Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

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.[6] 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).[7] It is the first work in Russia for the Swiss practice and the result of an international competition.[8] In 2019, the university won the first prize for the Prix Versailles in the "University Campus" category.[9]

The university is also known internationally for designing and operating a petaflop supercomputer, Zhores, considered one of the largest in Russia.[10] 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.[11] As a result of this prolific scientific effort, by 2021, the university had entered the QS World University Rankings by subject.[12]

MIT terminated the partnership in February 2022 as a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[13]

Skoltech offers Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in several different areas.[14]

The list of MSc degree programs include:

PhD degree programs include:

• Mathematics and Mechanics[28]
• Physics[29]
• Materials Science and Engineering[30]
• Life Sciences[31]
• Computational and Data Science and Engineering[32]
• Engineering Systems[33]
• Petroleum Engineering[34]

The institute's education, research, and innovation activities revolve around ten Centers for Research, Education and Innovation (CREIs).[35] These CREIs were developed to advance the aims of pursuing innovative research, delivering scientific growth, and generating world-class educational programs. The CREIs include:

1. Space[36]
2. Electrochemical Energy Storage[37]
3. Energy Systems[38]
4. Hydrocarbon Recovery[39]
5. Skoltech Center of Life Science
6. Computational and Data-Intensive Science[40]
7. Design, Manufacturing and Materials[41]
8. Advanced Studies[42]
9. Photonics and Quantum Materials[43]

• Andrzej Cichocki, professor in Machine Learning
• Victor Lempitsky, professor in Computer Vision
• Artem Oganov, professor in Materials Science
• Ivan Oseledets, professor in Machine Learning

• Alexander Kuleshov, President
• Keith Stevenson, Provost, Professor, Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage
• Alexey Ponomarev, Vice President, Industrial Cooperation
• Alexander Safonov, Vice President for Development
• Alexei Sitnikov, Vice President for Community Development and Communications
• Lawrence Stein, Vice President for International Business Affairs, Intellectual Property

• Rodrigo Rivera Castro,[44] researcher in Machine Learning and entrepreneur.