Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), or MFTI, is a Russian university located in Dolgoproudny and Moscow.

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology was founded in February 1946 by the Russian Academy of Sciences at the urging of physicist Piotr Kapitsa: the aim was to create an elite scientific university. It was here that the Phystech pedagogy was instituted, enabling hand-picked students to put together their own study and research programme under the guidance of a tutor.