Moscow State Aviation Technological University

Moscow State Aviation Technological University is a university in Moscow, Russia. The modern name of this university is «MATI» – Russian State University of Aviation Technology. It is named after the Russian aeronautics and rocketry pioneer Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovskii. The current name of "MATI" Russian State Technological University is "MAI" Moscow Aviation Institute History The university started in 1932 with the foundation of Dirigible Engineering Educational Center attached to Civil Air Fleet (CAF) Ministry by joining the Aircraft School of Leningrad Institute of CAF Engineers and Moscow Aviation Institute. In 1939 the center was reorganized into the Moscow Institute of CAF Engineers and named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky. Konstantin Eduardovitch Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) was Russian scientist and inventor in the field of aerodynamics, aerospace engineering and the theory of aircraft, rockets and dirigible. On June 17, 1940, the Moscow Institute of Aviation Technology (or MATI) was established. MATI attained the university status and name Moscow State Aviation Technology Institute – Russian State Technological University in 1992.