AI Engineering

Format of study

full-time

Language

russian

Annual tuition fee

489 000 ₽

Place of study

st. petersburg, russia

Outcome (diploma/credits)

bachelor of science

Duration

4 year

Application deadline

18 august 2025

Special features

AI-focused programs
Program manager
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Tatyana Stanislavovna Ternovskaya
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Subject areas

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Infocommunication technologies and communication systems
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Tuition-free

340

Fee-based

02.03.03

Mathematical support and administration of information systems
30

Tuition-free

60

Fee-based

About the program

Join the program to become an AI engineer – a specialist who implements AI solutions to assist in decision-making, identifying errors, automating routine processes, processing and analyzing large amounts of data. You will learn to navigate through cutting-edge AI technologies, select the right solutions for tasks, and implement them at varied enterprises.As an AI student, you will be able to shape your individual learning track within three major fields, namely, mathematics, programming and IT, and machine learning. Some of the specialized courses in senior years of study will be delivered by experts from VK. The program promises an intense but quite exciting study and project load. Apart from an in-depth study of IT, you will work on cases by our partner, VK. During your studies, you will train your skills on real-world data with the assistance of our lecturers. By the end of your studies, you will have not only a diploma but also a CV with completed cases.

Program partners

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Program team

Curriculum

Explore your curriculum (in Russian) to see what you will study

Career

Apart from AI engineers, the program’s graduates can also find employment as machine learning, data, MLOps, or DevOps engineers, or data scientists. The program equips students with competencies within two key fields: ML and data engineering. Graduates of the program can pursue their careers as: ML engineers who select and implement ML algorithms; data engineers who collect and clean data in ML; MLOps specialists who implement and maintain ML models.

You will get to work at these companies

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Or at ITMO’s laboratories

ADMISSION OPPORTUNITIES

There are many ways to enroll at ITMO – choose one!

International students can study tuition-free by securing a scholarship through the Rossotrudnichestvo federal agency as part of a Russian Government scholarship. Applications can be submitted to the Rossotrudnichestvo office at a Russian Embassy/Consulate or an office of the Russian Center of Science and Culture.

Visit our international website for more information.

International students can study tuition-free by securing a scholarship through the Rossotrudnichestvo federal agency as part of a Russian Government scholarship. Applications can be submitted to the Rossotrudnichestvo office at a Russian Embassy/Consulate or an office of the Russian Center of Science and Culture.

Visit our international website for more information.

International students can study tuition-free by securing a scholarship through the Rossotrudnichestvo federal agency as part of a Russian Government scholarship. Applications can be submitted to the Rossotrudnichestvo office at a Russian Embassy/Consulate or an office of the Russian Center of Science and Culture.

Visit our international website for more information.

International students can study tuition-free by securing a scholarship through the Rossotrudnichestvo federal agency as part of a Russian Government scholarship. Applications can be submitted to the Rossotrudnichestvo office at a Russian Embassy/Consulate or an office of the Russian Center of Science and Culture.

Visit our international website for more information.

International students can study tuition-free by securing a scholarship through the Rossotrudnichestvo federal agency as part of a Russian Government scholarship. Applications can be submitted to the Rossotrudnichestvo office at a Russian Embassy/Consulate or an office of the Russian Center of Science and Culture.

Visit our international website for more information.

International opportunities

ITMO supports and encourages students to participate in online and offline educational events in Russia and abroad. We also count 70+ leading scientific institutions around the world among our partners.

You can apply for participation in online and offline conferences, seminars, schools, crash courses, competitions, championships, research internships, and other events in Russia and abroad that are organized by ITMO’s partner universities as well as other scientific and educational organizations.

Educational events and internships
Want to take part in a conference, summer school, or seminar abroad? ITMO University will cover up to 70% of your expenses.

Semester exchange / Study abroad
Found an interesting program in another country and want to go on an exchange semester? Tell us why you chose it and receive financial support.

Study Abroad at Home
Get your international learning experience without leaving ITMO: study in English with international students from all over the world!

Buddy System
From your first day at ITMO as an international student you will be supported by a buddy – another student, who will help you settle in, solve any issue, and explore the city! Maybe one day you, too, will want to support a newcomer at ITMO and get to share your experience as their buddy. You can learn more about the opportunity here

FAQ

Can I combine work and studies? Is it possible to get a job at the university?
You can find employment at a company or the university’s laboratories. The program’s curriculum is developed in cooperation with VK and ITMO’s National Center for Cognitive Research and approved by VK, Gazprom Neft, Alfa Bank, and Х5Group. Within the program, students have their internships at the partner companies or laboratories, which allows them to try their hand at current projects and tasks starting from their third year of studies.

Can I apply online?
Yes. If you want to apply online, you need to submit scanned copies of all the required documents via your personal account on the admissions website. You can learn how to do it here.

What makes the program stand out?
The program focuses on three major fields: mathematics, programming and IT, and machine learning. All courses in the program are practice-oriented. The math and programming courses are centered around data processing. Math lab assignments are performed not theoretically but using specialized tools for data processing. The same goes for the programming course. The ML course is detailed and insightful and includes tons of practical tasks.