This week at ITMO – fresh wins, cool collabs, and fun reads 👇

📌 First-year student Ekaterina Kochetkova took gold at Russia’s first-ever Drone Programming Championship, held at the Morion Digital tech hub in Perm.

👅 We dropped five brand-new tongue twisters based on real-life, everyday Russian words. Perfect for boosting your pronunciation — and for having a good laugh while trying.

💻 A new Yandex-curated track of the Robotics & AI program will train specialists to work with physical AI on real industrial tasks.

And now some highlights from this week:

💫 From coding to dancing, cricket to archaeology – our student clubs cover every passion. Click here to know what our international students picked.

🧭 Once an industrial hub, now a creative district filled with hidden courtyards and art spaces. What is this place? Tap the guide and start exploring.

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ITMO researcher Anton Korobeynikov has been named one of 2025’s Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, the owners of Web of Science!

🗨 Anton Korobeynikov:

I’m happy to be on the list, but it’s in fact an achievement of a whole team of people. As far as I know, some of my colleagues have been included in this ranking some time ago, too. So, I hope we will continue to make breakthroughs regardless of whether we get ranked or indexed.

Learn more about his research and interests here 👈

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Your beloved cartoon characters might be Russian 🇷🇺

Cold on the outside, yet kind and witty at heart – these five cartoon characters steal scenes (and our hearts) with their memorable stories and Russian/Soviet culture-inspired traits.

Learn more about them here 👈

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ITMO is coming to Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

Meet us at the Kazakhstan International Exhibition “Education & Career” and learn all about joining ITMO as a student, including tuition-free options!

📅 November 19-21, 2025; 10 am - 6 pm (Nov 19-20), 10 am - 4 pm (Nov 21)
📍 Atakent-Expo, Timiryazev Str. 42, Almaty

This is your chance to talk to ITMO representatives in person, discover the university’s English- and Russian-taught programs, and start crafting your international career in a breakthrough field!

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Meet Hamzah Abdallah Al-Abdelaziz, a bright and curious learner from Jordan 🇯🇴

Besides academics, he is also an ardent ambassador of Jordanian culture. Recently, he organized the Jordan Culture Night at ITMO:

Seeing people from different countries smile, laugh, and say, “I didn’t know Jordan was like that!” – that moment made all the effort worth it. It felt amazing to represent my country and build a bridge between cultures.

Read on to learn more about Hamzah and his life in St. Petersburg 👈

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ITMO Bachelor’s program Software Engineering has received the RuCode Award in the category IT Factory 🔝

The award, which is given to universities that apply cutting-edge methods to train AI specialists, was presented in recognition of ITMO’s strategy of incorporating industrial partners into all stages of program design and implementation.

The Software Engineering program is supported by over 20 partners, including Yandex, Sberbank, and other leading bigtech companies 😎

Read more here 👈

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A new week, a new batch of wins, breakthroughs, and fun finds from ITMO 👇

🥇 Dmitry Botov, head of ITMO’s AI Talent Hub Master’s program, has been named one of this year’s 10 laureates of the Yandex ML Prize for his contributions to AI education in Russia.

🎷 ITMO’s Youth Robotics Lab took first place with their robotic saxophonist Fantastic Robby Brown, winning the creative category at the international RoboCup Asia Pacific 2025.

🔹 In collaboration with MIPT, ITMO researchers have engineered the smallest-ever blue-emitting laser that opens doors for ultra-high-resolution displays and compact biomedical tech.

And now, some highlights from this week:

🎬 Cold on the outside, warm and witty within — meet five beloved cartoon characters shaped by Russian and Soviet storytelling traditions.

🎲 GEEKMO Rolecon returns this weekend — ITMO’s top-voted student club is hosting a festival of tabletop adventures, RPGs, and good vibes.

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