Mongolian Academy of Sciences

Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Монгол улсын Шинжлэх ухааны Академи
AbbreviationMAS
Formation1921
Websitewww.ac.mn
Formerly called
Institute of Literature and Scripts
Institute of Sciences
Institute of Sciences and Higher Education

The Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS; Mongolian: Монгол улсын Шинжлэх ухааны Академи, Mongol ulsyn Shinjlekh ukhaany Akademi) is Mongolia's first centre of modern sciences. It came into being in 1921 when the government of newly independent Mongolia issued a resolution declaring the establishment of "The Institute of Literature and Scripts", which was later upgraded into "The Institute of Sciences" and "The Institute of Sciences and Higher Education". In 1961, it was finally reorganized as "The Mongolian Academy of Sciences" MAS. At present there are 14 research institutes and two affiliated academies under MAS.