Moscow Polytechnic University (russian: Московский политехнический университет, Moskovski politekhnicheski universitet) or Moscow Polytech is a university in
Moscow
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,
Russia
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. It specializes in the field of
automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with Wheel, wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, pe ...
and
tractor
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most common ...
design. It was founded in 1866 as Komissarov Technical School.
From 2012 to 2016, its name was Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering (MAMI) (russian: Московский Государственный Машиностроительный Университет (МАМИ)), where MAMI stood for Moscow Automechanical Institute.
Design projects
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Fortis (aerojeep)
Fortis is a propelled ground vehicle ("aerojeep") designed by Zhukovsky Aerodynamics Research Institute and by the group of students from MAMI Moscow State Technical University
Moscow Polytechnic University (russian: Московский по ...
, in collaboration with Zhukovsky Aerodynamics Research Institute
References
External links
Official websitein Russian
Universities in Moscow
Educational institutions established in 1866
1866 establishments in the Russian Empire
Technical universities and colleges in Russia
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