 The current rector of ITMO, Dr. Vladimir Vasilyev, is a former Professor of the Faculty of Engineering and Physics.In 2015, the faculty was instrumental in providing laser installations for LumiFest in St. Petersburg that ran as part of the UNESCO's Year of light and Light-based Technologies.Currently the "Faculty of Laser and Light Engineering" has 11 Departments, 200 lecturers and over 1,300 students.