Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (Technological University) (Russian: Московский институт стали и сплавов, short МИСиС) is Russia's main technological university in the field of steelmaking and metallurgy in general. It was established in 1918 as a part of Moscow Mining Academy. In 1930, it became independent and received its current name in 1962 after having been united with the Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Gold. The status of Technological University was awarded in 1993. The following is a list of universities in Russia: Universities offering broad range of degrees Bashkir State University Moscow State University Bauman Moscow State Technical University Saint-Petersburg State University Far Eastern National University (Far Eastern State University) Kazan State University Kemerovo State University Krasnodar State University Nizhny Novgorod State... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

MISA is the head university of the association "Higher Metallurgical Education" comprising universities from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. It has double degree programmes with the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in Freiberg, Germany and the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine in Nancy, France. The Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (German: Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, short TUBAF) is a small German university in the city of Freiberg, Saxony. ... Freiberg is the name of two cities in Germany (note there is also a Freiburg) Freiberg, Saxony Freiberg (Neckar) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Location within France Nancy (formerly known as Nanzig in German) is a city and commune, préfecture (capital) of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, in Lorraine in north-eastern France. ...

Faculties

• Faculty of Metallurgical Technologies, Resource Saving and Ecology
• Faculty of Nonferrous and Precious Metals
• Faculty of Physics and Chemistry
• Technological Faculty
• Faculty of Semiconductor Materials and Devices
• Faculty of Computer Science and Economics
• Faculty of Energy and Environment
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Part-Time Education
• Post Higher Education Centre
• Preparatory Faculty

MISA has about 16,500 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, and a faculty of about 625, including 136 Professors and 325 Associate Professors. The Rector of MISA is Yuri S. Karabasov.

External links

• Website of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (Russian / English) (http://www.misis.ru)