National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

About National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI — officially "National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)", and in Russian НИЯУ МИФИ — is a federal state university in Moscow, Russia. Its official data give 23 November 1942 as the date of state registration. The university says it began as the Moscow Mechanics Institute of Ammunition, and that the physicist Igor Kurchatov was one of its founders. In 2009 it was renamed National Research Nuclear University MEPhI. The founder is the Russian Federation, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education exercises the founder's functions. The main address is 31 Kashirskoe shosse, Moscow.

Institutes and research

The English website lists institutes of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, Laser and Plasma Technologies, Cyber Intelligence Systems, Physics and Engineering in Biomedicine, and Nanoengineering in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics. The structure page also names an Institute of Financial Technologies and Economic Security, an Institute of International Relations, a Higher Engineering School and a Faculty of Foreign Students. MEPhI has branches in other Russian cities, including the Obninsk Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering and the Sarov and Snezhinsk institutes of physics and technology.

For international applicants

The Preparatory Training Division of the Faculty of Foreign Students is for applicants who plan to study in Russian-taught programmes and need to improve their Russian. It runs in Moscow or Obninsk and lasts one academic year. The tracks are engineering, economics, medicine, natural sciences and humanities. Medicine and natural sciences are available only in Obninsk. Students study Russian as a foreign language, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, informatics and social sciences, depending on the track. Classes are full-time, and online classes are available at the start of the year, before arrival in Russia.

Applicants for the Russian Government quota apply through the Rossotrudnichestvo office or the Russian embassy in their country. They can name up to six Russian universities and track their application on the Russia-edu.ru system. After arrival, international students must complete migration registration and obtain medical insurance.

Housing

The English site lists seven dormitories, on Moskvorechie Street, Koshkin Street, Shkulyov Street and Proletarskiy Avenue. It says all international students and federal budget-subsidized students are entitled to a place in a MEPhI dormitory. There are flat-type and corridor-type dormitories. In corridor dormitories, three people share a room. In flat-type dormitories, three to seven people share a flat with a kitchen and a bathroom.