Once a family, always a family – that is our philosophy!

We caught up with one of our alumni from Greece to explore what she has been up to since she graduated with a Master’s degree in physics.

Does she miss ITMO? Read on to find out.

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Meet Arafat, an international student from Bangladesh who was inspired to study information security after a cyberattack shook his country in 2014.

"In 2014, the Reserve Bank of Bangladesh was hacked and a massive sum of money was looted. After this disaster, everyone started taking cybersecurity seriously. I also want to contribute to this cause and help my country become more secure digitally," says Arafat.

Read on to learn all about him and his journey from Chittagong to St. Petersburg.

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Meet Muhammad Hasan Azad, an international student from Pabna, Bangladesh. Currently enrolled in the Foundation Program, he will go on to study for a Bachelor's in software engineering.

"In high school, I realized I enjoy coding and building software. I searched many universities in Russia which offer good programs in software engineering. Finally, I came across ITMO, the best in Russia and the world," says Hasan.

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

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Meet Destiny Ike, an international student from Nigeria who is currently enrolled in ITMO's Foundation Program but will go on to study software engineering come September.

Learn interesting facts about his homeland and take a sneak peek into his new life in St. Petersburg in this week's interview.

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Meet Thuy Duong, an international student from Vietnam whose passion is coding and building gadgets. To pursue her interests, she has enrolled herself in a Bachelor’s degree in software engineering at ITMO.

Recently, she celebrated the New Year with her friends in St. Petersburg. Find out how it went.

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Meet Rahim Hakimov, a 20-year-old student from Tajikistan who is also a software engineer at Yandex.

Currently a student of applied mathematics and informatics, Rahim has already begun his career in big tech, all thanks to his passion for coding!

Learn about Rahim’s incredible feats at ITMO in today's student spotlight.

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Meet Lilia Tafran, a student from Syria who decided to study in Russia, driven by her sheer desire to improve the current standards of global healthcare.

She won a full scholarship from the Russian government and enrolled herself at ITMO’s СhemBio Cluster (SCAMT).

The past week, we got the opportunity to meet her and learn about her early impressions of ITMO and St. Petersburg. Read on!

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