D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
| Российский химико-технологический университет имени Д. И. Менделеева | |
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1880 |
| Rector | Vladimir Kolesnikov |
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Academic staff
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550 |
| Students | 10,500 |
| Undergraduates | 10,000 |
| Postgraduates | 500 |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Campus | urban |
| Website | www.muctr.ru |
D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia has its roots going far back into the 19th century. Back then, professors from the Imperial Moscow Technical School (currently, Bauman Moscow State Technical University) came up with an idea of establishing an Industrial College in Moscow to train “Chemical and Mechanical Engineer Assistants”.
This proposal received an enormous support on behalf of the Moscow City Duma on February 9, 1880, which passed a Decision to Build an Industrial College in Moscow to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Russian Emperor Alexander II's Reign.
The college foundation was laid on Miusskaya Square in Moscow on May 23, 1898. The classes began on July 1 in leased premises, and the first class was out of school in 1906.
Moscow Industrial College had a strong faculty, many of whom had been professionally trained at the Imperial Moscow Technical School and Moscow State University. This fact predetermined the dynamic development of the new educational institution, which was transformed into the Moscow Chemical Technical College in 1918, and began to churn out applied engineers.
In 1920, Moscow Chemical Technical College was used as a basis to establish Moscow D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology (MCTI), which became the first specialised chemical technical school establishment in Russia to train professionals for the chemical and related industries, and made a hefty contribution in the industrial development and defense potential, especially during World War II.
It was named after the great Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, the discoverer of the Periodic law, the establishment of which established scientific foundation for world's most further chemical research.
In 1992, the Decree by the Russian Government transformed Moscow D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology into D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.
The university includes 9 faculties, 4 institutes and 2 higher colleges.
Moscow D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology became the forebear of a number of renowned higher educational institutions in the USSR, and other countries. MCTI/MUCTR takes pride in its famous scientists and founders of new research areas, such as Academicians N. Vorozhtsov, N. Zhavoronkov, V. Korshak, B. Zhukov, V. Koptyug, V. Legasov, V. Kafarov, P.P. Budnikov; famed process engineers N. Yushkevich, V. Yung, G. Petrov, A. Bakayev, senior officials within Russia's higher education system, including S. Kaftanov and G. Yagodin, the USSR Minister of Culture Pyotr Demichev, and many others.
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