Program objective

to train specialists for development of projects and technological solutions in the field of decommissioning of nuclear facilities

Curriculum features

• nuclear reactors

• radiochemistry

• radioactive waste management

• project management

• radiation monitoring of nuclear reactor materials

• nuclear fuel cycle

• nuclear power plant safety and control systems

Department: “Medical Physics”

Program objective

training of highly skilled masters of physics with specialization in innovative methods and technology of nuclear medicine.

Competitive advantages

• highly multidisciplinary education that includes mathematics, physics, fundamentals of radiochemistry, pathology and biology

• study of real patient cases acquired from partner’s hospitals

• practical training in major radiological centers of Russia

Employment opportunities

Researchers in the field of nuclear medicine including competence of medical physicist able to work in nuclear medicine and radiology in a modern hospital.

Department: “Laser Micro- and Nanotechnologies”(specialized industrial department of Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Program objective

Through the understanding of fundamental laws of physics develop the following research directions:

• the interaction of optical radiation with biological tissues, including those containing nanoparticles, various types of nanophotosensitizers

• the interaction of optical radiation with individual nanophotosensitizers of various nature and their ensembles

• laser technologies micro- and nanotechnology and biological sciences (interaction of radiation with biological tissues, spectroscopy, biology, physiology, colloidal chemistry, photonics)

Competitive advantages

• combination of deep fundamental training of physics, mathematical and engineering

• opportunity to participate in international conferences, research projects, internships in leading foreign research centers

• opportunity to create new elements, devices and equipment through a network of small innovative enterprises in research teams with leading employees

Practical training and employment opportunities

• Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Lebedev Institute of Physics and other institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences

• leading research universities and medical centers

Department “Pharmaceutical and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry”

Program objective

training of highly qualified specialists with in-depth knowledge of the chemical, physical, mechanical and pharmaceutical properties of substances to develop innovative projects for the synthesis, diagnostics, production of pharmaceutical and radiopharmaceuticals based on traditional technologies and nanotechnologies.

What do we work with?

• a wide range of various materials for the needs of biology and medicine (materials with target functional characteristics, polymers and biosystems, including materials for diagnostics and therapy (theranostics) of dangerous diseases, including oncological; semiconductor nanocrystals for diagnostics and monitoring of treatment results; magnetic materials for hyperthermia; smart materials).

• single crystals, thin films, composites, nanocomposites, nanostructured materials, nanobiomaterials.

Program competitive advantages

• "dual" training system: a combination of study at a university with work- internship at a specialized enterprise and at the Pharmaceutical Center for Practical Training and Competencies of MEPhI Institute of Atomic Energy at Obninsk

• modern technological and analytical equipment, "clean rooms"

 Practical training and future employment opportunities

• State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom" companies

• Leipunskiy Institute of Physics and Power Engineering

• Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry

• Tsyba Federal Research Medical Center "Radiology Research Center" of the Ministry of Health of Russia

• Corporations of Kaluga pharmaceutical cluster (AstraZeneka PLC, Obninsk chemical and pharmaceutical company, Hemofarm Ltd., Bion Company, Berahim LLC, Kalugapharmacy, SLL "CHEMFARMKOMPLEKT", Berlin- Chemie AG/Menarini Group, PHARM-SYNTHESIS, Nearmedic Pharma, PharmVlLAR)

Department “Biology”

Program objective

Department “Biology”

Program objective

Program objective

Training specialists for the development of new nanomaterials and biomedicine technologies and methods of their use in healthcare for early diagnosis and targeted treatment of socially dangerous diseases.

Key research and professional activities

• biomedical nanotechnology (nanomaterials and devices for photodynamic and sonodynamic therapy, hyperthermia) materials science for medicine
• propagation and interaction of laser radiation with human tissues and organs biomedical diagnostic images
• experimental research and introduction of materials and methods for biomedicine (materials for creating nanosensors of molecules for biomedical purposes, model objects of living nature for studying nanomaterials and new methods of medical diagnostics and therapy)

Practical training and employment opportunities

• Institutes and enterprises of Rosatom State Corporation

• Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences

• national and foreign research centers

• universities of the Russian Federation and abroad

• small innovative enterprises, etc.

Department “Industrial Pharmacy”

Program objective

Provide knowledge of methods, instruments and means of obtaining substances and materials using physical and chemical processes to create, implement and operate production of pharmaceuticals.

Curriculum features

• methods of pharmaceutical analysis

• quality control and standardization of pharmaceuticals

• production technology of dosage forms

• manufacturing and distribution practices of pharmaceuticals

• genetic engineering products

• medical immunobiological preparations

• biomedical cell preparations

• pharmaceutical activity management.

Competitive advantages

• combination of deep fundamental natural science training and practical training at specialized enterprises

• modern technological and analytical equipment ("clean" rooms).

• opportunity to participate in international conferences, research projects,
• internships in leading foreign research centers

Practical training and employment opportunities

• institutes and enterprises of Rosatom State Corporation

• institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences

• national and foreign research centers

• universities of the Russian Federation and abroad

• small innovative and specialized pharmaceutical enterprises, etc.

Program objective:

Formation of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills among students for future contribution to R&D for high-tech sectors of national and regional economy.

The speed and development trends of modern science and information technology dictates an acute need for personnel capable of efficiently and efficiently solving problems arising in the process of functioning of public and commercial enterprises, quickly adapting to market requirements. In the context of global digitalization, a huge layer of problems arise that require a modern engineer to know what lies at the junction of applied mathematics and information technology, which ensures the program’s relevance. As an example, we can give the tasks associated with the analysis and processing of data, mathematical modeling, optimization, the development of high-tech software for solving scientific and scientific-practical problems, etc., that program graduates cope with successfully.

The program is the quintessence of advanced mathematical and IT training. Students receive in- depth knowledge in:

• mathematical models development describing the behavior of complex systems of various nature (physical, economic, technological, etc.);

• mathematical algorithms and statistical data processing and data analysis methods (including neural network approaches and machine learning methods)

• modern programming languages, databases, network technologies and parallel programming technologies;

• digital software development and application. Practical training:

• MEPhI international research laboratory "Methods of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics and Mathematical Modeling";

• largest scientific centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences;

• the Institute of Applied Mathematics M.V. Keldysh,

• National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute’;

• Federal Research Centre "Fundamentals of Biotechnology";

• State Corporation ROSATOM enterprises;

• large IT companies.

Future employment:

Program graduates are in high demand on the Russian and international labor markets and hold leading positions in the following public and commercial companies and research institutions:

• Rosatom State Corporation

• Sberbank

• Hewlett Packard

• Mail.ru

• Yandex

• Oracle

• Samsung

Program objective:

training highly qualified specialists in engineering and physical computing and supercomputer modeling, capable of developing algorithms for calculating and analyzing mathematical models of complex physical processes and high-tech engineering systems with their subsequent reproduction in the software code as part of the implementation of the concept of digital twins.

Curriculum features

• fundamental training in the field of physical and mathematical modeling and high- performance computing (gas, hydro and plasma dynamics, mathematical models of continuum mechanics, numerical methods for solving engineering and physical problems, parallel programming technologies, methods of data processing and visualization);

• involvement of highly qualified specialists and experts into computational mathematics from leading research institutes

Future employment opportunities

high-tech enterprises that solve strategic tasks in the rocket-space, transport and nuclear industries as well as in aircraft and shipbuilding.

Program objective:

training highly qualified theoretical physicists capable of conducting fundamental and applied research including the search for new laws of nature; modeling of complex physical, technical and engineering systems; suggesting and boosting new research directions in applied physics and technologies.

Program graduates always possess skills and research capabilities sufficient for productive and creative work in any area of modern physics.

Areas of research and experts training:

• Physics of ultrahigh laser fields

• Particle physics

• Astrophysics and cosmology

• Nuclear physics

• Quantum informatics and quantum computers

• Laser, plasma and condensed matter physics

• Physics of extreme states of matter and high energy density physics.

Practical training and employment opportunities

• MEPhI Theoretical Nuclear Physics Department

• research centers of “Rosatom” and the Russian Academy of Sciences

• Russian Federal Nuclear Centers

• National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

• Dukhov Research Institute for Automatics

• Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna.

Program objective:

to train highly qualified specialists to conduct fundamental and applied research, and to develop and use engineering and physical analysis tools to implement the concept of a digital twin.

Competitive advantage

fundamental physical, mathematical and supercomputer training through the combination of general and specialized disciplines, as well as study of basic theoretical research and mathematical modeling methods.

Curriculum features

• theoretical and mathematical physics and mathematical modeling using high performance computing (HPC) applications, i.e. digital twins for solving urgent computationally complex problems.

• architecture of supercomputer systems

• computer graphics

• scientific visualization

• parallel programming technologies

• academic, research, production practical training (MEPhI Center for Engineering Physics and Supercomputer Modeling)

Career opportunities

top Russian and international technology companies and research centers connected with mechanical engineering, aviation, aerospace industry, shipbuilding and automotive industry, nuclear and laser technologies

Program objective

Program objective

Training highly-qualified specialists in laser research, design of laser systems and different- purpose devises, new laser technology design and application.

Graduates of this program apply their knowledge in the fields of physics, laser diagnostic and measuring systems, optical information systems, laser diagnostic devices for biophysics, condensed matter physics. This knowledge is vital for employment in leading research centers and companies specializing in laser and plasma industrial technologies.

Competitive advantages

• a range of basic and specialized unique courses required for training modern specialists in laser engineering and laser technologies

• research interests of a student are taken into account and complemented by a wide range of courses and thesis themes to choose from and big number of workshop hours

• modern experimental equipment in educational and scientific laboratorie

• an opportunity to operate laser technological facilities based on high-power fiber lasers in MEPhI Laser Center and pass a professional examination in the framework of WorldSkills international program

Research areas and expertise:

• Laser technologies and equipment based on high-power fiber lasers;

• Study of interaction between high-power laser radiation and matter;

• Precision diagnostic and measuring laser systems;

• Optical image processing, radio photonics and holography;

• Optical methods of environmental monitoring.

The program studies the systematic application of computational theory methods to software engineering applications. In particular, we study the application of formal semantics methods of computer programs in the design process in order to control the properties of the resulting software. In addition, the program is dedicated to the use of semantic technologies in modeling and designing information systems.

Curriculum features

• Systems theory and system analysis

• Modern architectures of intelligent systems

• Corporate information systems

• Object-oriented programming

• Abstract computing machines

• Design of knowledge-based cybernetic systems

• Design of databases for cybernetic systems

• Semantic configuration of software systems

• Web application design

Future professional opportunities

• industrial production of software for information and computing systems for various purposes

• research and development in the field of informatics and computer technology.

The program examines various classes of knowledge-based intelligent systems, as well as various tools and intelligent technologies to support the development of intelligent systems.

Curriculum features

• Software engineering methodology (software development technology, verification and certification)

• Fundamentals of automated information technologies

• Modern architectures of intelligent systems

• Software Lifecycle Management

• Cybernetic systems programming technology

• Designing databases for cybernetic systems

• Semantic configuration of software systems

• Formalisms in information technologies

Professional opportunities

• information and communication technologies (in the field of industrial production of software for information and computing systems for various purposes);

• high-tech industries (in the field of software development and maintenance)

• science and technology (in the field of organizing and conducting research and development in the field of Informatics and computer technology).

As a result of program mastering, the graduate receives a set of system-analytical competencies, leadership and communication skills for working in a creative team, and acquires project management skills in the field of information technology security.

Curriculum features

• Information Security Methodology

• Preventing confidential information leaks

• Fundamentals of banking

• Modern information technologies and information security in financial organizations

• Computer network security

• Information security risk management

• Blockchain technologies and cybersecurity

• Business continuity management

• Disaster recovery of information systems

Practical training and employment opportunities

Program graduates hold positions related to research, design and operation of systems and networks that ensure business continuity processes

• public and private banks (the Bank of Russia, Sberbank, VTB)

• large public and private companies and corporations (“Concern “Radio-Electronic Technologies” JSC, Russian Satellite Communications Company, “Rosenergoatom Concern” JSC, etc.)

• research institutions (for example, Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.)

Program objective

Training of masters for and application production processes and means of design and technological informatics and computer-aided design, creation of new production technologies, and technology-oriented production, instrumental and control systems for various service purposes, marketing research in the field of nuclear engineering.

Alumni professional activities

• Design and engineering activities: goal formulation, assignment preparation for the development of new and modernization of existing production processes in nuclear engineering;

• Production and technological activities: development and implementation of optimal technologies for the manufacture of mechanical engineering products for the nuclear power industry, selection and effective use of new modern materials, taking into account ensuring the necessary reliability of manufactured products, standardization and certification of production;

• Research activity: design and technology of nuclear engineering –selecting of the necessary research methods; mastering and building new theories and models; processing the results of research and their analysis; analyzing academic literature, tracking scientific periodicals; writing and formatting scientific articles; preparation of research reports, participation in conferences and grant activities.

Curriculum features

• Business English

• Philosophical problems of science and technology

• History and methodology of science and production

• Economic substantiation of scientific decisions

• Mathematical modeling in mechanical engineering

• Computer technologies in science and production

• Methodology of scientific research in mechanical engineering;

• Nanotechnology in mechanical engineering;

• Reliability and diagnostics of technological systems;

• Modern problems of instrumental support of mechanical engineering industries;

• Calculation, modeling and design of computer-controlled equipment;

• Technological quality assurance.

Practical training and future employment

• Research, development and production enterprises of the machine-building division of the State Corporation "Rosatom"

• enterprises of power, chemical and general machine-building.

Program objective

Training of specialists with the skills of constructing information models architecture, describing the data structure of physical and complex engineering objects, knowing modern methods and standards of project management, able to develop and implement projects based on modern information technologies (BIM, PLM, big data technologies, machine and deep learning) , neural networks, cloud computing, industrial Internet of things technologies, virtual and augmented reality, etc.)

Curriculum features

• Programming languages

• Big Data Techniques

• Decision making methods and systems

• Project management for complex systems

• Data Mining

• Cognitive computing

• Artificial intelligence and neural networks

• Machine deep learning

• Industrial Internet of Things

Program objective

to form a set of related competencies in engineering with the use of breakthrough digital technologies that are in demand in high-tech industries.

The relevance of the program is determined by the need for modern enterprises and companies in specialists who are keen on end-to-end technologies.

The training is focused on topical trends of digital transformation in economy, technology and industry.

Curriculum features

• Digital design and engineering

• Fundamentals of Smart Manufacture

• Additive technologies

• Technologies for building virtual and augmented reality

• Digital technologies of 3D modeling, visualization and animation

• Computer vision

• Architecture and technologies of the industrial internet of things

• Industrial Robotics Fundamentals

• Neural networks and artificial intelligence

The program has passed the National professional public accreditation (RossSNIO) and international accreditation in accordance with the requirements of the European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI).

Program objective

To train Systems Engineer –

a highly qualified specialist who is able to manage, develop and implement projects for the systems analysis of complex technical systems based on modern information technologies; apply modern technologies for creating complex complexes, control the quality of developed control systems; analyze risks and calculate the priorities of alternative solutions in project management; assess the economic costs of projects to create complex engineering objects; manage requirements at all levels of the system hierarchy.

Curriculum features

• Design and architecture of organizational and technical systems

• International standards in project management

• Requirements analysis and management

• Verification and validation

• Design and architecture of organizational and technical systems

• Risk analysis and management methods

• Organization theory and organizational behavior

Program objectives

Master managerial and technical competencies for public and corporate governance, international cooperation and business processes engineering and reengineering following the interests of nuclear global business.

Competitive advantages:

• Study of information, analytical, organizational, managerial and innovative activities in the field of improving management processes and promising nuclear energy technologies;

• introducing the research results into the market and commercializing research developments;

• an IAEA certificate developed by the International Academy of Nuclear Management.

Practical training and research

research, design and production enterprises of the nuclear industry and international organizations (ROSATOM State Corporation, IAEA, World Nuclear University, International Center for Theoretical Physics, etc.)

Program objective

train competitive specialists with the latest tools of general and strategic management in the interests of innovative development of high-tech sectors of Russian economy, including the interests of the global business of ROSATOM.

Competitive advantages:

• developing and implementing strategies in production and administrative structures at various levels of management, inter alia in research organizations and institutions of higher and continuing professional education.

• mastering the skills of managing innovative projects.

Program objective:

train masters with managerial competencies in the field of management and economics of enterprises and organizations of various forms of ownership in the interests of innovative development of high-tech sectors of the national economy in the context of digitalization.

In the process of training, students master the latest tools for strategic analysis, planning and management of innovative development, study how to commercialize research developments, create and implement business strategies with the use of digital technologies, taking into account the international context.

Competitive advantages:

• interdisciplinary nature of the program through the study of modern and promising information technologies, international scientific and technological cooperation;

• use of various training formats: online training, case studies, student olympiads, distance courses, courses in English etc.

Career opportunities

• management in Russian and international organizations of high-tech industries,
• processes of introducing digital technologies to state, corporate and municipal organizations and companies.

Program objective

train masters with managerial competencies for digital management and economics of organizations of various forms of ownership in the interests of innovative development of "smart" cities in the context of digitalization.

In the process of training, students study the latest tools for financial and economic analysis in housing and communal services. Moreover, trainees come to create and implement business strategies in industrial and administrative structures of various levels of management using digital technologies, including the interests of international cooperation within the framework of "smart" cities.

Competitive advantages:

interdisciplinary nature of the program through the study of modern and promising information technologies, international scientific and technological cooperation

Practical training and research

development of "smart" cities in the nuclear industry: in JSC Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions and a number of other administrative structures of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom.

Program objective:

formation of research, innovation-entrepreneurial and project competencies and deepening of professional competencies

Program foundational documents:

• state program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation"

• strategy of the State Corporation ROSATOM leadership in the global market

• recommendations of the World CDIO Initiative

Competitive advantages:

• mastering the elements of engineering activities in accordance with the model “plan - design - produce - apply” in high-tech real systems, processes and products in the global market;

• development of information and analytical methods for analyzing the world atomic market; enterprise architecture and its IT strategy, engineering and reengineering of business processes of a modern high-tech enterprise.

Department of Financial Monitoring (75)

Program objective

Training of highly qualified specialists capable of identifying, assessing and countering information security threats and solving urgent challenges of national and international systems of combating money laundering and terrorism financing.

Key research and professional activities

• identification, classification and subsequent subject analysis of information objects with signs of preparation and / or commission of crimes in the financial and economic spheres of activity

• development and application of automated technologies for financial and economic information processing in real time.

Department: Financial Management (63)

Program objective

Training of highly qualified specialists and managers with universal and special competencies in financial analysis

Competitive advantages

• practice-oriented courses (group discussions, business games, case studies, practical seminars with the involvement of specialists from leading consulting and auditing companies)

• systematic approach to program’s curriculum that facilitates to view corporate financial management system as a complex multifactorial process

Curriculum features

• corporate finance

• corporate financial policy

• investment activities

• corporate cash flow management

• tax planning

• international financial reporting standards

• business valuation and management of value factors, etc.

Key professional activities

• analysis of corporate financial and economic activities

• business value assessment

• financial plans and budgets development

• asset and capital management

• financial indicators forecasting.

Department: Financial Monitoring (75)

Program objective

to train highly qualified personnel who are able to solve urgent problems facing the business community: formation of business processes architecture, business performance, corporate systems operation.

The main professional goal of program graduates is to provide deep daily optimization analysis and management of human resources and information systems in large organizations, government agencies and industrial enterprises in order to increase the efficiency of activities.

Practical training and professional opportunities

• economic, financial and analytical departments of national and regional authorities, state corporations
• audit firms, commercial banks (Sberbank, Tinkoff Bank, KPMG, Ernst & Young , PwC, etc.)

Department: Financial Monitoring (75)

Program objective

to train specialists with fundamental knowledge in economics, management, law and information technology.

Key professional activities

• design, implementation, operation and maintenance of information systems;

• IT outsourcing management;

• domain analysis, project creation, implementation and management;

• operating and improving corporate architecture.

Program graduates are in great professional demand in IT-related spheres and hold leading positions as business analysts, IT project managers, system integrators, etc.