The mission of ITMO’s School of Translational Information Technologies is to provide leadership in training highly-qualified experts in IT and programming who will be promoting cutting-edge methods for solving unconventional research and practice-oriented tasks in developing fields of study by the means of IT.

National-level tasks

• to lay an advanced scientific and technological groundwork in breakthrough IT solutions for the  development of domestic market-oriented products and critical systems associated with national security and international priorities;

• to establish a national science and education center in software engineering in order to train personnel for Russian companies, major, medium and small, as the key drivers of the IT industry of the future.

Global tasks

• to discover talented youth and train world-class specialists in advanced IT systems based on a competitive approach;

• to standardize promising world-class IT solutions for science-intensive tasks in developing fields (e.g., healthcare, urban studies, social life).

The School of Translational Information Technologies rests upon the two leading IT faculties (the Information Technologies and Programming Faculty and the Faculty of Applied Informatics) with the involvement of subject-specific departments (the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations and the Institute of Design & Urban Studies). ITMO University is a globally recognized scientific and educational center in programming, theoretical computer science, and IT, as well as the creator of the world’s best system for finding and training top-notch software developers.

Over the past two decades, the university established a national educational, technological, and organizational center for national and international competitions for school and university students in computer science and programming. ITMO University is the world’s only seven-time champion of the ACM ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest). It’s also home to the Global School for Programming World Champions. 

Since 2012, the IT-focused ITMO departments have implemented joint double-degree Master’s programs in supercomputer technologies, programming, and big data in English. The school’s graduates founded over 40 companies of up to 500 employees that produce software and IT products.