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Athar University Guide Moscow

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Национальный исследовательский ядерный университет «МИФИ»الجامعة الوطنية للأبحاث النووية «ميفي»

The university is in Moscow; its admissions office is at 31 Kashirskoye Shosse, Moscow 115409.

Official website
admission.mephi.ru

At a glance

Levels of study
The 2026 admissions site covers bachelor's and specialist degrees, master's, postgraduate (aspirantura), medical residency (ordinatura) and secondary vocational education.
English-taught programmes
The Moscow fee table lists General Medicine (31.05.01) taught in English for international students, under the Engineering Physics Institute of Biomedicine. We found no list of other English-taught programmes on the reachable pages.
Housing
The university has a dormitory complex with apartment-type and corridor-type buildings; the page lists eight buildings in Moscow, one of them for postgraduates.
Campuses
The admissions site also covers admission to the university's branches, including the Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Tashkent (Uzbekistan) branches.
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Founded
The university traces its history to the Moscow Mechanical Institute of Munitions, founded in November 1942 mainly to train specialists for the nuclear industry.

Fields and faculties

  • Institutes and faculties listed on the admissions site's “Institutes and faculties” page:

    • Institute of Nuclear Physics and Technology
    • Institute of Laser and Plasma Technologies
    • Engineering Physics Institute of Biomedicine
    • Institute of Nanotechnologies in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics
    • Institute of Intelligent Cybernetic Systems
    and 6 more
    • Institute of Physical and Technical Intelligent Systems
    • Institute of Financial Technologies and Economic Security
    • Institute of International Relations
    • Faculty of Business Informatics and Complex Systems Management
    • Higher School of Engineering
    • Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering

Admission for international students

  • Foreign applicants, bachelor's and specialistBachelor'sSpecialist degree2026for international students

    The “For foreign applicants” page (bachelor's and specialist) links to: admission specifics for foreign citizens, the list of required documents, requirements for foreign documents, the admission rules and the ministry's regulations on admitting foreigners.

  • Foreign applicants, master'sMaster's2026for international students

    Foreign applicants to master's programmes submit documents online through the university portal; the page also points to the international Open Doors olympiad for foreigners entering Russian universities.

  • Bachelor'sSpecialist degree2026

    The university offers paid (contract) study in the same programmes, with the same entrance tests as for state-funded places; minimum scores may differ.

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  • Foreign citizens from visa-regime countries2026/27for international students

    For foreign citizens from countries with a visa regime, tuition is 110% of the amount in the fee table.

  • for international students

    Documents required from foreign applicants in the general competition, per the Study in Russia portal:

    • Passport scan with a notarised Russian translation
    • Secondary-school certificate or previous diploma with a notarised translation
    • Transcript of grades with a notarised translation
    • Medical certificate and a negative HIV test certificate from an official medical institution in your country, with a notarised translation
    • Photo 3×4 cm
    • Optional: documents of personal achievements; certificate of recognition of foreign education

Tuition fees

Each amount is published for a specific programme or group of programmes — not necessarily the university's fees overall. Each academic year is shown separately.

ProgrammeYearFee
Bachelor's (1) 2026/27 300,000 RUB per semester
Specialist degree (1) 2026/27 400,000 RUB per semester

Examples

Bachelor's, Nuclear Physics and Technology (14.03.02) — Moscow Bachelor's · 2026/27

300,000 RUB per semester

Example from the Moscow fee table: bachelor's in Nuclear Physics and Technology (14.03.02), 300,000 RUB per semester (autumn semester 2026/2027); 4 years.

General Medicine (31.05.01), taught in English for international students — Moscow Specialist degree · 2026/27

400,000 RUB per semester

General Medicine in English for international students, Moscow: 400,000 RUB per semester (autumn semester 2026/2027); 6 years.

Student housing

  • Students admitted to state-funded places

    An applicant admitted to a state-funded place who lives outside the zone shown on the page's map is given a dormitory place on application.

  • The Study in Russia portal lists 13 dormitories for more than 7,700 students in Moscow and Obninsk; temporary accommodation during entrance examinations is not available, and students move in after the enrolment order.

Student life and services

  • The student life page mentions more than a hundred student initiatives and events, a joint student council, an English club, and sports, media and volunteer groups.

Practical information

  • Admissions office contact: [email protected]; call centre +7 800 775-15-51 (free within Russia).

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