legal entity or registering as an individual entrepreneur;
• Opening a bank account or conducting banking operations (except for transferring funds to pay mandatory fees, transferring funds to their own account, and withdrawing cash up to 30,000 rubles per month);
• Driving a vehicle or obtaining a Russian or international driver’s license.

📄 You can check the register on the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Information is updated every four hours.

A foreign citizen is considered to have been notified about their inclusion in the register when the relevant information is published on the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

If you find yourself on the register, please immediately contact ITMO’s Migration Services Office at omu@itmo.ru.

Retro vibes, romance, and hidden gems — here’s your guide to a fun-filled week 🎈

⛸ Romantic skating session
• Feb 20 | 8:30 - 9:30 PM | 200 RUB

Glide into romance at today’s French-themed ice skating session, set to classics by Brigitte Bardot and Françoise Hardy.

🎞 The Wild One
• Feb 21 | 9:25 PM | 500 - 560 RUB

Catch The Wild One (1953) on the big screen this Friday at Out Cinema. Marlon Brando, biker culture, and Hollywood history – all in one ride!

🎣 Market on the Neva
• Feb 23 | 12 - 9 PM | Free

This Sunday, Sevkabel Port is hosting a vintage market with retro homeware, fashion, food, workshops, and live guitar sessions. Don’t miss!

🏦 Unbuilt Architecture Projects by Leningrad Architects
• Feb 25 | 11 AM - 5 PM | 150 RUB

Explore Soviet architectural dreams at an exhibition featuring the futuristic visions of 70+ unbuilt projects.

For more events, visit our guide on ITMO.NEWS 👈

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