The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research institute in Moscow, Russia. Established in 2011, in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech cultivates a new generation of researchers and entrepreneurs, promotes advanced scientific knowledge, and fosters innovative technology to address Russia and the world's critical issues. Skoltech applies the best Russian and international research and educational practices, emphasizing entrepreneurship, and innovation. Skoltech's model leverages the integration of basic and applied research and education. The Institute's close link with the industrial and business ecosystem fosters frontier research and generates a flow of innovative solutions to benefit the Russian economy.
Ten Centers for Research, Education, and Innovation (CREIs) are associated with Skoltech, each residing under one or more programs. Each CREI has a thematic research mission carried out through a distributed collaborative research program between Skoltech, international, and Russian institutions, and has physical and virtual components. Skoltech faculty, staff, and students conduct their research under each CREI in new physical laboratories at Skoltech.
As an academic institution, Skoltech's primary mission is academic excellence in six target domains:
- Data Science & Artificial Intelligence,
- Life Sciences and Biomedicine,
- Cutting-edge Engineering & Advanced Materials
- Energy Efficiency,
- Quantum Technology,
- Advanced Studies
In this context, academic excellence includes performing cutting-edge fundamental and applied research and educating the next generation of science, technology, and business leaders.
Skoltech also works to create business opportunities in professional education, advisory services, centers of collective use services, industry-funded research and result implementation, technology licensing, and new enterprises established by scholars, engineers, students, and alumni. As such, Skoltech bridges the gap between applied research and industry.
Skoltech forms a part of the Skolkovo community, which functions as a modern, self-sustaining innovation ecosystem. In this paradigm, Skoltech acts as a catalyst to foster cutting-edge research, promote entrepreneurial activity, and train internationally competitive specialists to work in the rapidly changing research and technology landscape.
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