Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering (russian: Обнинский институт атомной энергетики, traditionally abbreviated ) is an

institution of higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completio ...

located in

Obninsk Obninsk (russian: О́бнинск) is a city in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Protva River southwest of Moscow and northeast of Kaluga. Population: History The history of Obninsk began in 1945 when the First Research In ...

. It began as a branch of the

Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) (russian: Национальный исследовательский ядерный университет "МИФИ" / НИЯУ МИФИ or ) is a technical un ...

in 1953 to provide specialists in the field of

nuclear physics Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...

, reactor physics and reactor engineering for the

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's growing

nuclear industry Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced ...

. The education was provided in close cooperation with nuclear-related

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s in Obninsk. In 1985 the status was changed for ''Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering'' to be the leading educational institution to train specialists for rapidly developing nuclear power in the former

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countries. In 2002 it acquired the status of the state technical university. In 2002-2009 it functioned as the Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering. (russian: Обнинский государственный технический университет атомной энергетики). In 2009 the Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering was incorporated into the MEPhI National Research Nuclear University.

Structure

Since 2017, recruitment for the main educational programs of higher education at the IATE NRNU MEPhI has been carried out in new structural divisions. * Division of the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Technology (ОЯФиТ) * Division of the Institute of Intelligent Cybernetic Systems (ОИКС) * Division of Engineering Physics Institute of Biomedicine (ИФИБ) * Division of the Institute of Laser and Plasma Technologies (ЛаПлаз) * Department of Social and Economic Sciences (ОСЭН) * Institute of General Professional Training * Preparatory Faculty * Technical College Other: *Center for Continuing Professional Education

Directions of training and specialties

* 01.03.02 Applied Mathematics and Informatics. Qualification: Bachelor. * 03.03.02 Physics. Qualification: Bachelor. * 09.03.01 Informatics and computer technology. Qualification: Bachelor. * 09.03.02 Information systems and technologies. Qualification: Bachelor. * 12.03.01 Instrument making. Qualification: Bachelor. * 03.14.01 Nuclear power engineering and thermal physics. Qualification: Bachelor. * 03.14.02 Nuclear physics and technology. Qualification: Bachelor. * 03.16.01 Technical physics. Qualification: Bachelor. * 22.03.01 Materials science and technology of materials. Qualification: Bachelor. * 05.14.01 Nuclear reactors and materials. Qualification: engineer-physicist. * 05.14.02 Nuclear power plants: design, operation and engineering. Qualification: engineer-physicist. * 05.14.04 Electronics and automation of physical installations. Qualification: engineer-physicist. * 04.03.01 Chemistry. Qualification: Bachelor. * 04.03.02 Chemistry, physics and mechanics of materials. Qualification: Bachelor. * 06.03.01 Biology. Qualification: Bachelor. * 31.05.01 Medicine. Qualification: medical doctor. * 38.03.01 Economics. Qualification: Bachelor. * 38.03.05 Business Informatics. Qualification: Bachelor. * 01.04.02 Applied Mathematics Informatics. Qualification: Master. * 04.04.02 Chemistry, physics and mechanics of materials. Qualification: Master. * 06.04.01 Biology. Qualification: Master. * 09.04.01 Informatics and computer technology. Qualification: Master. * 09.04.02 Information systems and technologies. Qualification: Master. * 12.04.01 Instrument making. Qualification: Master. * 04.14.01 Nuclear power engineering and thermal physics. Qualification: Master. * 04.14.01 Nuclear power engineering and thermal physics. Qualification: Master. * 04.14.02 Nuclear physics and technology. Qualification: Master. * 04.22.01 Materials science and technology of materials. Qualification: Master. * 38.04.02 Management. Qualification: Master. * 38.04.04 State and municipal administration. Qualification: Master.

Notable alumni and students

Svetlana Roudenko Svetlana A. Roudenko is a Russian-American mathematician known for her work in functional analysis and partial differential equations, and in particular in scattering theory and nonlinear Schrödinger equations. She is also known for her mentorship ...

* Leonid Solodkov * Polina Volkova

References

External links

Official site

Official site
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