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Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology (abbreviated Phystech or MIPT, Russian language: Физтех or МФТИ) is one of a better known Russian universities, sometimes known as a "Russian MIT". [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.929575,37.518901&spn=0.002764,0.007522&t=k&hl=en The Institute's primary facilities] come located in Dolgoprudny, Moscow's satellite town. Admissiinside is extremely competitory, based on performance in united states-countrywide competitions. History
A Institute was founded inside 1946 as a department of Moscow State University by a class action of large members of USSR Academy of Sciences. Originally a Department of Physics & Technology of Moscow University, it was granted independent status inside 1951, enumeration famed Russian man of science, Nobel Prize winners Pyotr Kapitsa, Nikolay Semyonov, and Lev Landau among its founding prof.

On top a years, MIPT became a independent expert training videos facility for research worker & engineers in the areas of applied & theoretical physics. A therefore known as "Phystech System" (of education) is noted for preparing the big a share of the Soviet/Russian scientific resources over the course of half-a-century.

Departments
Radio Engineering & Cybernetics General & Applied Physics Aerophysics & Space Research Molecular & Biology Physics Physical & Quantum Electronics Aerodynamics & Flight Engineering (located in Zhukovsky) Applied Mathematics & Economics Problems of Physics and Power Engineering

Famous faculty and alumni
Aleksei Abrikosov | Yuri Baturin | Vitaly Ginzburg | Alexandr Kaleri | Pyotr Kapitsa | Leonid Khachiyan | Lev Landau | Sergei Lebedev | Boris Rauschenbach | Aleksandr Serebrov | Natan Sharansky | Rashid Sunyaev

The Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies
Non-governmental organization which studies problems of nuclear weapons reduction.

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Official site of the institute located in Dolgoprudny town (Moscow Region), include department structure and research areas of the institute.






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