Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; Russian: Московский физико-технический институт, also known as PhysTech) is a publicresearch university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It trains specialists in theoretical and applied physics, applied mathematics and related disciplines.

The main MIPT campus is located in Dolgoprudny, a northern suburb of Moscow. However, the Aeromechanics Department is based in Zhukovsky, a suburb south-east of Moscow.

As Phystech's founder, Pyotr Kapitsa, designed the institute inspired by and in accordance with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology model, Phystech is commonly hailed as the "MIT of Russia" and is considered to be the leading specialized technical institution of higher education in the former Soviet Union.

The rector Dmitry Livanov and Nikolay Kudryavtsev, the president of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, both signed a letter of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.