What can force young people to get up so early in the morning? It’s a Freshman Day! Happy eyes and smiles of newcomers gladdened lecturers, undergraduates and numerous guests, who came that day.

The festive event began with a traditional procession to the Museum-reserve “Kolomenskoye”, where students saw a theatrical performance, prepared jointly by staff of the Museum and the University. A massive and colorful performance was given near the walls of the Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.

Honored guests came to congratulate new students as well as faculty and staff of MEPhI. They were happy to expressed words of encouragement to the younger generation. Among them there was the Director of the Moscow United Museum-reserve “Kolomenskoye, Izmailovo-Lefortovo-Lublino”, an acting head of the MEPhI Department of history S.I. Khudyakov, RAS Academician, head of the MEPhI Centre for Humanity research and technologies, Professor Valery Tishkov, and the Director of the Department of human resources of the SC “Rosatom” Dmitry Gasten.

Opening the official part, the MEPhI rector M.N. Strikhanov congratulated first-year students on their new high status – student of MEPhI, which is one of the strongest universities of Russia in the field of engineering education.

At the end of the official part Academic male choir of MEPhI, being the most famous creative team of the University, performed a festive program for young people.

The celebration continued in the Assembly hall of the University with a large concert prepared by creative teams of the University, and ended at the entrance of the home University with the traditional ceremony of initiation into MEPhI students.

After the festive event, we talked with first year students. They all concurred in one thing – the most wonderful news of this summer was the news that they were enrolled in the MEPhI!

Congratulations to the freshmen and let’s wish them good study, bright, multi-faceted student life and, of course, successful pass of the first exams!