Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering explained

Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering
Native Name:Обнинский Институт Атомной Энергетики (ИАТЭ)
Type:State university
Established:1953
Director:Alexey Panov
Students:about 3000
Coor:55.1372°N 36.6064°W
Website:http://www.iate.obninsk.ru/

Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering (Russian: Обнинский институт атомной энергетики, traditionally abbreviated Russian: ИАТЭ) is an institution of higher education located in Obninsk. It began as a branch of the Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute in 1953 to provide specialists in the field of nuclear physics, reactor physics and reactor engineering for the Soviet Union's growing nuclear industry. The education was provided in close cooperation with nuclear-related research institutions in Obninsk.

In 1985 the status was changed for Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering to be the leading educational institution to train specialists for rapidly developing nuclear power in the former Soviet Bloc countries. In 2002 it acquired the status of the state technical university. In 2002-2009 it functioned as the Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering. (Russian: Обнинский государственный технический университет атомной энергетики).

In 2009 the Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering was incorporated into the MEPhI National Research Nuclear University.

Structure

Since 2017, recruitment for the main educational programs of higher education at the IATE NRNU MEPhI has been carried out in new structural divisions.

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Notable faculty, staff, alumni and students

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