Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

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 trains specialists in theoretical and applied physics, applied mathematics and related disciplines. The main MIPT campus is located in Dolgoprudny, a northern suburb of Moscow. However, the Aeromechanics Department is based in Zhukovsky, a suburb south-east of Moscow. 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.

Type

National research university

Founded

1946

Students

6,800

Also known as

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics in Moscow, MIPT, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)