Moscow Aviation Institute
Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) `MAI` was founded in 1930. Over the past years since its inception MAI has prepared more than 160 thousand of experts for aviation, space science and industry, including: – more than 250 general and chief designers, heads of research and design organizations of basic industries; – 50 academicians and corresponding members of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences; – 21 cosmonauts who have worked in space more than 13 years in total; – more than 100 aircraft test pilots, Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia, Honored Test Pilots; – more than 60 Olympic champions, world champions in various sports; – commanders of the Armed Forces of Russia; – prominent politicians, ambassadors, heads of major banking institutions and enterprises. The priority areas of MAI development are: – aircraft systems – rocket and space systems; – power plants for aircraft, missile and space systems; – information and communications technologies of aircraft, rocket and space systems. Moscow Aviation Institute is actively involved in international associations, such as: – Global Engineering Education Initiative (CDIO: Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate); – Association of technical universities of Russia and China; – European Association of Aerospace Universities PEGASUS; – and others.
The main mission of MAI is continuous training of highly qualified personnel, conducting research works with a view to ensuring availability of personnel and innovation research for the purpose of steady development of aviation, rocket and space industries on the basis of the integration of science, education and industry. Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) actively develops areas of research in the field of aviation, rocketry, transport, information and telecommunication systems, power engineering and energy saving. MAI scientists are actively involved in the development of the GLONASS system, unmanned flying vehicles, composite materials, the development of nanotechnology for the aerospace industry and in many other promising high-tech areas. MAI has created modern test and production facilities which allow the University to produce structural elements of aircraft including those for unmanned ones, and to assemble them. This equipment is used for `through point-to-point training` of students which means a full cycle of the aircraft development from the conception to the final product with carrying out the whole test cycle. Moscow Aviation Institute is an analog to technology park, which, along with classrooms, concentrates numerous science labs, 12 research and educational centers, five resource centers, design offices including the student`s ones, an experimental plant, airfield and social infrastructure facilities.
Foundation year:1930
Short name:MAI
Type:Public
Students:16600
Faculty:1460
Faculty/Students Ratio:11:1
Region:Europe
Location:Moscow
