On May 17-18 All-Russian student Olympiad in three areas was held in MEPhI: physics, nuclear physics and technologies, system analysis and management.

Once again the university received the best students from across the country who came to participate in the Olympiad. Many contestants come to the MEPhI not for the first time. It shows popularity and importance of such students’ competitions.

All-Russian student Olympiad attracts, first of all, by a variety of technical areas in which it is proposed to test skills, and which reveal the range of modern science application to the full extent. Thus, the purpose of the competition in Physics area is to increase the overall level of training in areas of natural science of modern knowledge by increasing students’ interest in the study of fundamental physical processes underlying engineering professions. Also it aims to reveal talented young people and form human resources for research and production business activities.

The main tasks of the Olympiad in Nuclear physics and technologies are: development of knowledge of nuclear technologies as a priority tendency of science and technology development, identification of students ' research skills and creative approach to the solution of research problems in nuclear physics and technologies.

Olympiad in System analysis and management assessed participants’ competence in system analysis of innovative economy and management of complex engineering-economic systems. Such systems include nuclear industry, space industry, modern information and communication systems and others.

In the final round of the Olympiad in physics there were 248 students from 22 Russian cities, representing 24 universities; Nuclear physics and technologies – 145 students from 10 universities, including 11 foreign students; System analysis and management – 87 students from 6 universities.

Winners of the Olympiad final stage were determined by the best indicators of the competitive tasks in individual and team scoring. MEPhI showed good results in both scores, thus confirming the high level of knowledge of its students.

In total 6 areas of All-Russian student Olympiad held at the MEPhI in 2014 (automatic and control, electronics and microelectronics, information security, physics, nuclear physics and technologies, system analysis and management) was attended by over 800 students from 51 universities from 36 cities of Russia. Geography of participants covered virtually the entire country from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok.