History
- By the 1960’s, MEPhI became the leading higher education institution in Russia, providing education and training for peaceful nuclear energy. Over the course of its history, six Nobel Prize winners have worked at MEPhI, including: N.G. Basov, a MEPhI graduate, A.D. Sakharov, N.N. Semenov, I.E. Tamm, I.M. Frank, and P.A. Cherenkov.
Education
- The MEPhI provides over 100 educational programmes in more than 25 areas of Bachelor, Magister and Specialist training. Over 75% of the university professors hold a doctorate or a candidate degree.
- National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI” implements postgraduate professional education curricula (PhD and postdoctoral level), carries out fundamental and applied scientific research in high-priority fields of science and technologies.
Research
Strategic Academic Units become the main structure element of the University combining the educational system, scientific and innovative activities, including:
- Focusing on the breakthrough areas where the University remains a recognized leader and it possess unique competencies and competitive excellence ;
- Active diversification and development of research in the related and interdisciplinary fields that complement MEPhI’s traditional research agenda to meet global challenges;
- Further integration into the global educational community: development of new joint international educational programs with new partners from different regions, strengthening interaction on the existing programs
University Ranking
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2025
497 -36
2024
461 -153
2023
308
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2025
501 -100
2024
401
2023
401
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2024
-
2023
901 -100
2022
801
ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2025
-
2024
590 -107
2023
483
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Student services
- MEPhI Student Office includes a co-working space with a meeting area and a one-stop service that will gradually provide all physical copies of digital documents as needed.
Housing services
- All international students and federal budget-subsidized students are entitled to a place at one of MEPhI dormitories. Currently the university has 7 dormitory buildings.
Library services
The center of Informational and Library Support of the teaching and research activities of MEPhI is one of the largest university library centers in Russia with modern technical equipment and well-organized services, including:
- a unique collection of books on the natural sciences and other fields of knowledge (1 million copies.)
- a collection of rare and valuable books
Sports facilities
- The Department of Physical Education carries out educational, training, health-improving, educational and sports work with university students.
- The Department Head is Vyacheslav Starshinov – two-time Olympic champion, nine-time World champion, eight-time European champion, honored master of sports, candidate of pedagogical sciences, professor, academician of the International Academy of Creativity.
Student clubs
- Student Research Society is an association aimed at creating a single platform for horizontal communication between students, teachers, researchers and the university administration. The Student Research Society brings together students who are passionate about innovations and modern research trends and who are willing to sharing research ideas with everyone.
- The Student Research Society includes associations EcoMEPhI (ecological student community for those who are not indifferent to MEPhI activities in the direction of sustainable development) and Club for Intellectual Game “What? Where? When?” (a popular intellectual game in which a team of experts brainstorms the answers to questions within a minute).