Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

Technical university in Russia

Skolkovo
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Сколковский институт науки и технологий

Type| Private research university
Established| 2011; 14 years ago (2011)
President| Alexander Kuleshov

Administrative staff

| 1500
Students| 1028
Location|

Moscow

Russia

Website| https://www.skoltech.ru/en/

The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, or Skoltech, is a private institute located in Moscow, Russia.[1] Skoltech was established in 2011 as part of a multi-year partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)[2] Globally, the university in 2023 was ranked # 702 in the world by US News & World Report.[3] It was among the number 65 young university in the world according to Nature Index in 2021.[4][5][6] That same year Skoltech entered the subject ranking in physics among young universities for the first time (35th place),[7] and named a rapidly rising university (21st place among young universities).[8] In February 2022 MIT ended its partnership with Skoltech in protest of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

## History

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Skoltech began as a joint effort with a curriculum designed by MIT and financial backing from the Russian government. The school offers graduate degrees only, and teaching is in English. It serves as the centerpiece of a $2.7 billion innovation hub funded by the Russian Finance Ministry.[10] By 2013, the university had hired 30 to 35 professors and established a campus 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the Red Square near Odintsovo. In 2018, it inaugurated a new campus designed by Herzog & de Meuron with an area of 130,000 square metres (1,400,000 sq ft).[11] It is the first work in Russia for the Swiss practice and the result of an international competition.[12] In 2019, the university won the first prize for the Prix Versailles in the "University Campus" category.[13]

The university is also known for designing and operating a petaflop supercomputer, Zhores, considered one of the largest in Russia.[14] In 2020, twenty-three researchers landed on the global top 2% list by citation impact.[15] As a result, by 2021, the university had entered the QS World University Rankings by subject.[16]

MIT terminated the partnership in February 2022 as a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[17]

## Degree programs

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Skoltech offers Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in several different areas.[18]

The list of MSc degree programs includes:

Awarded degree  | MSc Program

|

Master of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science  | Data Science[19] with two tracks available,

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence,

and Math of Machine Learning.[20]

Master of Science in Advanced Computational Science  | Advanced Computational Science[21]
Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering  | Petroleum Engineering[22]
Master of Science in Applied Mathematics and Physics  | Photonics and Quantum Materials[23]
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics[24]
Master of Science in Biotechnology  | Biotechnology[25]
Master of Science in Information Systems and Technologies  | Space and Engineering Systems[26]
Energy Systems[27]
Advanced and Digital Engineering Technologies[28]
Master of Science in Materials Science and Technology of Materials  | Materials Science[29]
Master of Science in Information Technology and Engineering  | Computational Science and Engineering[30]
Master of Science in the Internet of Things & Wireless Technologies  | Internet of Things and Wireless Technologies[31]

PhD degree programs include:

* Mathematics and Mechanics[32]
* Physics[33]
* Materials Science and Engineering[34]
* Life Sciences[35]
* Computational and Data Science and Engineering[36]
* Engineering Systems[37]
* Petroleum Engineering[38]

## Centers for Research, Education and Innovation (CREIs)

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The institute's education, research, and innovation activities revolve around Centers for Research, Education and Innovation (CREIs), 5 Project Centers and 1 Center.[39] These centers were developed to advance the aims of pursuing innovative research, delivering scientific growth, and generating world-class educational programs.

* Center for Artificial Intelligence Technology (AI Center)[40]
* Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology (Bio Center)[41]
* Vladimir Zelman Center for Neurobiology and Brain Rehabilitation (Neuro Center)[42]
* Center for Digital Engineering (Engineering Center)[43]
* Center for Petroleum Science and Engineering (Petroleum Center)[44]
* Center for Materials Technologies (Materials Center)[45]
* Center for Photonics Science and Engineering (Photonics Center)[46]
* Center for Engineering Physics (Physics Center)[47]
* Project Center for Next Generation Wireless and IoT (Wireless Center)[48]
* Project Center for Agro Technologies (Agro Center) [49]
* Project Center for Energy Transition and ESG (ESG Center)[50]
* Center for Energy Science and Technology (Energy Center) [51]
* Research Center in artificial intelligence in the direction of optimization of management decisions to reduce the carbon footprint (Applied AI Center)[52]
* Advanced Studies[53]

## Notable faculty[54]

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* Artem Oganov
* Ivan Oseledets
* Olga Dontsova
* Mikhail Gelfand
* Albert Nasibulin
* Stanislav Smirnov

## Leadership

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* Alexander Kuleshov, President

## Notable alumni

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* * Natalia Berloff, former professor of Photonics, Currently Professor at University of Cambridge
* Edward F. Crawley first President of Skoltech.[55] Currently Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## References

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48. ^ "Центр компетенций НТИ на базе Сколтеха - ЦК НТИ на базе Сколтеха по технологиям беспроводной связи и интернета вещей занимается проектами в области 5G, беспроводной связи, сбора и обработки данных для индустриального интернета вещей" (in Russian). Retrieved February 14, 2023.
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