The National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS) (Russian: Национальный исследовательский технологический университет МИСИС) is a public technological university in the field of steelmaking and metallurgy, based in Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1918 as a part of the Moscow Mining Academy. In 1930, it became independent. During Stalin's regime, the institute was renamed as Stalin Moscow Institute of Steel. It adopted the name Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys in 1962 after uniting with the Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Gold. The status of technological university was awarded in 1993 and the status of a National University in 2008, when the institution adopted its current name. It was ranked the # 1,017 university in the world in 2023.
MISIS is a member of the Higher Metallurgical Education Association, whose members include universities from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. It had joint degree programmes with the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in Freiberg, Germany, and the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine in Nancy, France.
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Institutes
Institute of Metallurgy, Ecology and Quality
Institute of Physical Chemistry of Materials
Institute of Materials Technology
Institute of Mining
Institute of Computer Science and Economics
Institute of Humanities
Institute of Information Business Systems
Faculty of Part-Time Education
Post Higher Education Centre
Preparatory Faculty
Mining
Notable alumni
Avraamy Pavlovich Zavenyagin (1901–1956) was a Soviet statesman, industrial organizer, metallurgical engineer, and supervisor of Soviet metallurgy and the atomic project. He held the rank of Lieutenant General (1945, MVD). From 1923 to 1930, he studied at what was then called the Moscow Mining Academy.
Viktor Berkovsky, Soviet and Ukrainian bard
Mikhail Fridman, Ukrainian-born Russian–Israeli businessman, billionaire, and oligarch
German Khan, Ukrainian-Russian businessman, billionaire, and oligarch
Eduard Shifrin, Ukrainian entrepreneur and co-owner of the Midland Group
Vladimir Solovyov, Russian TV presenter and propagandist
MISIS has about 16,500 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, and a faculty of about 1200, including 326 professors and 350 associate professors.