MFTI

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)

Московский Физико-Технический институт (государственный университет)
Motto
Motto in English	Dare to know
Type	Public
Established	1946
Rector	Nikolay Kudryavtsev
Undergraduates	3319
Postgraduates	1758
Location	Dolgoprudny, Moscow, Zhukovsky, Russia
Website	www.mipt.ru, www.phystech.edu

Coordinates: 55°55′46″N 37°31′17″E / 55.92944°N 37.52139°E / 55.92944; 37.52139 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт), known informally as PhysTech (Физтех), is a leading Russian university, originally established during the Soviet Union. It prepares specialists in theoretical and applied physics, applied mathematics, and related disciplines.

MIPT is famous in the countries of the former Soviet Union, but is less known abroad. This is largely due to the specifics of the MIPT educational process (see "Phystech System" below). University rankings such as The Times Higher Education Supplement are based primarily on publications and citations. With its emphasis on embedding research in the educational process, MIPT "outsources" education and research beyond the first two or three years of study to institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences. MIPT's own faculty is relatively small, and many of its distinguished lecturers are visiting professors from those institutions. Student research is typically performed outside of MIPT, and research papers do not identify the authors as MIPT students. This effectively hides MIPT from the academic radar, an effect not unwelcome during the Cold War era when leading scientists and engineers of the Soviet arms and space programs studied there.

The word "phystech," without the capital P, is also used in Russian to refer to Phystech students and graduates.