National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
#591
QS World University Rankings 2026
28.5
QS 2026 overall score
Ranking data
QS World University Rankings source#591
QS World University Rankings 2026
#497
QS World University Rankings 2025
28.5
QS 2026 overall score
Indicator-level data
Each card keeps the QS 2026 score and rank separate. A missing value is not estimated.
Academic reputation
- QS 2026 score
- 10.3
- QS 2026 rank
- #701
Employer reputation
- QS 2026 score
- 20.9
- QS 2026 rank
- #627
Faculty-student ratio
- QS 2026 score
- 99.3
- QS 2026 rank
- #40
Citations per faculty
- QS 2026 score
- 11.2
- QS 2026 rank
- #801
International faculty ratio
- QS 2026 score
- 60.6
- QS 2026 rank
- #387
International student ratio
- QS 2026 score
- 93.3
- QS 2026 rank
- #142
International student diversity
- QS 2026 score
- 93.8
- QS 2026 rank
- #118
International research network
- QS 2026 score
- 30.2
- QS 2026 rank
- #801
Employment outcomes
- QS 2026 score
- 17.6
- QS 2026 rank
- #769
Sustainability
- QS 2026 score
- 23
- QS 2026 rank
- #801
About National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
MEPhI organises nuclear, engineering, and digital fields through specialist institutes
The official National Research Nuclear University MEPhI site presents a network of specialist institutes and faculties. The list includes the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Technology, the Institute of Laser and Plasma Technologies, the Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine, the Institute of Nanotechnology in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics, and the Institute of Intelligent Cybernetic Systems. It also names the Institute of Physical-Technical Intelligent Systems, the Institute of Financial Technologies and Economic Security, the Institute of International Relations, and schools for engineering and professional preparation. This structure gives a technical applicant a clear first map, but the institute and programme pages still define the actual route.
MEPhI's public navigation separates education, science, international cooperation, student services, and infrastructure. It provides an electronic library, a student scientific society, academic programmes, research centres, journals, and information about laboratories and equipment. These sections answer different questions. An institute page can show a field, a programme page can explain degree structure, and a research page can identify a method or collaboration. Read them in sequence; they answer different questions instead of serving as interchangeable evidence.
Research collaborations connect physics with large international experiments
The university's science pages list international projects and collaborations including ITER, CMS, ALICE, ATLAS, NICA, LEGEND, and COHERENT. They also refer to work with Rosatom and to advanced technologies, intelligent systems, digital economy, and future professions. These names point to different research settings, instruments, and scientific communities. They can help an applicant locate a topic, but a collaboration name does not by itself prove that a particular degree or supervisor is connected with the work.
The institute list also makes interdisciplinary paths visible. Biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, spintronics, photonics, cybernetics, and financial technology use different methods and academic languages. A project may cross two institutes, yet the formal programme and supervisor remain the key route for a student. The current Russian and international pages should be checked for the unit, language, and research activity that apply to a proposed topic.
How to assess an MEPhI study or research route
Begin with the scientific object and method you want to use. A nuclear-physics question may require a different institute from a biomedical, photonics, cybersecurity, or economic-security question. Use the institute directory and educational programme pages to identify the academic home, then read the relevant research-centre and faculty material. If an international collaboration matters, record the specific experiment or partnership and the evidence connecting it to the unit you are considering.
The MEPhI data panel is broad institutional context and does not assess one degree, laboratory, or supervisor. For a shortlist record, write the exact programme, institute, research object, method, language setting, and the MEPhI page carrying the route description. Keep collaboration names separate from programme evidence so the comparison remains precise. A note about the experiment, instrument, or computational resource can then show why the route is relevant to your preparation. The Russian source pages also distinguish student services, research journals, and international cooperation, so each type of evidence can be stored under the correct heading. This matters when a physics project uses more than one facility, instrument, or collaboration pathway.
Institution record
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Region
- Europe
- Status
- Public
- QS size code
- M
- Profile record updated
- July 24, 2026
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