Lighting design portfolio contest
Lighting design master’s programme
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WITHOUT ANY EXAMS!
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ITMO University’s Lighting Design International Education Program – Creative Lighting Department (CLD) ITMO University is
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The only training program for new-generation lighting designers in Russia
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Prestigious education in one of the leading universities in Russia and across world
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Innovative education at the intersection of design, IT, architecture, sociology, etc.
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Learning process in English language
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Leading Russian lecturers together with the foreign scientists
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International summer schools, internships and academic mobility programs with partner universities
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Integration of modern technologies: HCI, Big Data, IoT, AR and VR, GIS, microelectronics, neurointerfaces, etc.
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Graduates are in high demand by leading employers in Russia and abroad
Natalya Bystryantseva
Head of the programme
“A human is the main user of the modern lighting environment. Nowadays a human is put at the forefront of the development of innovative lighting technologies and the lighting industry as a whole in the developed countries of the world. Russia also goes towards the humanization of the lighting environment and the creation of high-quality comfortable lighting in public and residential spaces”
Join us
if you…
Think creatively and are ready for bold experiments
Are interested in professional transformation in the field of urban studies, environmental design, architectural design, interactive, lighting and media technologies
Are looking for new forms of working with light in interactive or urban environments
Our speakers
Henrika Pihlaienemi
Marina Silkina
Amirta Bhattachardji
Ulyana Vinogradova
Ildar Yakubov
Marco Frascarolo
Roger Narboni
Marina Sokolova
Kseniya Karataeva
Evgeniy Pavlov
Dennis Paul
University of the Arts in Berlin
Elena Lekus
Our lecturers
Natalya Bystryantseva
Ilya Smigla
Andrey Balaev
Svetlana Roslyakova
Artem Masorin
Yari Vuorinen
Denis Astakhov
Valeriya Lukinskaya
Practice-oriented education – focus on the quality of design and engineering solutions
Interactive environments and art-projects
The synthesis of art, science and technology is the basis of art projects implemented by CLD ITMO University. Among them: interactive light installations for museums, the development and implementation of wireless control systems for devices for multimedia presentations and light-dynamic projections on large and small architectural forms, light-music performances and light festivals.
Industrial projects and city lighting
The accumulated experience of CLD ITMO University allows you to comprehensively analyze the light environment of the city. Among the landmark projects in this area are the creation of an innovative platform for integrated automated planning for the development of lighting, covering 18 districts of St. Petersburg, lighting concepts of Novosmolenskaya embankment and Lakhta Center, etc.
Industrial projects and city lighting
The accumulated experience of CLD ITMO University allows you to comprehensively analyze the light environment of the city. Among the landmark projects in this area are the creation of an innovative platform for integrated automated planning for the development of lighting, covering 18 districts of St. Petersburg, lighting concepts of Novosmolenskaya embankment and Lakhta Center, etc.
Learn more on the Lighting Design Masters’s Programme and Portfolio Design Contest
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Enroll at world-class master’s programme without any exams?
8 steps towards winning
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Merge your materials in a single PDF-file
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Reach the required score of 100 points
Other admission options: remote exams (using ZOOM platform). We will inform you about the time of the exams later.
«Lighting Design» contest: you need to fill an application with your portfolio from February 01 to June 20, 2022.
Winners of the contest will be announced on July 1, 2022.
About the university
Creative Lighting Department (CLD ITMO UNIVERSITY) is one of the progressive educational and experimental-practical projects in the field of science, technology and art. In 2017, CLD ITMO University entered the top 5 innovative universities in Europe according to the authoritative award of the global convention of lighting designers PLDR 2017.
In 2019, ITMO University took 1st place in Russia and 151st place in the world in the subject field «Art & Design» of the global ranking QS World University Ranking by Subject 2019.
ITMO University is the national research university, the leading university in Russia in the field of information and photon technologies, the leader of the Project 5-100. Priority areas are IT, photonics, robotics, quantum communications, translational medicine, urban studies, Art & Science, Science Communication. In 2019, ITMO University once again entered the TOP 100 of the best IT universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education subject rating. In the QS subject ranking for 2019, ITMO University became the only Russian university mentioned in the field of art and design («Art & Design», TOP-200 of the best universities in the world).
7 reasons to participate
World-class teaching standards
Unique competencies, knowledge and expertise
Leading Russian lecturers
Training with the participation of foreign scientists
International exchange programs and summer schools
Working in cross-functional teams
Internship and employment in leading companies around the world
Q&A
- Russian or foreign students studying in the last year of undergraduate or specialty.
- Graduates who have a state document on higher education.
- Practitioners with higher education
- Each section of the portfolio is rated on a scale of 0 to 25 points
- Points for all sections are summarized.
- All contestants with 100 points win
- June 20 - the date of the announcement of the results of the competition and the publication of the list of winners
Get acquainted with the contest requirements and learn about other ways to enroll at the programme via this link
The programme will be useful for graduates of architectural, artistic and technical fields (engineers, lighting directors, lighting designers, production designers, film and video operators, multimedia specialists, designers, etc.)
Two specializations are realised in the master's program:
1) “Urban Design” - work with buildings, parks, streets
2) “Interactive Environment Design” - work with exhibition, museum and stage spaces. Education will provide knowledge and skills for working on the main profile, as well as the position of producer of light shows, director of interactive multimedia and film projects or the head of solutions (development of smart solutions to improve the quality of the lighting environment of cities).
Our graduates work in large Russian and foreign companies, such as Arup, Artlight, the international lighting corporation Boos Light Group (Bl Group), Aledo, Bright Buro, Haptic.Team, European Electrical Engineering, etc., as well as in private studios and interactive media.
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