101st anniversary of Andrei Sakharov

Today is the 101st anniversary of Andrei Sakharov – a brilliant Soviet physicist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.Celebrating this date, both MIPT and MSU Physics Department made important announcements regarding The Andrei Sakharov Scholarships competition this year.

Board of Trustees elected the first Sakharov scholars from MSU

Our Board of Trustees held a vote on six candidates submitted by the Physics Department of MSU for The Andrei Sakharov Scholarships. The Trustees noted that all the candidates presented had an extremely high level of academic and scientific achievements. The following four scholars were elected by vote: Roman V. ZAKHAROV (2nd year PhD student, … Read more

Board of Trustees meeting

On January 20, 2022, we held an online meeting of our Board of Trustees led by the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander M. SERGEEV. At the meeting, the MSU committee representative, Professor of the Department of Quantum Electronics and Vice-Rector Andrey A. FEDYANIN spoke about the competition process and the selected 6 … Read more

Board of Trustees elected the first Sakharov scholars from MIPT

Our Board of Trustees held a vote on ten candidates submitted by MIPT for The Andrei Sakharov Scholarships. The Trustees noted that all the candidates presented had an extremely high level of academic and scientific achievements. The following eight scholars were elected by vote: Elizaveta S. ANDRIYAKHINA (5th year student, Department of Problems of Theoretical … Read more

The competition for The Andrei Sakharov Scholarship at MSU exceeded 15 applications per place

On November 15, 2021, the Physics Department of MSU announced a competition for The Andrei Sakharov Scholarships. The submission deadline expired on November 27, 2021. A total of 63 applications were submitted for 4 scholarships available. The competition exceeded 15 applications per place available. The final list of candidates will be presented to us by … Read more

Board of Trustees meeting

On November 30, 2021, we held an online meeting of our Board of Trustees led by the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander M. SERGEEV. At the meeting, the MIPT committee representative and the RAS Corresponding Member Dmitry I. KAZAKOV spoke about the competition process and the selected 10 finalists. Voting on 8 … Read more