Art & Science
Outcome (diploma or credits): Master of Innovation Science (ITMO University)
Duration: 2 years, 120 credits
Language: English
Application Deadline: 08 August 2022
Admission Requirements: Bachelor's degree with excellent/good grades; CV & motivation letter; upper-intermediate level of English proved by an international language certificate*
Tuition Fee: 305,000 rubles/year for international students
Discover more at the program's website!
Career options
Graduates of the program may become artists in the field of art & science; art entrepreneurs or creators of their own projects and startups in art & science; museum or independent curators; museum designers; graphic designers and 3D modelers at hi-tech companies; science illustrators; and artists who work with hi-tech innovations for the enterprise industrial cluster. Moreover, specialists with a Master’s degree can pursue their PhD in art & science.
Program description
The first Art & Science program in Russia is designed for those people wishing to overcome any disciplinary boundaries. It helps students who are already engaged in the artwork and are in search of new ways to express their creative initiatives master skills necessary for working in science and engineering. At the same time, the program aims to reveal the creative potential of those who have hands-on experience in the fields of IT and computer science, robotics, photonics, or biotechnology, and who are seeking new ways of development and communication.
The program offers several specializations:
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Technological Art is a multidisciplinary and practice-oriented major that focuses on advanced technologies and ubiquitous computing with the goal of exploring the possibilities of a newfound aesthetic and biomechanical intelligence.
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Digital Art is a discipline of quantification. It quantifies and digitalizes the surrounding information, transforming it into byte-sized messages, crossing the class and agency boundaries.
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Bioart is an Interdisciplinary program that blurs the boundaries between art and modern biology by making a strong emphasis on current philosophical, social, and environmental challenges.
Program сontent
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Creative Technologies, 4 ECTS
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High Tech Business Creation, 4 ECTS
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Thinking (Conceptual Analysis of Trends in Science Today), 4 ECTS
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Foreign Language for Specific Purposes, 2 ECTS
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Data Processing and Analysis, 3 ECTS
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Creative Coding, 3 ECTS
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Contemporary Art Theory, 3 ECTS
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Aesthetics in Contemporary Art, 3 ECTS
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Contemporary Art, 3 ECTS
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Foreign Language for Specific Purposes, 2 ECTS
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Applied Artificial Intelligence (basic/advanced level), 3 ECTS
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Ethics in Science and Technology, 3 ECTS
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Research Methodologies, 3 ECTS
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Machine Learning for Artists, 3 ECTS
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Cross-Disciplinary Practices in Arts, 3 ECTS
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Soft Skills: Negotiations, 4 ECTS
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Influence and Conflict Management, 4 ECTS
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Emotional Intelligence, 4 ECTS
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International Research Management Essentials, 4 ECTS
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Life in Science – Guide for Young Researchers (advanced level), 4 ECTS
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Preparation for Thesis Defense, 6 ECTS
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Material intelligence: Programming Matter
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Intelligent Robotics: Learning Machines
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Adoption of Multi-Scalar Robotization and Fabrication Protocols
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Biocomputation: Evolving Artificial Intelligence Through Accelerated Co-Evolution With Living Organisms
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Hybrid Media: Tangible Interfaces for Sound and Visual Synthesis
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Extended Body: Programming Tangible Experience and Embodied Interaction
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Synthetic Ecosystems: Towards the Distributed Intelligence, Technodiversity and Interspecies Interaction
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Experimental Practice/Artistic Studio
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The New Space: Introduction to Extended Reality
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Reality Capture: 3D Reconstruction and 360 Video
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Extended Sensority: Extending Virtual With Real-World Data
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Datascaping: Representing Data as a Space
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Distributed and Networked Systems:
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An Extra Space: Building Virtual World
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Biomedia: Methodologies for Biological Art.
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Biomaterials: Living and Semi-Living Systems.
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Non-Human Agency: Collaborating With Other Species
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Multiagents Communication: Developing Non-Human Machineries
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Biomachines: Design of Biological and Chemical Systems.
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Hybrid Ecology: Analysis of Ecological Discourse and Sustainable Practices.
*The applicants are required to pass entrance examination successfully.
List of entrance examination questions
Program review
Read an article by ITMO.NEWS and the stories of international students at the Art & Science program to learn more about the major and their experiences:
- Nahid Aktar, Bangladesh
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- Ethan Avila, Mexico
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How to apply?
To apply, please fill in the application form and follow our step-by-step application guide for more details.
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Contact
- ITMO International Admission Office, international@itmo.ru
- Program’s academic coordinator, art@itmo.ru