St. Petersburg students take first prize in International Mathematics Competition

Two students from St. Petersburg State Universities have won the first prize at the 16th International Mathematics Competition, held in Budapest. Alexey Levin and Vladislav Volkov, the first students to represent St. Petersburg in the three-day contest, were competing against other students from over 40 universities including Cambridge, Oxford and Princeton.

The Higher Mathematics Department at St. Petersburg State University is a major source of programmers and analysts for the city’s software development centers. Reksoft also contributes to the University programmes offering master classes and lectures of its IT experts and employs a large number of the Higher Mathematics Department graduates.