MEPhI has completed the admission campaign for full-time students on Bachelor’s and Specialist degree programs, 1771 people (including regional areas) have become students of the leading Russian university in the engineering education.
This year our university has again enrolled worthy entrants, talented and motivated people. More than 60 % of enrollees have brought the original copies of documents straight to our university, notwithstanding the opportunity to apply to 3 universities.
So, what is the portrait of MEPhI-2016 entrant?
According to the data of the admission campaign, the quality of the enrollment has improved. 35 % of the entrants are winners of specialized Olympiads, despite the fact, that, according to the new rules, it was necessary to get 75 points at the exam to confirm the victory.
45 % of the enrollees have a certificate of secondary education with honours. These people had A marks for the last 2 years of education (10th and 11th forms), so they really aim at getting new knowledge. It is good to know that they are now students of our university.
The traditional result of the admission campaign is the raising of the average score at the state exam. It has grown up to 89 % (87,9 in 2015).
This year the enrollment was conducted as a part of MEPhI new academic structure: Institute of nuclear physics and technologies, Engineering physical institute of biomedicine, Institute of laser and plasma technologies, Institute of nanotechnologies in electronics, spintronics and photonics, Institute of intellectual cybernetic systems, Institute of financial and economic safety, Institute of international relations, Physics-technological faculty, Faculty of business informatics and management of complex systems.
The biggest growth is in the specialization “Nuclear physics and technologies” (2.1 points more than in 2015).
The biggest number of people has been enrolled into the Institute of nuclear physics and technologies. The most popular directions of training among entrants in 2016 are nuclear and IT-specialisations, in particular “Nuclear physics and technologies”, “Nuclear stations: design, exploitation, and engineering”, “Applied mathematics and informatics”, “Information security”.
