Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys
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| Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys | |
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| Московский институт стали и сплавов (МИСиС) | |
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| Established: | 1918 |
| Location: | Moscow, Russia |
| Website: | http://www.misis.ru |
Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (Technological University) (Russian: Московский институт стали и сплавов, abbreviated МИСиС) is Russia's primary technological university in the field of steelmaking and metallurgy. 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 the Stalin Moscow Institute of Steel. It adopted its current name in 1962 after having been united with the Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Gold. The status of Technological University was awarded in 1993.
MISA is the leading university of the Higher Metallurgical Education Association, whose members include universities from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. It has joint degree programmes with the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in Freiberg, Germany and the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine in Nancy, France.
[edit] Faculties
- Faculty of Metallurgical Technologies, Resource Conservation, and Ecology
- Faculty of Nonferrous and Precious Metals
- Faculty of Physics and Chemistry
- Technological Faculty
- Faculty of Semiconductor Materials and Devices
- Faculty of Computer Science and Economics
- Faculty of Energy and Environment
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Part-Time Education
- Post Higher Education Centre
- Preparatory Faculty
MISA has about 16,500 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, and a faculty of about 625, including 136 professors and 325 associate professors. The rector of MISA is Yuri S. Karabasov.
