ITMO University (russian: Университет ИТМО) is a state-supported university in
Saint Petersburg
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and is one of Russia's National Research Universities.
ITMO University is one of 15 Russian universities that were selected to participate in Russian Academic Excellence ''
Project 5-100
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''
by the government of the Russian Federation to improve their international standing among the world's research and educational centers.
In 2022, the university was ranked #365 in the world by
QS World University Rankings
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, and #601 by World University Rankings by ''
Times Higher Education
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Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
''.
In 2021, it was ranked #718 in the world by Best Global Universities Rankings by ''
U.S. News & World Report'', and #901 by Academic Ranking of World Universities by
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of China.
The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋 ...
.
Research priorities of ITMO University are concentrated in information and photonic technologies. The university consists of four main schools, 14 faculties, and a number of institutes and research centers. As of 2020, the total number of students was over 12,500, with 2,450 being foreign nationals. In 2014, the university employed 1,163 instructors, including over 800 PhDs.
Many of its staff members and researchers have received government awards and designations of “honored science worker,” the highest in Russia.
Vladimir Vasilyev Vladimir Vasiliev may refer to:
* Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer) (born 1940), dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet
* Vladimir Vasilyev (rower) (born 1948), Soviet Olympic rower
* Vladimir Vasilyev (politician) (born 1949), Russian politician
* Vladimir Vas ...
has been the university's Rector since 1996.
History
The university's birthday is considered to be 26 March 1900, when a ''Mechanics, Optics and Watchmaking Department'' was opened in the ''
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Vocational School''. At the time it was the only school in the
Russian Empire
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that prepared specialists in these areas. The first year, some 65 applications were received for 30 places. Eighteen students were admitted to Watchmaking and 18 to Mechanics and Optics sections.
1917 – 1941
In 1917 the Mechanics, Optics and Watchmaking Department became its own entity - ''Petrograd Technical College for Mechanics, Optics and Watchmaking''. Norbert Boleslavovich Zavodsky became its headmaster.
In 1920, most of its classes were transformed into ''Petrograd College for Fine Mechanics and Optics'' (later – Leningrad). The municipalities allocated a building for it in Demidov Pereulok (
Pereulok Grivtzova).
The colleges’ manufacturing facilities made a variety of complex optical and fine mechanics products. The first in USSR group of instrument engineers graduated here in 1931.
In 1930, the college was transformed into ''Leningrad Training Center'', and in 1933, ''Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics'' (LIFMO) became a separate college. Its first research laboratory was established in the Department of Optical Glass Technologies. Thanks to research here the USSR could get away from importing expensive foreign
abrasives
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.
In 1937, LITMO opened the first in the USSR laboratory for calculating machinery that was later transformed into the Department of Mathematical and Computing Devices. By the autumn of 1939 it became one of the institute's top departments and focused on developing electromechanical computing devices and control devices. By 1940, it had over 1,400 students and employed 27 professors as well as 80 associated professors and PhDs.
1941 – 1945
With the beginning of the
Second World War
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, 189 students and 85 staff members went to the front lines, while over 450 joined the People's Militia. Classes continued and only at the end of 1942 the students and instructors were evacuated to the town of
Cherapanovo by Novosibirsk.
During the
Siege of Leningrad
The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...
, LIFMO continued to operate a military repair facility for the
Leningrad front
The Leningrad Front (russian: Ленинградский фронт) was formed during the 1941 German approach on Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front
The Karelian Front ...
. It fabricated test and measurement instruments for army and navy units. During the Siege, the facility developed improved optical sights, fixed artillery binoculars, gun panoramas, anti-aircraft sighting telescopes, periscopes, machined “cups” for anti-aircraft shells and parts for land and sea mines.
After the Siege was lifted, the re-evacuation document was signed on August 10, 1944. The students and instructors returned to the city, and classes started again that October.
1945 – 1992
![ITMO main building 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/ITMO_main_building_3.jpg)
The university began to actively develop after the war. In the fall of 1945 it opened a new faculty – Electrical Instrumentation, which was soon reorganized into Radio Engineering. Here was established Department of Quantum Radio Electronics, which began to train specialists in this field. Engineering Physics Department was established here in 1946. From this department in 1954 graduated Dr.
Yuri Denisjuk, a future scientist, author of discoveries in holography, and laureate of the state award.
In 1956, the researchers of the Computing Devices Department began to work on the first calculating machine “LITMO-1” that was finished in 1958. It did binary engineering calculations but the data was entered and the results were presented in the familiar decimal system. A laboratory for laser technologies was opened in the 1960s. The building on
Sablinskaya Street, which is now the main campus, was built in the 1970s. The following decade saw the beginning of
microprocessor
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technology research and the opening of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Advanced Studies to train manufacturing professionals in new areas of engineering and technology.
1992 – present
In 1992, LIFMO became ''Saint Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics'', and in 1994 it acquired the university status. The Faculty of Computer Technologies and Controls opened in 1994.
In 1994 the institute was the initiator and key developer of
RUNNET
RUNNet (Russian university network) was established in 1994 on the initiative of the State University of Fine Mechanics and Optics by the State Committee of Higher Education as a very important branch of the Russian Universities program. In the ...
, an IP network that unites all large research and education centers in Russia. The work was overseen by Dr. Vasilyev.
The institute placed satellite dishes “Russia’ Rainbow,” rented from the military, on other universities.
In 1995, the research center “Computer Optics” was established.
In 2003 the institute was renamed into ''Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics''.
''Academy of Management Methods and Technologies'' (LIMTU) was added to the ITMO structure as well as ''Interdisciplinary Institute of Professional Training in New Areas of Science and Technology'' and the ''State Scientific Center of Computer Telecommunication Networks of Higher Education'', followed by ''St. Petersburg College of Marine Instrument Making'', ''
St. Petersburg State University of Refrigeration and Biotechnology'' and ''St. Petersburg Economic and Technological College of D.I. Mendeleev''.
In 2009 the university gained the status of ''National Research University''
and was renamed ''National Research University ITMO'' in 2011.
In 2013 it was selected to join the Project 5–100.
From January 9, 2013, to November 3, 2014, a tribute to
Steve Jobs
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in a form of a giant
iPhone graced the courtyard of the university's building on
Birzhevaya Linija.
On November 26, 2014, the university opened its representative office in
Brussels
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.
Since 2014 the university holds the name of ''ITMO University''.
Chronology of names
* 1900 - 1917 - Mechanics, Optics and Watchmaking Department of the Prince Nicholas Vocational School
* 1917 - 1920 - Petrograd Technical College for Mechanics, Optics and Watchmaking.
* 1920 - 1930 - Petrograd College for Fine Mechanics and Optics
* 1930 - 1992 - Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics (LIFMO)
* 1992 - 1994 - Saint Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics
* 1994 - 2003 - Saint Petersburg University of Fine Mechanics and Optics
* 2003 - 2011 - Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
* 2011 - 2014 - National Research University ITMO
* Since 2014 - ITMO University
Present
![ITMO alumni selfie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/ITMO_alumni_selfie.jpg)
The university has a multi-level system of higher education: bachelor – 4 years, specialist – 5 years, master – 2 years, post-graduate – 3–4 years.
Since 2013/14 ITMO is partnering with universities in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, France, among others, to participate in “double degree” international educational programs. ITMO graduates of these programs receive a second degree from a partner university.
The university collaborates with large St. Petersburg companies, including
Elektropribor,
LOMO
LOMO (russian: Ленинградское Oптико-Mеханическое Oбъединение, Leningradskoye Optiko-Mekhanicheskoye Obyedinenie, Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association) is a manufacturer of medical and motion-picture lens ...
,
Mendeleev Institute for Metrology. The university supports a variety of scholarships: President of the Russian Federation, The Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of St. Petersburg, special scholarships in math, physics, IT, Research Council scholarship, name scholarship by LOMO and other companies. Students and staff carry out research and project activities on their own and as part of programs funded by the state and international contracts, federal and industry targeted programs. The university organizes and hosts competitions, congresses (for example, the annual “Young Scientists Congress”), forums, research conferences, including international (“Sensorica,” “Fundamental Problems of Optics,” etc.). In 2013, the university was one of the venues for the Russia
National Student Forum
The university has participated in student and instructor exchange programs financed by organizations, including the
DAAD. ITMO is a member of the
Association of European Universities. It also collaborates with foreign universities, including
UCLA
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and
ITESM
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) ( en, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a secular and Mixed-sex education, coeducational private ...
.
ITMO University is one of two St. Petersburg universities - members of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
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. SCO University offers involved learning where students work based on individual plans, learn about life in a different country and thus add to their education at their “home” university. At graduation, SCO University students receive a regular diploma and a special certificate.
The university is part of the
Association of Technical Universities of Russia and China, founded in 2011, and participates in joint educational programs with the leading universities in China. This non-commercial organization unites technical universities of both countries and facilities student and instructor exchange. It was originally established at
Harbin Institute of Technology
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and
Bauman Technical University
The Bauman Moscow State Technical University, BMSTU (russian: link=no, Московский государственный технический университет им. Н. Э. Баумана (МГТУ им. Н. Э. Баумана)), some ...
in
Moscow
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.
Several times ITMO University students won “
Yandex
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. Algorithm” programming championship, organized by one of Russia's internet companies. It's not a student competition per se but open to participants over 17. In 2013, it welcomed over 3,000 programmers from 84 countries and several large companies, including Google, Facebook and
Vkontakte
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. That same year ITMO students took gold and silver,
and in 2014 – gold again, followed by another gold in 2015.
ITMO team also regularly participates in
ACM ICPC programming championship under the general sponsorship by
IBM since 1997.
In 2013, the university hosted the 37th championship and its student won the top prize. ITMO students received medals in this championship since 1999 and from 2004 till 2015 became absolute winners six times.
In 2013, after their fifth win, Russia's
Ministry of Defense
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signed a contract with ITMO University
to develop
software
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At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
for
unmanned airplanes
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and
robotics
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,
to name a few. The same year Minister
Sergey Shoygu
Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, ; tyv, Сергей Күжүгет оглу Шойгу, translit=Sergey Kyzhyget oglu Shoygu, . (russian: Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу; born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician who has served as ...
offered talented students jobs in scientific military units as an alternative to mandatory military service.
![Zhores Alfyorov 2012](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Zhores_Alfyorov_2012.jpg)
ITMO University maintains ties with IT companies. In 2011,
Dmitry Grishin
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, the general director of
Mail.Ru
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VK operates an e-mail s ...
, became the head of the department of internet technologies founded by the company.
Later it was reorganized. In 2012, Russian programmers working for Facebook held a series of lectures at the leading technical universities in Russia, including ITMO.
In 2015,
Nobel Prize
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winner
Zhores Alferov
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (russian: link=no, Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров, ; be, Жарэс Іва́навіч Алфёраў; 15 March 19301 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed signific ...
opened the ''International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies'' in St. Petersburg and held an open lecture at the university.
In November 2014, the association of software manufacturers
Russoft
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published a ranking of Russian universities by the level of success in training of the IT specialists. ITMO University placed first.
Around the same time the university held a conference together with the association about the advantages of successful performance at international programming competitions.
In 2015, the Ministry of Education offered several universities, including ITMO to participate in the “National Platform for Open Education” Association and develop a pilot for online education with an opportunity to graduate at the completion of the courses.
Currently this project still requires changes when it comes to licenses and university accreditations. Every participating university has to present no fewer than four online courses by September 2015.
Russian President
Vladimir Putin
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congratulated the team of ITMO University with its sixth victory in ACM ICPC programming championship at the plenary session during the second day of the
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in May 2015.
Rankings
In 2022, the university was ranked #365 in the world by
QS World University Rankings
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, and #601 by World University Rankings by ''
Times Higher Education
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Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
''.
In 2021, it was ranked #718 in the world by Best Global Universities Rankings by ''
U.S. News & World Report'', and #901 by Academic Ranking of World Universities by
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of China.
The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋 ...
.
ITMO University is one of the 21 Russian institutions of higher education that were selected for participation in the
Russian Academic Excellence Project 5-100, launched in 2013 by the
Russian Ministry of Education and Science
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. The aim of the project is to have at least five Russian universities included in the top-100 lists of three major international university rankings: the
Academic Ranking of World Universities
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,
QS World University Rankings
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, and
THE World University Rankings
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, compiled annually by the ranking agencies ShanghaiRanking Consultancy,
Quacquarelli Symonds
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History
On 5 October 2017, QS Quacquarelli Symonds acquired Hob ...
, and the ''
Times Higher Education
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Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
'' magazine, respectively.
[
] Universities participating in the project regularly compile development roadmaps in which they outline their goals in regard to enhancing their position in international rankings. The project's council reviews these roadmaps and consults the
Ministry of Science and Higher Education
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, which in turn distributes funding among the participating universities.
[
] ITMO University has been one of the project's top participants; these universities receive subsidies of up to 1 billion
rubles
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In September 2016, ITMO University made its debut in THE World University Rankings within the 350-400 range, and was ranked 56th in computer science (but it dropped to the 101-125 range in 2020 in computer science), but it dropped to #601 in the world ranking in 2022.
In June 2017, ITMO debuted in the QS World University Rankings within the 601-650 range, but it was ranked #901 in the world in 2022. ITMO made its debut in the
ARWU
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in August 2018 within the 801-900 range. As of the start of 2020, ITMO University featured in 13 subject rankings published by THE, QS, and ARWU.
The university is also included in a number of other Russian and international rankings compiled by various analytics agencies, companies, and magazines. Since 2018, the Russian edition of the ''
Forbes
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'' magazine has been publishing its ranking of the top 100 Russian institutions of higher education, in which ITMO University has consistently been placing among the top ten.
Structure, university institutes and departments
* Institute of Design & Urban Studies
* Institute of Translational Medicine
* Department of Higher Qualification Expert Training
* Department of Computer Technologies and Control Systems
** Department of Control Systems and Industrial Robotics
** Department of Software Engineering and Computer Systems
** Department of Information Security and Computer Technologies
* Information Technologies and Programming Department
* Department of Infocommunication Technologies
* Department of Photonics and Optical Information
* Department of Laser and Light Engineering
* Department of Technological Management and Innovations
* Institute of International Development and Partnership
* Department of Cryogenic Techniques and Air Conditioning
* Department of Food Biotechnologies and Engineering
* Department of International Business and Law
* Department of Management and Automation Controls
* Department of Natural Sciences
* Department of Integrated Military Education
* Department of Distance Education
* Department of Secondary Vocational Education
* Department of Career Development and Pre-Entry Preparatory Training
* Department of Advanced Training of Teachers
Leadership
![ITMO Vasiliev](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/ITMO_Vasiliev.jpg)
Since 1996, the Rector of the university is the Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Council of Rectors of St. Petersburg (2004), vice-president of the Russian Union of Rectors (2006), corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, corresponding member Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Vladimir Vasilyev.
Research and partnerships
ITMO University collaborates on research and innovations projects with several large Russian companies, including
LOMO
LOMO (russian: Ленинградское Oптико-Mеханическое Oбъединение, Leningradskoye Optiko-Mekhanicheskoye Obyedinenie, Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association) is a manufacturer of medical and motion-picture lens ...
,
D.I. Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology (VNIIM),
Techpribor,
Elektropribor, etc.
The university signed an agreement to create the Northwestern Center for Technology Transfer to become one of 12 nano-centers around Russia. Originally it was supposed to be in the town of
Gatchina
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. In 2015 it was opened in St. Petersburg on
Malookhtenskii Prospect. Another joint project with
Rusnano
Rusnano Group (russian: Роснано АО, lit=Rosnano plc.) is a Russian state-established and funded company. The Rusnano Group's mission is to create competitive nanotechnology-based industry in Russia. Rusnano invests directly and through i ...
is ''“Innograd of Science and Technologies.”'' It was expected to open by 2019 in the satellite city
Yuzhni. Rusnano was investing 690 million rubles in its equipment.
Construction was scheduled to begin in 2015 in the town of
Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
, near St. Petersburg.
![ITMO alumni 2014](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/ITMO_alumni_2014.jpg)
In 2012, a “
Skolkovo” communications center was supposed to open on the campus of the former Institute of Refrigeration and Biotechnologies of ITMO,
but the plans were altered. That same year the university signed a memorandum with
RSV Venture Partners Foundation to establish a $6 million fund for IT startups.
In 2013,
Internet Initiatives Development Fund offered ITMO University to collaborate in opening regional accelerators to support commercially promising internet startups.
University's list of international partners over the years includes General Motors Corp., PPG, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Nokia and others.
Students and staff members of over 80 departments participate in research. Many of them are working in “small innovative enterprises,” or startups, located at ITMO
Technopark on Birzhevaya Liniya, offering access to high-tech equipment.
As part of the Project 5–100, Technopark opened a coworking space called FabLab
in 2015, which also offered facilities and resources, including a 3D printer, a laser engraver, a milling machine, etc.
The equipment is offered free of charge to the ITMO University specialists and students.
National Research University Program
![ITMO Anechoic chamber](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/ITMO_Anechoic_chamber.jpg)
In 2009, the university was granted the status of National Research University. It implies carrying out research in areas considered key to the development of Russia's economy, including IT, photonics, optoinformatics, and urban science.
International research centers
As part of the Project 5–100, the university created international research centers to carry out joint research between scientists at ITMO and their peers at foreign research and education centers. By 2014 the university had established 49 such entities with co-heads from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, China, etc.
In order to strengthen governmental support for the development of science and innovations in higher education and to improve the quality of higher education, on April 9, 2010, the
Government of the Russian Federation
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instituted monetary grants that were made available on a competitive basis to support of scientific research projects implemented by the world's scientists at Russian institutions of higher learning. From some 507 applications, 39 were awarded funding, including two from ITMO University. In 2013 ITMO University won two more mega-grants from the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Federation.
Small innovative enterprises (start-ups)
![ITMO 3D Print](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/ITMO_3D_Print.jpg)
Since 15 August 2009 Russian universities are able to form small innovative enterprises according to Federal Law No.217 of August 2, 2009 N 217-FZ "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on the establishment of budget scientific and educational institutions, business entities for the purpose of practical application (implementation) of the results of intellectual activity".
By 2015 ITMO University has become the Launchpad for 43 small innovative enterprises. A special department is designated to helping them find funding, offers legal support for registering, partner search, placement in university's Technopark and business incubator. Other types of support include education initiatives
classes in social entrepreneurship and projects fundraising school ''FundIT'', soft skill training, lectures in marketing and management, interdisciplinary seminars ''Brainexplain'', as well as lectures by guest experts.
The university holds an annual international forum where its partners and business stakeholders discuss issues in technology transfer and development of innovations ecosystem. Other events are festival o
social entrepreneurship a competition of socially valuable projects “People need you!”, and a business game “Innovations marketing”».
ITMO University was as of 2015 developing a network of startup accelerators in Russia’s regions as part of the program for development of research and entrepreneurship potential of Russian universities “EURECA” and in partnership with the U.S. Russia Foundation and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). To promote building an innovation ecosystem from the ground up, ITMO partnered with "Xmas Ventures" and
St. Petersburg Polytechnic University to establish
Demola Innovations Centerin St. Petersburg, the only one in Russia.
German company
SAP SE
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was instrumental in supporting the university's startups. What started with joint business incubator events and accelerator programs in 2013 grew into a partnership.
Accelerators
In spring of 2015, ITMO University launched the ''Future Technologies
accelerator'' for startups in instrumentation, robotics, optics and photonics, biotechnologies and energy efficiency. In the future, the organizers hoped to attract companies working in new materials and alternative energy. The participants receive a three-month training course as well as free office space, supplies and consultations with experts in research and business. They can apply for a 300,000 ruble grant that covers expenses for research and development. In the first session, 10 companies were selected to participate out of 70 that applied. At the end of June, the startups presented their projects at the international conference ''Russia-EU Startup Match-making Event'' in Brussels.
SumIT startup accelerator takes place at the university every six months since 2012. The top ten teams from the previous sessions from Russia, Finland, France and USA secured funding from $20,000 to $200,000 and several settled in the startup accelerator ''iDealMachine''.
World Programming Championship
![ITMO team 2015](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/ITMO_team_2015.jpg)
In 2004, ITMO University scored its first victory in the International Collegiate Programming Contest ACM-ICPC, and by 2017 it became the first in history seven-time winner of the competition.
In 2013, ITMO University was the first Russian university to host the ACM-ICPC Finals. Some 120 teams representing 2,322 universities from 36 countries participated in selection rounds.
Russia was represented by 15 student teams. ITMO University scored a victory in the finals.
ITMO Highpark
In 2017, the university initiated the ITMO Highpark project, which entails the creation of a research, education, and innovation center with the university's second campus as its core. The future campus will be situated in the south of St. Petersburg, in the vicinity of
Pulkovo Airport
Pulkovo ( rus, links=no, Пулково, p=ˈpulkəvə) is an international airport serving St. Petersburg, Russia. It consists of one terminal which is located south of the city centre. The airport serves as a airline hub, hub for Rossiya Ai ...
. The university administration's proposal was supported by the Governor of St. Petersburg and the Russian Government. On October 13, 2017, the Prime Minister
Dmitry Medvedev
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signed the corresponding executive order; on October 17, he made an official announcement of the project's launch at the
Open Innovations forum.
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ITMO University's second campus, along with a Techno Valley and a Business Park, will be situated on an area of 87 hectares.
[ The second campus, which will include an academic building, three research centers, a student club, a sports facility, dormitories, and a science museum, will cover an area of 41 hectares, with the total area of all interior spaces being approximately 100,000 sq.m. The campus will be home to ITMO's Master's and doctoral programs that are focused on applied research and its commercialization. The university's buildings in central St. Petersburg will remain in use by Bachelor's programs and Master's programs focused on fundamental science.]
The Techno Valley is described as “a site for objects of scientific, innovative, and production infrastructure established by businesses and startups”.[ Its total area will equal 16 hectares. In the future, it is planned to become an Innovative Research and Technology Center (IRTC), which will offer tax concessions to businesses.
The Business Park will be the site of a National Center for Urban Studies, a Data Processing Center, a business incubator, and various other objects of business and cultural infrastructure. The total area allocated for the Business Park is 4 hectares.][
By 2024, 3,600 students are expected to study at ITMO Highpark; the campus is said to provide 12,000 jobs and host 5 innovative production facilities and approximately 50 international laboratories.][
The project's scientific area of focus is in applied research and fields such as intelligent technologies, cyberphysical systems, photonics, quantum technologies, and biochemistry. The resident businesses’ areas of activity will aim to develop the markets of urban studies, safe/smart cities, the exploration of new territories, extreme environments and virtual worlds, and creative industries.][
ITMO Highpark's cost is estimated to be more than 41 billion rubles; of that amount, 53% is said to be invested from the federal budget, 12% from the city's budget, and 35% provided by private investors.][
In 2019, ITMO Highpark's architectural concept design, developed by Russian and British architects, was shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in the field of architecture.
In May 2020, the Government of St. Petersburg approved the plan for the first stage of construction of ITMO Highpark. The construction was expected to start in late 2020 - early 2021. The first stage, which includes the main academic building, a dormitory, the student club, the science museum, and street infrastructure, was to be completed in 2022. The second stage (which includes research centers, a second dormitory, a sports facility, and a business incubator as part of the Techno Valley) was to be finished by the end of 2023; the third stage (includes the National Center for Urban Studies, the Data Processing Center, a business incubator as part of the Business Park, and the social infrastructure of Yuzhny) was to be completed in 2027.][
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Publishing, library, museum
Publishing
Along with training aids, ITMO University produces a variety of publications. To celebrate the university's 100 anniversary in 2000 it launched two series of books: ''“National Research University ITMO: Years and People,”'' and monographs ''“Outstanding People of ITMO University.”''
The official newspaper “ITMO University” has been in print since 1931. Launched as ''“New Talent,”'' it has changed its name several times over the eras: “For Precise Instrumentation,” “Instrument Builder,” “New Talent for Instrumentation.” In 1956 it was halted due to budget cuts and reemerged in 1994 as “Technical University ITMO” but was not produced on a regular basis. In 2013, it came out twice a year. Since 2015 it became a monthly, with the exception of summer months, and offers an extended version online.
: Scientific journals
* ''"Proceedings of Higher Educational Institutions. Instrumentation.”'' The journal was among the scientific publications launched by the Ministry of Higher Education in 1957. The first issue “Proceedings of USSR Universities – Instrumentation” came out in January 1958. In 1991, some 3,000 copies of 12 issues were published annually and delivered by subscription. In 1992 the circulation dropped sharply and by 1997 only 9 issues were published annually. Since 2015 it's back to 12 issues a year.
* ''“Scientific and Technical Gazette of IT, Mechanics and Optics.”'' Originally launched in 1936, it was reestablished in 2001. It 2011 it got its current name. It comes out 6 times a year and is indexed.
* ''“Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Math.”'' 6 issues a year. Indexed.
* ''“Optical Journal.”'' Launched in 1931. 12 issues a year. Indexed.
* ''“Scientific Journal of NRU ITMO.”'' Series “Refrigeration technology and air conditioning.” Electronic edition comes out twice a year. Launched in 2007. Since 2013 titled “The Journal of the Institute of Refrigeration and Biotechnology”.
* ''“Scientific Journal of NRU ITMO.”'' Series “Processes and Food Processing Equipment.” Electronic edition comes out four times a year. Launched in 2006 as a collection of papers, it became a scientific periodical in 2008. Before 2013 it was titled “The Journal of the Institute of Refrigeration and Biotechnology.” Indexed.
* ''“Scientific Journal of NRU ITMO.”'' Series “Economics and Eco Management.” Electronic edition comes out four times a year. Launched in 2007. Before 2013 it was titled “The Journal of the Institute of Refrigeration and Biotechnology.” Indexed.
Library
The university is a member of the'' Library Association of Russia'', ''St. Petersburg Library Society'', ''National Electronic Information Consortium'', and the ''Association of Regional Library Consortiums''.
The ITMO University library offers access to Russian and foreign full-text and reference electronic resources, including Web of Science, Conference Proceedings Citation, Journal Citation Reports
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, Scopus
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, ScienceDirect
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, Springer
Springer or springers may refer to:
Publishers
* Springer Science+Business Media, aka Springer International Publishing, a worldwide publishing group founded in 1842 in Germany formerly known as Springer-Verlag.
** Springer Nature, a multinationa ...
, ACM, OSA, SPIE
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, eLibrary
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, etc.
The year 1900 is considered the library's foundation year. By 1925, it contained 2,600 books and by 1945 – over 90,000. Initially the library was situated in a building on Pereulok Grivtzova. During the WWII it was evacuated to Cherepanovo and returned with re-evacuation. In 1970 it got a dedicated space in the university's main building on Ulitza Sablina.
In 1998 the library created a department for computerization of library processes and adopted “Irbis” library information system. In 2002 the university got a grant from the ''National Fund for Personnel Development'' for “Improving management of library resources and forming an open educational environment of the university.” The library as of 2015 was working on forming an electronic catalogue.
The library of the Faculty of Associate Level Education became a department of the main library in 2003 and contains the books from the former Mechanical College #1 that merged with the university that year. The readers who had been in Leningrad during the Siege of the WWII donated the first books to the college in 1945. By 2000, it contained over 44,000 books and grew to 56,000 by 2008 with the addition of the library of the Marine Instrumentation College.
In 2005 the library absorbed the collection from the library of the State Optical Institute, which dates back to 1918. In 1974 the State Optical Institute library was granted a status of a collection on optics and optical instrumentation of state importance and became a resource for several university libraries as well as industry. In 2006 the library received over 10,000 books from the Academy of Management that also became part of the university. In 2011 it also got the books from the library of the Institute of Refrigeration and Food Processing that dates back to 1931, survived the Siege and by 1980 contained over 550,000 books and over a million by the time of merger.
Museums
ITMO University has three museums. ''“Museum of ITMO University History”'' is located in the building on Pereulok Grivtzova.
The ''Museum of Optics'' was established in 2006 and is located on the first floor of the Eliseev House on Birzhevaya Linia. With support from the Hellenic Institute of Holography, ITMO University opened an exhibition “Magic of Light” in 2015. The Eliseev House was selected for the exhibition because it used to house the office of Prof. Denisuk, the founder of image holography. It features over 200 holograms, including OptoClones of Imperial Fabergé egg
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s, Oculus Rift
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In 2012 Oculus initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the Rift's development, af ...
virtual reality glasses and more. The inner courtyard houses ''Lux Aeterna Laser Theater''.
The ''Museum of the Institute of Refrigeration and Biotechnologies'', dating back to 1936, is located in a historic building on Lomonosova Street.
In 2012 the university won a competition by a Committee on Investments to come up with a concept of an interactive museum of science and technology that will be built on the grounds of the former tram park on Vasilyevsky Island
Vasilyevsky Island (russian: Васи́льевский о́стров, Vasilyevsky Ostrov, V.O.) is an island in St. Petersburg, Russia, bordered by the Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva Rivers (in the delta of the Neva River) in the south a ...
.
In Lakhta Center
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, ITMO University was as of 2013 building one of the largest children's science museums in the country, around 7,000 sq. m., with support of Saint Petersburg government.
Student life
The university has student unions, including those for foreign students, student clubs, a student orchestra, student radio, a student scientific society, and volunteer center. Many of these organizations get together in coworking spaces around the campus. The students can use these spaces for their own projects, but some, such as SumIT, require a prior interview.
The university has two assembly halls that can hold up to 500 people each. Other activity spaces include a soundproof room for singing lessons, an audio recording studio, a studio for “Megabyte” internet radio and editorial office of “NewTone” magazine.
Accommodations
The university offers accommodations in six dorms. Depending on a student's individual circumstances, accommodation may also be provided at the Inter-university student campus on Novoizmailovskii Prospect, 16.
Main Building
; Campus and dorms
* Kronverksky prospect, d. 49
* Birzhevaya linia, d. 4
* Birzhevaya linia, d. 16
* Birzhevaya linia, d. 14
* Grivtsova per.,d. 14-16
* Pesochnaya nab., d. 14
* Chaikovskogo ul., d. 11/2
* Gastello ul., d. 12
* Kadetskaya Linia V.О., d. 3,k.2
* Novoizmailovsky prospect, d. 34, k. 3
* Vyazemsky per., d. 5-7
* 2 Komsomolskaya ul., d. 5
* 2 Komsomolskaya ul, d. 7, k. 1
* Serebristiy bul., d. 29, k. 1
* Khrustalnaya ul, d. 14
* Lomonosova ul, d. 9
* Alpiysky per., d. 15,k.2
* Belorusskaya ul, d. 6
* Lensoveta ul, d.23
Sports
The university has its own sporting infrastructure. Sports clubs are located on Vjazemsky Pereulok and Lomonosova Street, and there's also a sportsground by the main building. The university also owns a recreational facility, Yagodnoe, located by the Berestovoe Lake, near Losevo, in the Leningrad Oblast
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.
The university's futsal team won a silver medal at 2013 “Golden League” championship and took bronze in 2015.
Since 2014, the university's rector Vladimir Vasilyev has been heading a series of bi-annual bike rides for students and staff in the vicinity of the Krestovsky Island
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.
Building collapse
On February 16, 2019, multiple news sources reported a building collapse at one of ITMO University's buildings on Lomonosova Street 9. Initial reports indicated that four floors of the building – floors two through five – had collapsed. 80 people were evacuated, and emergency crews were on the scene. Other news outlets initially reported that the collapse occurred as the result of construction work in the building.
Honored doctors
* Askar Akayev
Askar Akayevich Akayev ( ky, Аскар Акаевич (Акай уулу) Акаев, translit=Askar Akayevich (Akay Uulu) Akayev ; ; born 10 November 1944) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being ov ...
, Kyrgyz Professor, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2000), President Kyrgyz Republic
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, graduated from LITMO (1968)
* Wilfred Joseph Goodman, Doctor of Electrical Engineering (Stanford University
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), former president of the American Optical Society (OSA), ex-president of the International Commission for Optics (ICO), former chief editor of OSA
* Yuri Denisyuk
Yuri Nikolayevich Denisyuk ( Russian: Юрий Денисюҝ; July 27, 1927 in Sochi — May 14, 2006 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian physicist and one of the founders of optical holography in the former Soviet Union. He is known for his grea ...
, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, graduate LITMO (1954), one of the founders of optical holography
* Robert Elliot Kahn, American inventor of protocols TCP and IP, underlying the functioning of the Internet
* Ilya Klebanov
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, authorized representative President in Northwestern Federal District
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(2003-2011), Director General JSC "LOMO
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" (1992-1997)
* Bertrand Meyer
Bertrand Meyer (; ; born 21 November 1950) is a French academic, author, and consultant in the field of computer languages. He created the Eiffel programming language and the idea of design by contract.
Education and academic career
Meyer recei ...
, French Professor, Head of Software Engineering in ETH Zurich
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* , scientific consultant of the Department of Computer photonics
* , Professor, Director General Vavilov State Optical Institute The Vavilov State Optical Institute in St Petersburg, Russia (named after Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov) is the largest research institute in optics in Russia. It works both in pure and applied optics, and has a high reputation in the field of holograph ...
(1994-2002)
* , first deputy governor of St. Petersburg, a graduate LITMO (1963)
* Bjarne Stroustrup
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, Danish professor of the Texas A&M University
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, Master of Computer Science, University of Aarhus
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, founder of language C ++
* Joseph Feliksberger, Doctor of Science, Head of Applied Technology Degussa
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, PCI Augsburg
* Dale Fuller, American president and CEO "Borland Labs, Inc"
* Gunter Hyun, Professor, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technische Universität Ilmenau
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* Tony Hoare
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, British, one of the founders of discrete mathematics
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, author of the algorithm Quicksort
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, the theory of communicating sequential processes
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(CSP), Hoare logic
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, widely used for software verification Software verification is a discipline of software engineering whose goal is to assure that software fully satisfies all the expected requirements.
Broad scope and classification
A broad definition of verification makes it equivalent to software t ...
* John Edward Hopcroft, American specialist in computer science at Cornell University
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* Yang Shichin, rector of Harbin Institute of Technology
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in 1985–2002.
* Klaus-Peter Tsoher, Professor of Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technische Universität Ilmenau
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* Niklaus Wirth
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, Swiss computer science professor, Honorary Doctor of Sciences
Notable alumni
; Scientists
* Nadezhda Agaltzeva
* Aleksandr Aronov
* Aziz Azizov
* Pavel Belov
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* Gennadi Dulnev
* Aleksandr Grammatin
* Leonid Konopolko
* Dmitri Sergeev
* Vladimir Vasilyev Vladimir Vasiliev may refer to:
* Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer) (born 1940), dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet
* Vladimir Vasilyev (rower) (born 1948), Soviet Olympic rower
* Vladimir Vasilyev (politician) (born 1949), Russian politician
* Vladimir Vas ...
* Mark Veyngerov
* Aleksandr Zapesotzki
* Viktor Zverev
; Political leaders
* Askar Akaev
Askar Akayevich Akayev ( ky, Аскар Акаевич (Акай уулу) Акаев, translit=Askar Akayevich (Akay Uulu) Akayev ; ; born 10 November 1944) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being ov ...
; Musicians
* Dmitri Tikhonov
* Vasilii Vasin
; Athletes
* Boris Lukomsky
Boris Lukomsky (russian: Борис Семёнович Лукомский; born 6 June 1951) is a Soviet fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние О ...
* Ekaterina Mamleeva
* Tamara Manina
Tamara Ivanovna Manina (russian: Тама́ра Ива́новна Ма́нина; born 16 September 1934) is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist.
Biography
Her family lived in Petersburg (and later in Leningrad), but Manin ...
* Valentin Zanin
; Special services
* Sergei Verevkin-Rahalski
* Boris Mylnikov
References
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