ITMO is home to the brightest minds and top-tier specialists from a variety of fields. Here, we’re constantly on the lookout for the best practices of world-class universities and research centers to advance our educational programs. One of our latest and most interesting innovations are soft skills courses. The Soft Skills module is available for both Bachelor’s and Master’s students from the very start of their studies.
The courses for first-year and second-year Bachelor’s students include:
Communication and Teambuilding
The course is designed by a team of business communication experts, psychologists, HR specialists, and professional educators. It aims to help young professionals develop their communicative competencies and teamwork skills in order to become efficient students, as well as lift up the quality of their life and build a successful career.
Public Speaking and Presentation Techniques
Within the course, students will explore public speaking trends in a VUCA world and look into strategies and skills for a successful report or thesis defense, a face-to-face or online interview, written professional correspondence, or a presentation at a conference. The course’s lecturers are practicing specialists who consult politicians and entrepreneurs.
A wide choice of soft skills courses is offered for third-year Bachelor’s students. Based on your personal and professional goals, you can choose two of the following disciplines:
| Course | Language |
| Academic Writing Lab* | English |
| Effective Participation in Scientific and Practical Conferences | Russian |
| Career Management | Russian |
| Emotional Intelligence | Russian |
| Personal Effectiveness | Russian |
| Cognitive Decision-Making Tools | Russian |
| Creativity Practices | Russian |
| Learning Skills and Data Processing | Russian |
| Working in Remote Teams | Russian |
| Storytelling | Russian |
| Life in Science: A Guide for Young Researchers | Russian |
*The required level of English proficiency is C1 and higher (on the CEFR scale).
For more details, visit the ITMO.STUDENTS website.
The list of courses for Master’s students contains 18 disciplines aimed at helping you develop the so-called transferable skills. The courses are developed according to the latest educational trends and international educational standards.
| Course | Language | Format |
| Personal Efficiency and Time Management | Russian | Kronverksky Pr. 49 online |
| Efficient Team Management | Russian | Lomonosova St. 9 Kronverksky Pr. 49 online |
| Emotional Intelligence* | English | Lomonosova St. 9 Kronverksky Pr. 49 online |
| International Research Management Essentials* | English | Lomonosova St. 9 online |
| Negotiation, Influence and Conflict Management* | English | Lomonosova St. 9 Kronverksky Pr. 49 online |
| Resource State Management | Russian | Lomonosova St. 9 |
| Life in Science: A Guide for Young Researchers | Russian | online |
| Life in Science: A Guide for Young Researchers* | English | online |
| Organization of Scientific Research | Russian | Lomonosova St. 9 online |
| Public Speaking and Presentation Techniques | Russian | Lomonosova St. 9 |
| Career Management | Russian | Lomonosova St. 9 Kronverksky Pr. 49 |
| Career Management* | English | online |
| Micromodule: Time Management | Russian | online |
| Micromodule: Financial Literacy | Russian | Lomonosova St. 9 online |
| Micromodule: Modern Business Communication | Russian | online |
| Micromodule: Modern Leadership | Russian | Lomonosova St. 9 Kronverksky Pr. 49 online |
| Micromodule: Storytelling | Russian | Lomonosova St. 9 Kronverksky Pr. 49 online |
| Micromodule: Complex Communication | Russian | Lomonosova St. 9 Kronverksky Pr. 49 |
*The required level of English proficiency is B2 and higher (on the CEFR scale).
For more details, visit the ITMO.STUDENTS website.
Soft Skills is a core university module for Master’s students who can either opt for one course worth 3 ECTS or 3 micromodules (each worth 1 ECTS). Micromodules let students master a wide range of soft skills, especially when they have trouble choosing only one to focus on. Based on the results of your projects and your performance during practical classes, you will receive a “pass” or “fail” at the end of the semester.
If you have any questions regarding the Soft Skills module, please contact us at softskills@itmo.ru or call +7 (812) 607-04-66.
St. Petersburg, Lomonosova St. 9, room 3103 (one floor below the Foreign Language Training Center).
Starting from the 2018/2019 academic year, the Digital Culture course is included in all of ITMO University’s educational programs.
Digital culture is a set of competencies that characterize a person’s ability to use information and communication technologies to navigate a digital environment, perform effective social communications and solve digital tasks in a professional capacity.
Bachelor’s programs include a three-year Digital Culture course that consists of the following modules:
Master’s programs include a one-year course that consists of the following modules:
The course teaching approach is based on the blended learning: each module is a combination of online courses, tests, automatically verified exercises and in-person workshops and masterclasses. The Digital Culture course for Master’s degree students is provided both in Russian and English.
Learn more about the contents of the course and its unique learning approach in these course brochures for Bachelor’s (in Russian) and Master’s students.
If you have any questions regarding the Digital Culture course, do not hesitate to contact us at digitalculture@cde.ifmo.ru
Digital Culture Team