Postgraduate school

Postgraduate school is an important career step in the development of a real scientist. Students study only specific subjects, and for four years each student is involved in work on their personal research project.

Students in postgrad programs have an opportunity to participate in research processes of the present international level. Because of our powerful basic training, 50% of our graduate students defend their dissertation during their studying or prior to the graduation.

Defense of dissertations take place in the MIPT's own dissertation councils, which have the right to award scientific degrees independently.

Groups and specialties

Bioorganic chemistry

1.4. Chemical Sciences

Biophysics

1.5. Biological sciences

Molecular Biology

Mathematical biology, bioinformatics

Cell Biology

Postgraduate programs

We invite academic institutes, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to help in development of postgraduate programs.

Scientific work in our postgraduate school can be carried out in base organizations which are our leading academic institutions and partner copmanies, as well as directly in Phystech's labs.

Students dedicate only 15% of their time to classes in postgrad school, and the first year is the most intense for this matter. For the first year students take the humanitarian disciplines in three units of their choice; one discipline per unit per semester. They also have to take pedagogy or teaching methods. In the end of first year postgrads take two qualifying exams: foreign language and history and the philosophy of science. Exams on postgrad's specialization take place in the third year.

Graduate students work
in the strongest departments
and meet the leading professionals in the industry

Base organizations

let our postgrads conduct comprehensive research in the entire spectrum of Life Sciences during their research work

16 modern MIPT laboratories and 74 partner laboratories of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Biological sciences

Chemical sciences

Attestation of postgraduate students

Certification takes place in the first, second and third year. More information on semesters can be found in the academic department.

During the attestation process we assess the student's progress in fulfillment of the curriculum, determine student's academic debt and the terms of its elimination.

A student can't transfer to another year if the attestation is failed.

Dissertation councils

Defense of dissertations take place in the MIPT's own dissertation councils, which have the right to award scientific degrees independently.

Research work for dissertation is carried out in the leading laboratories. When preparing the attestation material, it is possible to include dissertation councils in the ongoing research projects.

Leading scientific groups

The leading Russian scientific groups in the field of bioinformatics and digital medicine operate on the basis of MIPT's Biomed school.

Biomed school has a number of advanced laboratories in the field of biological sciences.

Schedule for postgraduate admission in 2025

Acceptance of documents from applicants for competitive groups

April 10 — July 24

Entrance tests for tuition-free

July 30 — August 2

Entrance tests for tuition fee

July 30 — August 2 & August 22 — 26

Acceptance of documents from
applicants for programs in English

July 20 — August 19

Full terms of admission are on the website of the admission committee

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