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Former names | Moscow Mechanical Institute of Munitions (1942–1953), Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (1953–2009) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1942 |
| Rector | Vladimir Igorevich Shevchenko |
| Location | Moscow , Russia 55°38′59″N 37°39′52″E / 55.64972°N 37.66444°E |
| Website | http://eng.mephi.ru |
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| General information | |
| Completed | 1962 |
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| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1] | 34 (2022) |
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) (Russian: Национальный исследовательский ядерный университет "МИФИ") is a public technical university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1942 as the Moscow Mechanical Institute of Munitions, but was soon renamed the Moscow Mechanical Institute. Its original mission was to train skilled personnel for the Soviet military and Soviet atomic bomb project. It was renamed the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1953, which was its name until 2009.
By the Order of the Government of Russia on April 8, 2009 (#480-r) on behalf of Russian President's Decree of October 7, 2008 (#1448) "On the pilot project launching on creating National Research Universities" MEPhI was granted this new status. The university was reorganized. The aim of the university existence is now preparing the specialists by giving them higher professional, post-graduation professional, secondary professional and additional professional education, as well as educational and scientific activities.[2][3]
In 2022, QS World University rankings rated the university #308 in the world, World University Rankings by Times Higher Education ranked the university #401 in the world, and in 2023 U.S. News & World Report rated the university #483 in the world.[4][5][6]
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