Study High World Technologies in Russia

St. Petersburg State University of Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics – A leader in the field of Computer Science and Optical technology with over a hundred years of experience.

The St. Petersburg University of Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics is one of the leading universities in the country thanks to the selection of courses on offer and the training given to young gifted programmers. In 1996 a team from our university became the first in Russia to win an award for programming. In 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 we won the gold medal in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, ACM-ICPC organized by the Association for Computing Machinery, and sponsored by IBM. In 2004 a team from our university became the world champions in programming.

You probably decided some time ago that you’re worth the best education you can lay your hands on; in which case, you’re probably planning to go and study at the St. Petersburg State University ITMO. If so, you’ll need to know a little about our pre-university preparation courses, and the Unified State Exam system.

You should note though, that they aren’t just any old preparatory courses – they’re set up and run based on the license and registration charter issued to ITMO by the Ministry Of Education of the Russian Federation.

Conversational Formulas

Requests

Could you/ would you…? – Не могли бы вы …?

Excuse me, may I speak to you? – Простите, можно к вам обратиться?

Excuse me, could you tell me …? – Простите, не скажите ли вы мне …?

I wonder if he/ she could/ would …? – Интересно, не мог(ла) бы он (она) …?

Possible replies

Yes? / Well? – Да? Что?

Certainly/ Sure/ Yes, of course – Конечно.

With pleasure – С удовольствием.

All right – Хорошо.

I’m afraid, I can’t – Боюсь, что не могу.

I’m sorry, I can’t – Сожалею, не могу.

17. Interview your partner and find out:

a) about his/ her school education;

b) about his/ her university experience.

18. Make a Role Play.

Role 1 – “You are a reporter. You are to write an article about the Faculty of Philology and Journalism. You have a meeting with the students and graduates of the faculty”.

Role 2 – “You are a first-year student. You want to tell the reporter about your studies at the faculty”.

Role 3 - “You are a third-year student. You want to tell the reporter about your research work”.

Role 4 – “You are a University graduate. You work at school (or University). You want to tell the reporter about your work”.

19. Give a talk on the topic “Kemerovo State University. The Faculty of Philology and Journalism”.