National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) : Rankings, Fees & Courses Details

About National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)

The history of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) began with the foundation in 1942 of the Moscow Mechanical Institute of Ammunition. The leading Russian nuclear university MEPhI was later established there and top Soviet scientists, including the head of the Soviet atomic project Igor Kurchatov, played a part in its development and formation. Six Nobel Prize winners have worked at MEPhI over the course of its history – Nikolay Basov, Andrei Sakharov, Nikolay Semenov, Igor Tamm, Ilya Frank and Pavel Cherenkov.

Today, MEPhI is one of the leading research universities of Russia, training engineers and scientists in more than 200 fields. The most promising areas of study include:

Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies;
Radiation and beam technologies;
Medical physics and nuclear medicine;
Superconductivity and controlled thermonuclear fusion;
Ecology and biophysics;
Information security.

In addition, future managers, experts and analysts in the fields of management, engineering economics, nuclear law and international scientific and technological cooperation study at MEPhI.

Programmes at MEPhI:

Since 2014, the university has been implementing standards of the CDIO Initiative for modernising engineering training in higher education. The standards aim to improve the quality of the next generation of engineering graduates and are also used by leading world universities such as Stanford University, California State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Are accredited by the FEANI (Federation of National Engineering Associations) and Agency for Accreditation of Engineering Education Programmes (ANO APIO).

    A graduate who studied under an accredited programme and has the necessary professional experience can obtain the rank (international certificate) of Euroengineer.

    Graduates of NRNU MEPhI are in demand in Russia and abroad. They work at CERN, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Julich Research Centre (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH), the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation and in over 100 leading scientific centres around the world.

About National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)

The history of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) began with the foundation in 1942 of the Moscow Mechanical Institute of Ammunition. The leading Russian nuclear university MEPhI was later established there and top Soviet scientists, including the head of the Soviet atomic project Igor Kurchatov, played a part in its development and formation. Six Nobel Prize winners have worked at MEPhI over the course of its history – Nikolay Basov, Andrei Sakharov, Nikolay Semenov, Igor Tamm, Ilya Frank and Pavel Cherenkov.

Today, MEPhI is one of the leading research universities of Russia, training engineers and scientists in more than 200 fields. The most promising areas of study include:

Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies;
Radiation and beam technologies;
Medical physics and nuclear medicine;
Superconductivity and controlled thermonuclear fusion;
Ecology and biophysics;
Information security.

In addition, future managers, experts and analysts in the fields of management, engineering economics, nuclear law and international scientific and technological cooperation study at MEPhI.

Programmes at MEPhI:

Since 2014, the university has been implementing standards of the CDIO Initiative for modernising engineering training in higher education. The standards aim to improve the quality of the next generation of engineering graduates and are also used by leading world universities such as Stanford University, California State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Are accredited by the FEANI (Federation of National Engineering Associations) and Agency for Accreditation of Engineering Education Programmes (ANO APIO).

    A graduate who studied under an accredited programme and has the necessary professional experience can obtain the rank (international certificate) of Euroengineer.

    Graduates of NRNU MEPhI are in demand in Russia and abroad. They work at CERN, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Julich Research Centre (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH), the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation and in over 100 leading scientific centres around the world.

Today the MEPhI is one of the leading research universities with well–established academic schooling in the Russian Federation which trains post-graduates, holders of Magister’s degree, Bachelor’s degree as well as Specialists in the most significant areas of fundamental and applied science and modern technologies both for the Russian Federation and foreign countries. On the whole the MEPhI provides training in a vast variety of areas: Nuclear Engineering and Nuclear Technologies, Engineering & IT, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences with Nuclear Physics, Arts & Humanities being the key specialization of the University.

The Strategic Academic Units (StrAU) have collaborate with various industrial and academic partners, including: Rosatom, CERN, Rostech, Kurchatov Institute, the IAEA, etc. Many of the StrAUs also energize megaprojects of our time, including the ITER fusion reactor, currently under construction in France, as well as ALICE and ATLAS high-energy physics experiments at CERN in Switzerland.
Strategic Academic Units include:

Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering
Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine
Institute for Laser and Plasma Technologies
Institute of Cyber Intelligence Systems
Institute for Nanoengineering in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics

Engineering and Technology (3)

Energy-efficient, additive and hybrid laser technologies

Mathematical Modeling and Software Engineering for Computers and Computer Networks – Information Technologies for Cybernetic Systems Development

Methods of nonlinear dynamics and mathematical modelling

Nanoelectronics, spintronics and photonics

Nuclear engineering

Optical Information Technology

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Life Sciences and Medicine (3)

Bionanotechnologies

Others (3)

Bionanotechnologies

Condensed matter physics

Controlled fusion and plasma technologies

General medicine

Mathematical Modeling and Software Engineering for Computers and Computer Networks – Information Technologies for Cybernetic Systems Development

Methods of Nonlinear Dynamics and Mathematical Modeling

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Today the MEPhI is one of the leading research universities with well–established academic schooling in the Russian Federation which trains post-graduates, holders of Magister’s degree, Bachelor’s degree as well as Specialists in the most significant areas of fundamental and applied science and modern technologies both for the Russian Federation and foreign countries. On the whole the MEPhI provides training in a vast variety of areas: Nuclear Engineering and Nuclear Technologies, Engineering & IT, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences with Nuclear Physics, Arts & Humanities being the key specialization of the University.

The Strategic Academic Units (StrAU) have collaborate with various industrial and academic partners, including: Rosatom, CERN, Rostech, Kurchatov Institute, the IAEA, etc. Many of the StrAUs also energize megaprojects of our time, including the ITER fusion reactor, currently under construction in France, as well as ALICE and ATLAS high-energy physics experiments at CERN in Switzerland.
Strategic Academic Units include:

Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering
Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine
Institute for Laser and Plasma Technologies
Institute of Cyber Intelligence Systems
Institute for Nanoengineering in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics

Engineering and Technology (3)

Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Technology (Taught)

Biomedical Nanotechnology (Taught)

Biomedical Photonics (Taught)

Carbon Photonics (Taught)

Elementary Particle Physics and Cosmology (Taught)

Femtosecond Laser Physics and Technology (Taught)

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Natural Sciences (3)

Mathematical Physics and Mathematical Modeling (Taught)

Nuclear Physics Methods of Solar-Terrestrial Physics (Taught)

Nuclear Physics and Cosmic Physics (Taught)

Physics of High and Ultra High Energy Particles (Taught)

Others (3)

Advanced semiconductor lasers and technology

Biomedical nanotechnologies

Condensed matter physics

Controlled fusion and plasma technologies

High energy physics

Information-Measuring and Control Systems

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University information

Admission
Students & Staff

Bachelor

IELTS

6+

Master

IELTS

6+

Total students

5,010

UG students

0%

PG students

0%

International students

1,704

UG students

0%

PG students

0%

Total faculty staff

1,015

Domestic staff

80%

Int'l staff

20%

Tuition fee and scholarships

Scholarships

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Rankings & ratings

RANKINGS

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) is one of the top public universities in Moscow, Russia. It is ranked #=497 in QS World University Rankings 2025.