National Research University of Electronic Technology

Today, MIET is an advanced university of Russia, training professionals in microelectronics, nanotechnology in electronics, information, telecommunication technologies, fundamental sciences, economics, graphic design, and linguistics.
The University is situated in Zelenograd, the center of Russian microelectronics and a quiet Moscow district. For more than 40 years, the University has been training highly-qualified professionals in the most popular fields of electronics and IT. Among the tutors and employees of MIET are the Russian Academy of Sciences, more than 100 Doctors of Sciences, and more than 300 PhDs.
The University is proud of its graduates successfully working in well-known hi-tech companies in Russia and worldwide. MIET cooperates with leading universities of Europe and the USA, takes part in exchange programs for students, postgraduates and tutors. The University implements programs of elite professional training together with several foreign leaders in electronics and information technologies: Microsoft, Intel, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor Graphics, Parametric Technology Corporation, Freescale Semiconductor, Agilent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, and others.
Today over 200 international students study at MIET. Besides training full-time and part-time students using the newest equipment and software, MIET was one of Russia's first universities to provide distance education for students in Russia and abroad via the Internet using a unique curriculum developed at the University.
Every year a large amount of research is carried out at MIET not only by faculty members and research assistants but also by postgraduates and students. For more than 15 years, MIET has been participating in innovative activities. One of the six free economic zones created in Russia for hi-tech companies is situated in Zelenograd. It includes the Innovation Complex of MIET.
MIET proved its status as a leading university in Russia by being listed in 2006 as one of the first 17 winners of the national priority project «Education,» leaving behind 200 competitors. MIET is among the universities promoting the best innovative educational programs and received substantial federal funding to develop an elite professional training system further.
In 2010 MIET got a high status of National Research University to recognize its achievements in education, research, and innovations. The University will receive significant long-term financial support for the development of educational and research activities.