Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; Russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт, also known as PhysTech), is a public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares specialists in theoretical and applied physics, applied mathematics and related disciplines.
Московский Физико-Технический институт | |
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| Motto | Sapere aude |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Dare to know |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 1946 |
Parent institution | Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Russia) |
| Affiliation | Russian Academy of Sciences |
| President | Nikolay Kudryavtsev |
| Rector | Dmitry Livanov |
Academic staff | 1,110 |
| Students | 6,040 |
| Undergraduates | 4,288 |
| Postgraduates | 1,751 |
| Location | , Russia 55°55′46″N 37°31′17″E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Language | Russian |
| Colours | Blue & white |
| Website | phystech |
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| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| Global – Overall | |
| USNWR Global[citation needed] | 475 |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1] | 10 (2022) |
The main MIPT campus is located in Dolgoprudny,[2] a northern suburb of Moscow. However the Aeromechanics Department is based in Zhukovsky, a suburb south-east of Moscow.
In international rankings, the university was ranked 44th by The Three University Missions Ranking in 2022, In 2020 and 2021, Times Higher Education ranked MIPT #201 in the world, in 2022 QS World University Ratings ranked it #290 in the world, in 2022 U.S. News & World Report ranked it #475 in the world, and in 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked it #501 in the world.[3][4][5][6] As Phystech's founder, Pyotr Kapitsa, designed the institute inspired by and in accordance with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology model, Phystech is commonly hailed as the "MIT of Russia" and is considered to be the leading specialized technical institution of higher education in the former Soviet Union.[7]