page_title: ITMO University
section_title: World Programming Championship
hierarchical_section_title: ITMO University / Research and Partnerships / World Programming Championship
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Команда Университета ИТМО, победители Чемпионата мира по программированию, 2015
context_page_description: ITMO University is a large state university in Saint Petersburg 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 by the government of the Russian Federation to improve their international competitiveness among the world's leading research and educational centers.
  Research priorities of ITMO University are concentrated in information and photonic technologies.
  The university consists of 18 departments, 7 research institutes and one academy, with a total of 119 chairs. As of April 1, 2014, the total number of students is 13,890, with over 900 being foreign nationals. The university employs 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 has been the university's Rector since 1996.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Students at the University ITMO - Six-time absolute world champion in programming, 2015
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