National Research Nuclear University MEPhI is one of the most famous institute in Russia. MEPhI stands for Moscow Engineering Physics Institute founded in 1942 as Moscow Mechanical Institute of Munitions and soon it was renamed as Moscow Mechanical Institute its mission is to train skilled personnel for the Soviet military and atomic programs. The University focuses on preparing the professionals by providing
education at graduate level and secondary graduate level in the field of atomic research. It has five departments which includes Experimental and theoretical physics, Physics and Technology, Cybernetics and Information security, Automatics and electronics, High Technology
Management and Economics. The university has about 35,000 students at branches in Moscow and other towns. In Moscow are around 8,000 students (including 600 foreigners). It normally takes 4 - 5.5 (some sub-departments take six) years for a student to graduate from MEPhI. The curriculum of the first two years consists exclusively of required courses, with emphasis on mathematics, physics, experimental work and English. After the two first years of studying students on a competition basis enrol to the sub-departments which specialize in different branches of physics, computer science, information security, mathematics, etc.
Last Updated on: Nov 25, 2024