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australian national university(English) The Australian National University, ANU listen)) is a public university located in Canberra (Australia). Created August 1, 1946. Initially specialized in research work. In 1960 he merged with University College Canberra and began to provide higher education as well.
The Australian National University is one of the leading universities in Australia, it is part of the "Group of Eight", an association of eight leading public universities Australia. In 2006 he was named the best Australian university. The university has a Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, on the basis of which the Siding Spring Observatory, the largest observatory on the Australian continent, is based.
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The Australian National University was created by legislation introduced in the Federal Parliament by Prime Minister Ben Chifley and Post-War Reconstruction Minister John Deadman. The law was passed on August 1, 1946, with the support of opposition leader Robert Menzies. The Australian National University remains the only university in Australia established by federal law.
The group of prominent Australian scientists who took part in the formation of the Australian National University included: Sir Mark Oliphant, a leader in the development of radar and nuclear physics; Sir Howard Flory, involved in the discovery of penicillin; Sir Keith Hancock, eminent historian; Herbert Coombs, famous economist and public figure.
Academic structure
The Australian National University includes 7 colleges and. Colleges train bachelors, masters and research activities. focuses exclusively on research and masters and consists of 9 research schools and a research center.
Colleges
Research schools
- Research School of Information Science and Engineering
- Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
- Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering
- Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Campus
With an area of 1.45 square kilometers, the university's main campus occupies almost the entire Acton area of Canberra. Main university buildings:
- Hall Bruce
- Ursula Hall
- Fenner Hall
- Burgmann College
- John XXIII College
- Burton and Garran Hall
- Toad Hall
- university house
- Alumni House
Fenner Hall is located off-campus on Norfbourne Avenue in the nearby neighborhood of Braddon.
Famous graduates
- Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia.
- Manning Clark (story)
- Bart Bock (astronomy)
- Hana Newman (mathematics).
- Sir Howard Flory (later Lord Flory), awarded in 1945. Lord Florey was the university's first academic advisor and rector from 1965-1968.
- Professor John Eccles was awarded in 1963 in the field of medicine for his work on aspects of the central nervous system mammals.
- Professor Harsany was awarded in 1994 in the field of economics for his work on game theory, which discovered new tool economic analysis. Professor Harsaini taught economics at the university from 1958 to 1961 and completed some of his early research on game theory during this period.
- Prof. Rolf Zinkernagel and Prof. Peter Docherty are awarded in 1996 in the field of medicine for their revolutionary work in immunology. They first met and worked together at the John Curtin School of Medical Research.
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The squadron, where Rostov served, who had just managed to get on his horses, was stopped facing the enemy. Again, as on the Ensk bridge, there was no one between the squadron and the enemy, and between them, separating them, lay the same terrible line of uncertainty and fear, as it were, a line separating the living from the dead. All people felt this line, and the question of whether or not they would cross the line and how they would cross the line worried them.
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In the front row, the croups of horses swayed. Grachik pulled the reins and set off on his own.
On the right, Rostov saw the first ranks of his hussars, and even further ahead he could see a dark stripe, which he could not see, but considered the enemy. Shots were heard, but in the distance.
- Add lynx! - a command was heard, and Rostov felt how he was giving in backwards, interrupting his Grachik at a gallop.
He guessed his movements ahead, and he became more and more cheerful. He noticed a lone tree ahead. This tree was at first in front, in the middle of that line that seemed so terrible. And so they crossed this line, and not only was there nothing terrible, but it became more and more cheerful and lively. "Oh, how I will cut him," thought Rostov, clutching the hilt of the saber in his hand.
– Oh oh oh ah ah!! - voices boomed. "Well, now whoever gets caught," thought Rostov, pressing Grachik's spurs, and, overtaking the others, let him go all over the quarry. The enemy was already visible ahead. Suddenly, like a wide broom, something lashed the squadron. Rostov raised his saber, preparing to cut, but at that time the soldier Nikitenko, galloping ahead, separated from him, and Rostov felt, as in a dream, that he continued to rush forward with unnatural speed and at the same time remained in place. Behind him, the familiar hussar Bandarchuk galloped up at him and looked angrily. Bandarchuk's horse shied away, and he galloped past.
"What is this? am I not moving? “I fell, I was killed ...” Rostov asked and answered in an instant. He was already alone in the middle of the field. Instead of moving horses and hussar backs, he saw around him motionless earth and stubble. Warm blood was under him. "No, I am wounded and the horse is killed." Rook got up on his front legs, but fell, crushing his rider's leg. Blood was flowing from the horse's head. The horse struggled and could not get up. Rostov wanted to get up and fell too: the cart caught on the saddle. Where were ours, where were the French - he did not know. Nobody was around.
He freed his leg and stood up. “Where, on what side was now that line that so sharply separated the two troops?” he asked himself and could not answer. “Has something bad happened to me? Are there such cases, and what should be done in such cases? he asked himself, getting up; and at that time he felt that something superfluous was hanging on his left numb hand. Her brush was like someone else's. He looked at his hand, searching in vain for blood. “Well, here are the people,” he thought happily, seeing several people running towards him. “They will help me!” Ahead of these people ran one in a strange shako and in a blue overcoat, black, tanned, with a hooked nose. Two more and many more fled behind. One of them said something strange, non-Russian. Between the rear of the same people, in the same shakos, stood one Russian hussar. He was held by the hands; his horse was kept behind him.
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Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, MIT are the universities that regular applicant are in a different reality: with green lawns, wise professors, ancient libraries and tidy campuses. T&P found out how much tuition costs, what the admission procedure looks like, and what requirements the top universities in the world impose on applicants. In the new issue - Australian National University.
Australian National University (ANU) - Australia's first institution of higher education federal level. ANU is a young university founded in 1946 and located in Canberra. ANU is second nationally and 52nd in the World University Rankings by . The Australian National University was originally focused on scientific work, and highly rated in international rankings thanks to its research programs, and many of its employees conduct only research projects, without being distracted by teaching.
The John Curtin School medical school at ANU, famous for her research in oncology. Since 2008, the Jackie Chan Science Center, the main sponsor of the school, has been operating.
Therefore, entering ANU is worth master's programs and doctoral studies. The university has seven colleges. There is no particular point in enrolling in a bachelor's degree (undergraduate degree). Firstly, this is not the strongest side of the university. In addition, Canberra can hardly be called a student city, it differs from Melbourne and Sydney in its relatively small size and population and is more suitable for families. At the beginning of the 20th century, Canberra was chosen as the capital solely because of its equidistance from two competing centers. The planning and construction of the city began in 1913 under the leadership of the American architect Walter Burley Griffin, and in 1920 the University of Canberra (Canberra University College) was created, which became the basis for the future Australian National University. And now Canberra is primarily an administrative center with a population of 380 thousand inhabitants, high prices, standing apart from the outside world, not rich in concerts, nightlife and cultural events.
The main events in the life of the university for last years associated with the Research Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. It includes two observatories, on the basis of which several outstanding discoveries were made, including in 2011 the professor of this center, Brian Schmidt, was awarded Nobel Prize in physics for discovering the accelerated expansion of the universe through the observation of distant supernovae. In addition, it is worth noting separately the strong school of physics and computer science (computer science) with an emphasis on fundamental science, not the applied aspects of IT and programming. And anthropologists should be interested in the National Center for Indigenous Studies of Australia.
Dmitry Shishmarev
Third year PhD student
“The first thing I did was find a professor who agreed to be my supervisor. Further, I filled out the application forms for admission, made a translation of the diploma and sent all the documents to admission committee. In addition, I had to submit only English language. In my case it was the TOEFL exam. I enrolled in a PhD program in chemistry. From strengths university should be noted enough high standards Australian education and the flexibility of the learning process. Of the weaknesses, I would, perhaps, note the lack of mandatory lectures and courses in the specialty for PhD students, because of this, sometimes there are problems with a lack of theoretical knowledge.”
Deadline for submission of documents
For the first semester of study - until December 15, for the second semester - until May 31. The Faculty of Medicine accepts applications until June 30. Formally, documents are accepted at the university all the time, but applications from those who apply for the next semester within the deadlines are considered first.
Admission procedure
The application is submitted immediately for a specific program of a specific faculty through special form on the university website. After completing the online form, you will also need to send the original documents to the Faculty of Medicine. The application fee is 75 Australian dollars. In a special table, where for foreign students the ratio of points of their educational system and the requirements of the university, Russia is not. However, the university is ready to consider applications on an individual basis - from applicants with equivalent grades in the required subjects.
Entry Requirements
The key factor is the presence of education and high marks in the chosen subject or in a related field, as well as in the main school subjects. Minimum scores for language tests required for foreigners: IELTS - 6.5 (with a minimum of 6 points in each component of the test), TOEFL internet based - 80 points (at least 20 points in reading and writing and 18 in listening and speaking). Doctors and lawyers have stricter language requirements, you can see the exact test requirements on the university website. Depending on the field of interest to the applicant, there may be special requirements for core subjects - for example, ACT major in chemistry or its equivalent for doctors.
Entrance tests
In most cases, the admission procedure is limited to filling out an online form, in which you must provide all information about your education and provide supporting documents from educational institutions. On the medical faculty when applying for some specialties, you will need to first pass the MCAT or GAMSAT exams and duplicate an online application by regular mail, to which a special questionnaire for foreigners is attached. In the case of passing the primary selection, it is also required to pass an interview with representatives of the university.
Cost of education
Dmitry Shishmarev:
“Australia is quite an expensive country to live in. Student status allows you to enjoy discounts in many places: in public transport, museums and cinemas. I was able to get a university scholarship, but the competition for research grants and scholarships is quite serious here. I think getting a PhD is easy. It is much more difficult to get a scholarship so that you do not have to pay for everything out of your own pocket. Among students enrolled in the PhD program, foreigners predominate. I think about 70-80% of total number. Learning can be hard at times. However, I think that most of the graduates of the leading Russian universities it is within the power: it is not necessary to be a genius, as long as there is a desire.
Campus
Australia is located at the south pole, and the seasons here are the opposite of European ones. Therefore, the summer session at the university begins in January, the autumn session - in April, the winter session - in July, and the spring session - in October.
Canberra is known for being almost completely designed in the early 20th century, and the role of an academic center for the suburb of Acton, where the main campus is located, was assigned to the city's architect-planner Walter Griffin even then. For the abundance of green vegetation, Australians call their capital The Bush Capital, while the campus of the university is known as the "green campus" - it grows on its territory, with an area of 145 hectares. On the one hand, the campus borders on the central district of the city, and on the other hand, on the Black Mountain reserve and the famous artificial lake Walter Griffin, named after the author of the architectural image of the Australian capital. Connecting the wilderness with the metropolitan center, Acton actually embodied the views of the American Griffin on the ideal urban landscape.
Almost all the buildings of the Australian National University, including academic buildings, most university dormitories and a library. The exception is the Research Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The university also has a complex on the coast, intended for field work, and in the north of the country.
Many metropolitan attractions are located on campus. Here, for example, a whole series of modern sculptures is dispersed, and a special route connecting them - The Sculpure Walk - is the subject of national rather than university pride. In addition, the university, with great reverence for the history of the continent, has compiled a detailed catalog of finds related to the life of the natives and aborigines found on campus. There is also a special society for helping students representing native and island tribes - Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Center.
The university student union is responsible for supporting and entertaining the entire student population. There are pages dedicated to various thematic clubs (there are more than 180 of them): from a meeting of an anime lovers' society to a community of beer lovers or a criminology community. Among other clubs and societies there is also a society for writers, journalists and anyone interested in the hidden meanings of words Beyond the Lexicon, several gaming societies and many cultural and linguistic communities, for example, clubs for lovers of Russian or Spanish. To facilitate adaptation to university life, the SET4ANU program is designed, in which each freshman is assigned a mentor from among teachers or undergraduates. The university's official mouthpiece is the ANU Reporter magazine.
Dmitry Shishmarev:
“Student life during the semester is stormy: barbecues are often prepared on campus and in dormitories, concerts, sports competitions, discos and competitions are organized. Lectures for students can be from morning to evening, but with significant breaks for lunch and rest. After graduation school day many go to a bar or cafe. Especially a lot of people gather on Fridays and in the summer, when it doesn’t get dark very early and the weather outside is more favorable. However, on weekends, during exams and vacations, it is very quiet everywhere, students only sit in the library, and many even leave somewhere. In Canberra, the population density is quite low, and there are few places for parties in the city. Many shops and cafes close by 5-6 pm. The city is more suitable for families: there are many museums, parks, restaurants. Many students complain that it is boring here, especially when compared with Sydney or Melbourne.
For PhD students and professors extracurricular life, usually less intense, but also quite interesting. For example, I often go to cafes, restaurants with my work colleagues, sometimes we go to the cinema, we make small trips. Cycling and jogging are also popular among teachers and students; during the lunch break, many go for a walk or have picnics.
There is a lot of greenery on the campus, there are large football and rugby fields, tennis courts, cafes, barbecues, picnic tables. During the day, many birds fly around the campus, including parrots. After dark, possums and rabbits run out from everywhere. Once even a kangaroo jumped up to us. At the same time, the city center is within easy reach. What I like most about the university is the friendly atmosphere, least of all - the lack of high-quality and inexpensive student canteens. A favorite tradition of Australians is to go out into nature and barbecue on a sunny day during lunch. On our campus, this phenomenon can be observed quite often. The hostel has excellent living conditions.”
Dormitories
The university offers students more than ten dormitories operating according to the most different systems. Burgmann and John XXIII, for example, are organized along the classic Anglo-American principle of independent colleges - a gift that the university cannot boast such a long history, and the hostels themselves were founded in the 1970s. The administration here independently makes decisions about settling and life in general in the college and does not participate in the university-wide procedure for allocating places. Colleges emphasize their independence in all available ways - for example, they actively compete with teams from other hostels in internal sports tournaments. The eccentric Toad Hall, which has defended its right to have a toad as a symbol, is also somewhat famous. The name of the University Council was proposed by the first tenants - in their opinion, the willows planted in front of the building were reminiscent of the children's book "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Graham.
Museums and libraries
The territory of the Australian National University concurrently serves as one of the museum centers of Canberra. The Classics Museum and Drill Hall Gallery are open to the general public. The first presents exhibits from the history of the Middle East, Ancient Greece and Rome, Egypt, while the second specializes in local artefacts, drama and South Italian pottery. It hosts exhibitions of contemporary art - Australian and world. Since the founding of the ANU library in 1948, a collection of more than two and a half million books, manuscripts and documents has been collected, which exceeds, for example, the size of the London UCL collection. Like most English and American universities, ANU publishes collections for each program that include book excerpts and articles included in the mandatory list course literature so that students do not have to search for texts individually. At the university, these collections are called "reading bricks" iTunes U with a selection of open and course lectures by department, as well as a free application for iPhones and iPads ANU Sculpture Walk with a tour route around the campus. You can also find a series of podcasts on the university website dedicated to developing skills that are useful for students. SkillSoup tipmeister, for example, talks about the challenges of studying abroad and how to develop a strategic approach to reading and not get nervous during oral presentations. JobPod is dedicated to practical advice on creating your own career, including academic - for those who apply for a PhD. For local dissertation requirements and some tips on how to learn a language and write an essay, it's worth listening to SkillSoup.
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Until the 1990s, this university, worthy in all respects, trained personnel for nuclear research, now work is being carried out under the auspices of Rosatom. Faculties of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Chemical Physics and others show themselves well. There are enthusiastic reviews about MEPhI teachers, no less good - about the powerful theoretical and technical training of students.
Road to scientists
The Institute of Atomic Energy is located in Obninsk. For more than fifty years, he has trained many thousands of specialists for this industry both in Russia and abroad. The range of areas of study is very wide: atomic physics, cybernetics, mathematical modeling, high performance computing, materials science, management, finance and so on. Other branches of MEPhI are no less interesting.
Software engineering
Reviews about the Faculty of Cybersecurity are also quite numerous, which will greatly help applicants who have chosen the field of computer technology, as well as programming and, of course, information security. It must be admitted that this faculty, judging by the reviews, does not surpass similar faculties of other universities, although the MEPhI brand itself plays an attractive role.
The faculty has interesting specializations, among which is the "K" sector, which is responsible for training specialists in control systems for critical facilities. There are four directions in this sector, which are studied at departments 28, 17, 33, 68 and 22. One of the most interesting specializations of MEPhI is software engineering. Reviews about the 22nd department, which graduates bachelors of this specialty, are generally good.
IFEB
Since 2006, there has been the Institute for Financial and Economic Security, created by Rosfinmonitoring to counter the legalization of criminal proceeds and the financing of terrorists. The training of specialists in primary education takes place on the basis of MEPhI.
Economic security (reviews about this specialty are few for many reasons) requires from students not only extensive and stable basic knowledge. They are practiced in the central office and the MRU, in the national financial intelligence offices of some EAR states.
MEPhI manages to take into account the specifics and features of the interaction of all specialties of this unit, while providing a single standard for training. Graduates work both in Rosfinmonitoring and in the FSB of Russia, as well as in the prosecutor's office and the Investigative Committee, in the apparatus of leading banks, in state corporations and IT companies.
IMO
A number of federal ministries initiated the creation of the Institute of International Relations in 1999 on the basis of MEPhI. International relations, reviews lose only MGIMO (and then, they say, according to the established tradition), - a popular direction. Graduates are engaged in political and social aspects international cooperation in science, engineering and technology, analysis of the activities of international associations and organizations, support of international projects in science-intensive technologies, competitive and financial and economic analysis of international product markets high technology.
Faculty of Humanities
It existed until 2009, after which it was renamed the Faculty of Management and Economics of High Technologies MEPhI. The economy, reviews of which are quite diverse, is the main subject in the preparation of a specialist in international relations, since he will be engaged in accounting, financial management, jurisprudence, economic and financial security.
At MEPhI, at the faculty "U", according to students, international studies are better prepared than in all other universities, except for MGIMO. You can look at the statistics, the spread of acts of cooperation, ratings. MEPhI is ahead of even the aforementioned university in many respects. A big plus is that few people look at ratings, and it is more realistic to enter International Relations at MEPhI than at MGIMO, even on a budgetary basis.
Correspondence school
MEPhI, reviews of which are so numerous, is growing with talented students due to the existence of a correspondence school for more than forty years, where students from the sixth to the eleventh grade receive distance lessons and study courses in physics, mathematics, chemistry and other subjects, and now they are preparing for the exam.
Benefits and tasks are sent by parcels, then teachers communicate with children by mail - electronic or paper, the student chooses here. Thus, the services of the Correspondence School can be used by any student, no matter where he lives.
Hostel and hotel
There is no better student shelter than MEPhI. The hostel, reviews of which filled the student forums, is located a quarter of an hour on foot from the place of study - very convenient. Two 24-storey towers - two buildings, plus two 5-storey ones. 3,000 people can live in skyscrapers, another 500 can live in them. On the first floors there are buffets and cookery, gyms, and payphones. Throughout the territory - the Internet, radio and television, security and video surveillance, automated fire protection. There is something for MEPhI students to love the hostel, they write enthusiastic reviews. Here they live comfortably. Therefore, time is not wasted on everyday problems, it is given to study.
Dormitories - apartment type, where each apartment is equipped with all kinds of furniture for storing things, rest, work, there are refrigerators and electric stoves in the kitchens, spacious bathrooms and toilets, glazed balconies. On the territory of this entire complex, for the convenience of students, there are cash desks, Passport Office, accounting.
Literally today I saw in public a leak about MEPhI from another freshman: well, on the Internet, someone is always wrong.
I myself graduated from this university and, frankly, I do not regret it.
What is good in junior courses:
- The first year is really hard. Physics with matan are present, and are present in large numbers. Matan is read according to a program close to the Mekhmat of Moscow State University; (absolutely the entire department of higher mathematics is from there).
- Engineering items. Inzhgraf is, the level is far from Bauman, and that's good. It is enough knowledge to read the drawing and draw a sketch for installation. At one time, I was very pleased with the details of machines and electrical engineering, which together thinned out the numerical strength well, but taught me to quickly understand incomprehensible and complex things.
- The teachers. The teachers (and the dean's office) are very fond of gesticulating and destroying morally unstable students in every possible way. For which many thanks to them! This is what makes mythists mythists. The first-year students will thank the evil girls from the secretariat three more times, and the terrible physics teacher who sent them to retake for an undrawn vector over speed, when after university they come to work and face a situation that is classic for our country "Here's your task to give birth to a reactor cooling system from a fire extinguisher and four sprigs of lilacs. Coordinate the project with the barmaid Aunt Zina. Deadline - yesterday. " When they stubbornly try to crush you, you involuntarily begin to learn to prove that you are still something of yourself.
- Dorms. Decent apartment-type dorms in fifteen minutes on foot.
What is bad in junior courses:
- English. Everything is difficult with languages for techies at MEPhI. Although the guys from international relations manage to learn three languages. I don't know, maybe it was just me that was so bad.
What is good in scary courses:
- Industry. At MEPhI, a lot is tied to Rosatom. The second, after stress resistance, an important feature of a mythist is that a bunch of contacts from people from the industry are recruited by the release. Starting with the fact that all employees of specialized departments are engaged in some kind of real science, and the customer of this science is Rosatom. Ending with the fact that in many departments part-time people work and teach at the level up to CEO any of the daughters of Rosatom. Every more or less normal student collects a pile of business cards for his diploma by his uncles and aunts, who are hypothetically ready and, most importantly, can take him to their department. I myself saw how students, during a break in the defense of diplomas or some kind of conference, drove up to invited representatives of enterprises and agreed on interviews (for schoolchildren who read, I will explain: you can get a job by sending a resume to the personnel department of an enterprise, but this is magic). Agree, not every university has such a frequent opportunity to try your luck finding a job without leaving the cash register.
Same here, but on the other side. Proximity to the industry gives a great opportunity to organize hotel lists with one call: during the study, they managed to visit a working nuclear power plant, look at experimental tokamaks and touch the historical first reactors with their hands. There would only be a wish.
- The science. She is. With a strong desire, you can well join the scientific team and have a lot of experience and, in some places, even money. According to the latest trends in scientometrics, it is customary to measure this whole thing by the number of publications in international journals from the list of the same Scopus. I, who worked in a small laboratory at the department, had four such articles for my diploma. That is, the diploma was written at once and simply by merging them all into one document. And I wasn't even ashamed to defend myself.
- Stipuhi. In my time they were huge, by student standards. Starting from ordinary academic ones, ending with nominal presidential, government, Rosatom, etc. At MEPhI, they have large quotas, received them big number people. V better times in the amount of 30+ thousand a month came out. It allowed me to do science for my own pleasure after steam, and not work as a courier.
What is bad in senior courses:
- The reactor is standing. All first-year students shout at the top of their lungs that "there is a Reactor at MEPhI," and it has been in its eighth year of endless modernization and relicensing. And no one really wants to deal with them. Sadly.
- Not the most adequate schedule. Occurs in almost all departments. Pairs are scattered for all days, one per day and in the middle of the day. One way or another, the majority finds a job in their specialty by the last courses and tries to work part-time and at the same time write a diploma, and it’s not so easy to break away from work in serious offices for a few hours. The problem can be solved by agreement with teachers, but always rests on disagreements in numerous groups.
I summarize. Despite the disadvantages in the face of the bureaucratic system of the institute, insufficient "customer focus", the pursuit of numbers and ratings, MEPhI is still a place where people are taught to create new, complex and physically beautiful technologies, while this place is quickly integrating into the world system education.
And for those who think that good university should teach you to remember everything that is written in smart books I advise you to reconsider your views on education in general.
For new recruits: passing scores are rising mercilessly. The Olympics are everything. October, by the way, is the month of the mythical Olympiads. Go ahead.
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"Atomic Project"
A special committee established on August 20, 1945 under the Council of people's commissars, who was entrusted with the coordination of all work on the use of intra-atomic energy of uranium, was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars L.P. Beria. And at the same time, for the direct management of the work of all organizations for the use of uranium energy, the First Main Directorate was created, headed by an outstanding organizer of industry and a talented engineer, Colonel General B.L. Vannikov. On August 30, 1945, the Moscow Mechanical Institute was transferred to the jurisdiction of this department. And just two weeks later, in the protocol No. 4 of the meeting of the Special Committee, signed by Beria, the wording “On the organization at the Moscow Mechanical Institute of a faculty for the training of physicists” appeared.
On September 20, 1945, the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR No. 2386627ss, signed by Stalin, "On the organization of the Faculty of Engineering and Physics at the Moscow Mechanical Institute" was issued. This was the starting point for the creation of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.
The Faculty of Fine Mechanics was reorganized into the Faculty of Engineering and Physics for the training of nuclear industry specialists. From the very beginning, during the creation of this faculty, the increased attention of the government was paid to it. The contingent of students was increased to seven hundred people, new departments for the training of physicists were created: the Department of Atomic Physics, the Department of Theoretical Physics, the Department of Nuclear Physics, the Department of Applied Nuclear Physics and the Department of Precision Mechanics.
On January 26, 1946, by order of the institute, an outstanding scientist, full member Ukrainian Academy Sciences Alexander Ilyich Leipunsky.
In 1946, the Department of Metal Physics, the Department of Special Mathematics, the Department of Special Chemistry and Metallurgy appeared at MMI. According to the idea of the founders of this faculty, future graduates had to have a university level of education in physics and mathematics, and, in addition, have engineering skills. In essence, the founding fathers conceived the training of a new type of specialists, specialists of a new generation who have a high level of knowledge and are able to create new technology.
First Teachers
A number of departments were transferred to the Moscow Mechanical Institute from other institutes, in particular, from Moscow State University, Moscow State Technical University. E. Bauman, MPEI. For example, one of the MEPhI rectors, Viktor Mikhailovich Kolobashkin, completed his first year at Moscow Higher Technical School, and then he, along with the whole group, was transferred to MMI. Among the teachers then were unique specialists, which were the color of Soviet science post-war years, future Nobel Prize winners I. E. Tamm, A. D. Sakharov, N. N. Semenov, I. M. Frank, P. A. Cherenkov, N. G. Basov, famous scientists, academicians I. V. Kurchatov , I.V. Obreimov, Ya. B. Zeldovich, I. Ya. Pomeranchuk, M. A. Leontovich, A. N. Tikhonov, A. B. Migdal, G. S. Landsberg, B. P. Zhukov, S. A. Khristianovich, I. K. Kikoin. Many of them can be seen in the portrait gallery in the main building.
MEPhI
Over time, a process of gradual translation began mechanical specialties to other institutions, and expansion of engineering and physics specialties. And in 1953, the institute acquired its present name MEPhI, all of whose faculties became largely focused on training specialists in nuclear power engineering and the defense industry.
In 1952, according to the Decree of the Government of the USSR, the first four branches of MEPhI were created in closed cities (now Ozersk, Novouralsk, Lesnoy in the Urals and Sarov) to train personnel on the ground. Subsequently, branches of MEPhI were created in Obninsk, Snezhinsk and Trekhgorny. MEPhI trained personnel for the nuclear industry in a wide range of specializations, and eventually became a truly elite university and gained worldwide fame.
Nuclear University
A new stage in the development of the university began in 2008, when MEPhI became one of the first two national research universities and was renamed the National Research nuclear university"MEPhI".
Today, the university firmly holds a leading position in the training of specialists the highest level, combining the principles of synthesis of education and scientific research laid down 75 years ago.
