

National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute" (MPEI)
Moscow Power Engineering Institute is one of the main technical universities in Russia in the field of Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Radio Engineering and Electronics, Informatics and Computer Science, founded in 1930.
MPEI as a university consists of 12 institutes and more than 100 scientific and research laboratories. Infrastructure includes a specialized pilot plant, a unique educational Heat power plant which is located inside the university campus, the largest scientific and technical library in the country. In recent years, numerous Russian and international companies made investments in MPEI labs and education technologies. Most of the training rooms and laboratories were renewed and provided with modern equipment for excellent training of engineers and specialists for high-tech industries.
Contacts
- Address
- Krasnokazarmennaya 14, Moscow,111250 Russia.
- Phone
- +7 (495) 362-73-07
- universe@mpei.ac.ru
- Internet
- https://mpei.ru/
- Social networks
Laboratories \ equipment supporting education
MPEI has educational laboratories in its the main specialized Nuclear Power disciplines: a neutron physics laboratory, an uranium-water subcritical test facility; a class of analytical simulators and thermohydraulic codes, laboratory of physical and chemical processes in the equipment of nuclear power plants, and a laboratory for the thermohydraulic of nuclear power plants.
Unique equipment:
1. Experimental stand "Unilateral target heating" for the study of heat transfer in structural elements facing the discharge chamber of thermonuclear reactors at ultrahigh energy density The stand provides: pumping of the working chamber, heating of the working area with an electron beam, accelerating voltage up to 60 kV, maximum beam power up to 60 kW, coolant circulation in the hydraulic circuit, operating pressure in the hydraulic circuit up to 2 MPa, coolant flow rate up to 0.5 kg/s.
2. Stand “Fuel assembly"
The hydraulic circuit of the stand is a closed single-circuit hermetically tight circulation system filled with distilled water, with an operating pressure range of 0.1÷16.0 MPa, temperatures of 10÷349°C. The main element of the high-frequency heating system is a high-frequency generator. The generator provides an oscillatory power of 60 kW at the output of the circuit at a frequency of 0.44 MHz.
3. Plasma device PLM-M
The unique plasma device PLM-M is a multicusp linear trap with a steady-state plasma discharge for plasma testing of fusion materials of a thermonuclear reactor. The PLM-M device has no analogues in Russia, it is among several of the most powerful devices of such class in the world. The density of the heat flux on the tested surface of materials in experiments on the PLM-M, facing the plasma, reaches 10 MW/m2 or more in experiments with the additional use of a laser load. The PLM-M is equipped with a set of contact and non-contact plasma diagnostics.
4. The mercury MHD stand
An experimental facility for the study of hydrodynamics and heat transfer of liquid metal coolants in strong magnetic fields "The mercury MHD stand"
Department of Chemistry and Electrochemical Energy:
Scientific Equipment CCU "HYDROGEN ENERGY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES":
- Surface area analyzer Nova 1000 (Qantachrome);
- IR spectrophotometer DR/2500, DRB 200 with thermoblock (Hach);
- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy "FSM-1202";
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) JEOL JSM-6380LA;
- Equipment for the preparation and analysis of the structure of porous bodies in a wide range of pore sizes "Porotech";
- Fuel cell testing station (Hydrogenics);
Electrochemical equipment Solartron.
Academic and research staff
MPEI academic and research staff:
Total - 1426 pers.
among them 767 Candidates of Sciences and 252 Doctors of Sciences
Acting Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences - 2 pers.
International academic staff - 51 pers.
Staff professional development and training in nuclear area
MPEI academic staff is trained in advanced training programs, which allow them to provide a high-quality educational and upbringing process for bachelors and masters of the university. The programs are aimed at studying modern pedagogical methods, raising the level of teaching disciplines, using modern electronic software products in the educational process. Over the past three years, professors of the departments of “Nuclear Power Plants” and “General Physics and Nuclear Fusion” have been trained on 264 programs.
University personnel undergo annual advanced training, including upskilling programs at the enterprises of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (ROSATOM) according to the programs approved by the Сorporation for designing power engineering facilities, ensuring the reliability and safety of nuclear infrastructure.
Available academic programs
Information for Students is available at the web-site https://mpei.ru/lang/en/admission/Pages/default.aspx
Network Academic Programs with international partner university
Bachelor’s degree programs
Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov
- Heat Power Plants
- Electrical Power Systems and Grids
- Electrical Power Stations and Substations
- Hydroelectric Plants
- Enterprises and Organizations Economics
- Enterprises and Organizations Management
- Autonomous Energy Systems
- Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics
- Control and Informatics in Technical Systems
- Quality Management
Kyrgyz Technical University
- Electrical Power Systems and Grids
- Hydroelectric Plants
- Electromechanics
- Heat Power Plants
- Electricity Transmission and Distribution
- Biotechnical Energy Devices and Systems
Studies in Electrical Engineering are wide-ranging and relevant to industry. Participants will learn to design smart grids, manage power quality, take advantage of data driven applications to enhance electrical solutions and get understanding of innovations development.
North China Electric Power University
- Heat Power Plants
- Nuclear Power Plants and Technologies
- Electricity Transmission and Distribution
Programs organized in cooperation between MPEI and NCEPU are aimed at providing sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge in the Heat and fluid sciences combined with simulation and experimental skills applied to power plant, waste treatment, energy generation and gas turbines research. Graduates will be ready to apply their skills in industrial engineering companies and power plants.
Viet Nam National University
- Automated Systems for Data Processing and Control
The program in Automated Systems is an important study in many energy fields, involving such specialists as engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and designers. The program combines knowledge of industrial engineering, such as electrical and mechanical engineering, electronics, data science and some aspects of artificial intelligence. Participants will gain the advanced knowledge necessary to devise innovative solutions and systems in the broad field of automation and control.
Tangshan Institute
- Machines and High-Effective Processes Technologies for Material Treatment
The program constitutes a foundation of several branches of today's modern technology. Program Participants provided with a robust theoretical understanding of additive manufacturing and 3D printing processes, material treatment and the practical skills to apply such methods to solve real-life problems.
International projects in nuclear area
- Water Chemistry Conditions in Nuclear Reactors
- Liquid Radioactive Waste Treatment
- Commissioning and Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plant Reactors Abroad
- Heat and Mass Transfer Process Modeling in the First Water Circuit of Nuclear Reactors
- Sustainable Programs Implementation on Nuclear Power Plants
- Integration of Small Nuclear Power Plants to Energy System
- Modern Equipment Design Methods for Small Nuclear Reactors
- Reliability and Security Analysis of Nuclear Reactors
- Structural Materials and Facilities Lifetime on Small Nuclear Reactor Plant
- Automated Systems for Modeling and Calculations of Nuclear Power Plant Schemes
- Nuclear Fusion
Outstanding Alumni
- V.I. Shimko – Minister of Radio Industry of the USSR;
- A.F. Trutko – Head of the Main Directorate of the State Committee for Science and Technology of the USSR;
- Yu.P. Dokuchaev – Director of the Research Institute "Pulsar" Hero of Socialist Labor;
- V.G. Ogonkov and A.I. Petrashko – Directors of VNIIEM;
- I.B. Peshkov – President of the Academy of Electrotechnical Sciences of the Russian Federation;
- Prof. Albrecht Zur (Germany);
- V.V. Kolchin – Director of the Electrokeramics Research Institute;
- N.F. Ilinskiy, V.F. Kozachenko, V.N. Ostrirov, A.S. Anuchin – leading scientists in the field of electric drive;
- outstanding electromechanics A.P. Burman, V.Ya. Bespalov, I.P. Kopylov, S.I. Kopylov; A.V. Scherbakov – one of the youngest Doctors of technical sciences in Russia.
- A.V. Shcheglyaev – Corresponding member USSR Academy of Sciences;
- Professor V.G. Gribin, Professor P.V. Roslyakov, Professor A.E. Zaryankin, Acting member of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.V. Bolotin and many other outstanding graduates laid the foundation for the development of scientific schools in the field of power engineering and mechanics.
- V.A. Kirillin – Acting member, prominent scientist in the power engineering, chairman of the State Committee of the USSR Council of Ministers for Science and Technology
- The Department of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) of the National Research Institute "Moscow Power Engineering Institute" was established in 1956 and is the oldest Atomic Energy Department in Europe. Professor Theresa Margulova was the first head of the department, where she organized the training of specialists and engineers in the field of nuclear energy, which was a new industry at that time. From the moment of department foundation till the present time, the main task of the department has been to train highly qualified specialists for the enterprises of the nuclear industry. A major contribution to the establishment and development of the department was made by outstanding scientists and specialists from both industry and research institutes, among them the members of USSR Academy of Sciences: Viktor Sidorenko, Georgiy Kruzhilin, professors Nikolay Sinev, A. Kochenov, V. Gerasimov, V. Titov, G. Bat, L. Voronin
- Acting member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Klimenko Alexander Viktorovich;
- Acting member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Klimenko Vladimir Viktorovich Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Ametistov Evgeny Viktorovich, Rector of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute from 1990 to 2005
- Pushkarev A. S., Candidate of Technical Sciences, Head of Laboratory, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
- Dzhus K. A., Candidate of Technical Sciences, Deputy Head of the Laboratory of Hydrogen Technologies of GAZPROM VNIIGAZ
- Glukhov A.S., Candidate of Technical Sciences, Chief Specialist of TVEL
- Kiselev I.V. Candidate of Technical Sciences, Chief Investment Specialist of Rosnano
- Kulova T. L. Doctor of Chemistry, Professor, Head of the Laboratory, Chief Researcher, A. N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry
- Bespalov A.V. – Chief of Technical Office BKP-3, Stock Company Atomenergoporekt
- Dolin A.P. – General Director of NTC 'EDS' LLC
- Volkov M.S. – Deputy CTO Stock Company NTC ‘UES’
- Berdnikov R. N. – Deputy General Director PSC RusHydro
- Treschev S.E. – Austronaut, Hero of the Russian Federation