History
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. By 2013, the university had hired 30 to 35 professors and established a campus 19 kilometers 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 meters. It is the first work in Russia for the Swiss practice and the result of an international competition. In 2019, the university won the first prize for the Prix Versailles in the "University Campus" category. The university is also known internationally for designing and operating a petaflop supercomputer, Zhores, considered one of the largest in Russia. The university is regularly recognized for its research achievements. In 2020, twenty-three researchers institution researchers landed on the global top 2% list by citation impact. As a result of this prolific scientific effort, by 2021, the university had entered the QS World University Rankings by subject.
Degree programs
Skoltech offers Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in several different areas.
The list of MSc degree programs include:
PhD degree programs include:
Mathematics and Mechanics
Physics
Materials Science and Engineering
Life Sciences
Computational and Data Science and Engineering
Engineering Systems
Petroleum Engineering
