National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

     National Research Nuclear University MEPhI was founded in 1942 as the Moscow Mechanical Institute of Munitions, but it was soon renamed into the Moscow Mechanical Institute. Its original mission was to train skilled personnel for the Soviet military and atomic programs. It was renamed the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1953, which was its name until 2009. In 2008 MEPhI was granted the status of the National Research university. 
     MEPhI conducts both fundamental and applied research in such areas as energy and energy efficiency, nuclear research and technology, industry and research for nanosystems and nanomaterials, space research and technology, information technology, security, medical technology.
     AddressKashirskoe shosse, 31, Moscow, Russia, 115409
     Web-sitehttps://eng.mephi.ru/