ITMO among Russia’s top 3 universities for AI specialists

The newest AI Alliance ranking has placed ITMO in the elite group, based on a survey of 140 tech companies. Out of 193 universities from 58 Russian regions, we are in the top three!

Read the full story here⚡️️️

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Your budgeting experience will help prospective students 💸

When moving to a new place to study, it’s hard to tell what your budget will look like. If you’re a student who came to St. Petersburg from another city or country, you know it firsthand.

By answering a few questions about your typical monthly spending, you’ll help future international students at ITMO better plan their expenses!

Follow this link to access the survey form.

We’ll share the results of our findings in a future ITMO NEWS article – keep an eye out!

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SPIEF 2026: a week of exciting outcomes for ITMO! ✒️

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum just wrapped up, and we have got news worth sharing!

🧠 Is easily accessible AI a harm or a boon? That was the question at ITMO’s SPIEF session. Our Director for Strategic Development, Daria Kozlova, stressed that AI opens incredible opportunities – but only if universities and businesses build responsible guidelines together.

🤝 A new partnership between ITMO Highpark and DolIIna will focus on joint development of AI for business. The goal is to strengthen St. Petersburg as one of Russia’s leading IT hubs.

⚛️ In other news, ITMO Highpark and the Siberian Ring Photon Source (SKIF) signed an agreement to advance synchrotron research. Together, they will implement joint projects in chemistry, materials science, biology, and other fields.

📜 And finally, ITMO reserchers will be developing intelligent services for the city’s Archive Committee: handwritten and printed text recognition, semantic search, and even optical diagnostics to protect fragile originals.

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Every student has a story 📖

Meet Islam Azaizia, a software engineering student from Algeria! Here’s why ITMO became his perfect match:

I specifically wanted a university with a highly formidable reputation in information technology, making ITMO the perfect choice. When applying for the Russian government scholarship, I needed a recommendation letter from the university. I sent them my transcripts, and they were so impressed by my high grades in math and electrical engineering that they provided the recommendation without hesitation.

Read Islam’s full interview here⚡️

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A Nobel laureate at ITMO! 🎙️

Join us for an exclusive online lecture by Andrew Fire, the Stanford scientist who revolutionized genetics and medicine with his discovery of RNA interference and received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

📅 July 2, 7 PM
📍 Assembly Hall, Lomonosova St. 9
🌎 Language: English
🎫 Register here

NB: The event is a real-time online seminar. Guests will be seated in the Assembly Hall, while the speaker will connect via video link from Stanford.

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No plans after exams? ITMO’s got you covered! ☀️

To make your summer memorable, add one of these ITMO events to your schedule:

📅 June 20
Craft Lab with ITMO Buddy System

Master 3D printing and artistic processing of printed models! You’ll learn about FDM and SLA printing technologies, discover stages of figurine creation, and how to prepare models for printing.

📅 June 28
Trip to Sergievka with ITMO Buddy System

The suburban train from the Baltiyskily Railway Station will take you to the historic Sergievka Park. Together, we’ll admire the summertime scenery, have a picnic, and simply enjoy a pleasant time with friends.

📅 July 2
Lecture on molecular biology by Nobel Prize winner

An exclusive online lecture by Andrew Fire, the Stanford scientist who revolutionized genetics and medicine with his discovery of RNA interference and received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

📅 July 11
ITMO Family Day

The biggest ITMO summer event: the university’s annual graduation party and open-air festival at the 300th Anniversary Park. Get ready for a day filled with everything we love: interactive zones, special guests, and fun activities.

📅 July 11
MODUL (ex. ITMOTION)

A legendary party to celebrate the end of the academic year and graduation. Take your friends, suit up and get ready to dance it all out to moving tunes from the coolest DJs.

📅 July 28 - August 3
Ya. Polyglot summer camp

A week at Yagodnoe practicing English with ITMO’s coolest teachers and students! In addition to language immersion, there will be outdoor sports, mystery quests, campfires, and late-night cinema screenings.

There are a few more camps scheduled – check them out here.

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It’s been an amazing week for ITMO! Here’s your weekly digest 😎

🧪 ITMO Fellow Katerina Kukushkina, who has studied and worked in Russia, Italy, France, and Spain, explains why ITMO is the perfect environment to advance her research on hybrid nanoparticles for cancer treatment.

🤖 ITMO has launched its 2026 admissions campaign with AI-focused, future-proof programs designed to help applicants navigate a rapidly changing job market.

🚀 From humanoid robots to autonomous AI systems, scientists and tech leaders at SPIEF discussed how close we are to turning sci-fi into reality and what skills future engineers will need to build it.

And here are a few important announcements you might’ve missed 👀

🎙️ Nobel Prize winner Andrew Fire, the scientist behind the discovery of RNA interference, will deliver an exclusive lecture for ITMO students and researchers on July 2. Find out the details and register here.

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Don’t miss the new optics exhibition at ITMO 🔮

Engineers and artists were presented with a shared task: to find an artistic language in which the laser becomes a new means of expression. As the result, at the core of this exhibition are objects created by laser color marking on titanium surfaces.

📅 Until June 21
📍 ITMO Museums of Optics, Birzhevaya Liniya 14

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Craving Korean food near campus? We’ve got you 🍜

Spicy and sweet. Traditional or modern. St. Petersburg is full of spots that serve the real deal

Here are the Korean food spots our students actually go to ⬅️

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Why learn Russian? Let us count the ways 📖

Beyond helping excel in life and studies in St. Petersburg, knowing Russian opens some doors you might not expect.

⬇️ Read the article to find out

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Katerina Kukushkina studied chemistry in Russia, Italy, and France and worked at BIOCAD and research centers in Spain. However, it was at ITMO that she landed her own project 💘

Having joined the ITMO Fellowship program, she found all the necessary equipment and specialists to work on hybrid nanoparticles for cancer treatment.

Read our interview to learn more about Katerina’s project, her work at ITMO, and a career in research.

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Why risk lives when a robot can do the job? 🤖

That’s what Urwa asked when he saw others do dangerous jobs. Now a Master’s student in robotics and AI at ITMO, he is developing autonomous systems for environmental monitoring. When asked whether robots will ever replaces us, he has this to say:

The systems I build every day are extraordinarily capable of specific tasks, but the real future is humans and robots thriving together.

Read Urwa’s full interview here ✏️

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A promise to ourselves we can never keep 😁

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What’s been happening at ITMO this week? Here’s your regular digest:

🗣 ITMO and MWS AI have launched a virtual laboratory that’ll help create new models for speech synthesis and recognition in Arabic and Kazakh.

🧪 ITMO’s School of Life Sciences is launching a new faculty that will specialize in the engineering of chemical and biological systems to tackle real-world industrial challenges.

🤖 Vladislav Gromov and his team, including ITMO PhD students, are training robots to “walk,” “sense” people, and function without access to the internet. In this interview, he shares insights into his project.

And now, some top post recaps:

💻 The new Research Office has just opened at ITMO. The new department offers expert consultations on everything from technology and finance to scientific activities.

📕 Why learn Russian? If you’re looking for reasons, here are some new opportunities the language can open.

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