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ITMO opens a brand new coworking space!

There’s one more stylish spot to code, study, and hang out with friends – a new coworking space by T-Education in our main building.

Join us on September 16 in room 2404 for a day of:

🤩 Career activities, team competitions, and an IT quiz
🤩 Lectures from T-Bank and ITMO experts
🤩 CV consultations with HR specialists to help you build a standout resume
🤩 And of course, unique merch

🗓 September 16, 10 AM
📍 Kronverksky Pr. 49 (room 2404, 4th floor)
🔗 Register here

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Zenit: the pride of St. Petersburg! ⚽️

Did you know that supporting Zenit is about more than just football? The club has been part of St. Petersburg’s history and culture for over a century 💙

From its unusual origins to major victories and even its own namesake metro station, we’ve collected 5 must-know facts about St. Petersburg’s beloved football club.

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Момент, которого вы все ждали 🤩 Наше сентябрьское расписание уже доступно!

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The moment you have all been waiting for 🤩 Our September schedule is now up!

🇬🇧 ESC:
18/09 at 18:00 👉🏼 link
25/09 at 18:00 👉🏼 TBA

🇷🇺 RSC:
No meetings in September

🇫🇷 FSC:
24/09 at 18:30 👉🏼 link

🇩🇪 GSC:
17/09 at 19:00 👉🏼 link

🇪🇸 SSC:
17/09 at 17:30 👉🏼 link
24/09 at 17:30 👉🏼 TBA

🇨🇳 CSC:
16/09 at 18:30 👉🏼 link

🇹🇷 TSC:
21/09 at 19:00 👉🏼 link

#GeneralEvents

ITMO Speaking Club is kicking off a new season! 😍

Go to their page for the schedule and to register for English, Russian, and more speaking clubs – as well as weekly movie and board game nights on campus.

Registration for ITMO Collab is now open ✨

Always dreamed of leading your own project? Got exciting ideas at the intersection of disciplines? Or maybe you don’t have an idea yet, but want to join a strong team?

✨ Then go ahead and apply, there’s 1,000,000 ₽ in project funding on stake! ✨

• Fill out the registration form
• Present your project and learn more about others at pitch sessions from September 30 to October 2
• Vote for the ideas you like most
Teams with the most votes will advance to expert review panels (October 28-30) 

Application deadline: September 25, 11:59 PM.
Full competition rules are available here.

✨ If you don’t find the answer you’re looking for, feel free to send your question to ITMO Collab’s channel chat – and stay tuned for updates!

#opportunities

Why do students choose ITMO? 🙂‍↕️

Hilux Fokou, an information security student from Cameroon 🇨🇲 who enrolled at ITMO through the Open Doors project, shares his experience.

What’s been happening at ITMO this week? Catch up on the highlights below:

🚴‍♂️ ITMO’s 24th Bike Ride with the Rector took place on September 8. Students, graduates, faculty, and staff joined the traditional bike trek and shared their plans for the new academic year.

⚡️ ITMO physicists have shown that an electron beam can emit microwave photons even in an area with no magnetic field. Their calculations bring us one step closer to understanding how twisted electrons behave in real accelerators and microscopes.

🔬 Researchers from ITMO have proposed a new design for an ultrasensitive terahertz sensor. The solution could be used in medical diagnostics and industrial quality control.

And now, some posts worth revisiting from this week:

📢 The call for international academic exchange is open until September 21! There are 40+ universities around the globe to choose from.

🍁 Have the best fall in St. Petersburg with our monthly selection of must-dos, from picturesque walks to niche cinemas.

#newsdigest

Any plans for this fall? 🕵️‍♀️

If your list has nothing but studying on it so far, this post is here to fix that! Make the most of fall in St. Petersburg with our selection of must-dos for every month: from picturesque walks to niche cinemas.

Click on the activities hidden among the leaves to find yours:

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🪦👻🍂🍂🍂
🍂🍂🧁☕️🍂
🍂🎥🍂🍂🍂

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From biotech to journalism 🔬✍️

In his six years at ITMO, Subhrajit Barua worked in two very different fields: biotechnology and journalism. Now, as he prepares to complete his PhD and defend his Candidate of Sciences degree, he looks back on his research journey and half a decade with ITMO NEWS.

Over the years, I conducted more than 270 interviews with international students, and each story offered something both unique and relatable. Prospective students later told me that these interviews helped them imagine the life they might have at ITMO. Knowing that the work had a real impact made it worthwhile.

Read the full interview here 👈

#itmofaces

We also caught up with our giveaway winner, Hossain Jafari, a fourth-year student in system and applied software. Here are his impressions:

Yesterday, we welcomed fall season the ITMO way — at the Bike Ride with the Rector! Even on a cloudy day, the vibes were brightened by smiles of ITMO Family 😍

Science Without Permission 👩‍🔬

A new multimedia exhibition at the Museum of Moscow puts the spotlight on the women who challenged gender limitations and stereotypes in pursuit of science over the past 150 years.
Alongside their breakthroughs, the exhibition explores the doubts, experiments, and curiosity behind scientific discovery. Its contemporary art section was curated by ITMO’s Art & Science Center.

Learn more 👈