One and a half times more applications for admission have been submitted to the flagship university of the SEZ

The admissions campaign for budget‑funded places has ended at the flagship university of the special economic zone (SEZ) “Technopolis Moscow” — the National Research University “MIET” (NRU MIET). The number of applications submitted was almost 1.5 times higher than last year’s figures and amounted to more than 35,000. This was announced by Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry.

“NRU MIET is a partner university of the special economic zone ‘Technopolis Moscow’.” His students are shaping the human resources potential of the radio‑electronic industry and actively adding to the staff of young employees of SEZ companies. This year, more than 35,000 applications were submitted for bachelor’s and specialist’s degree programmes, which is almost 1.5 times higher than the results of 2025. Thanks to the city’s systematic policy aimed at popularising engineering professions, applicants entering for budget‑funded places mainly applied to five technical fields,” Maxim Liksutov explained.

This year, the country’s leading technical university has allocated 966 budget‑funded places across 19 bachelor’s degree programmes, as well as 434 places for master’s programme applicants. Priority is given to technical specialisations, where the number of budget‑funded places has increased by 20 percent over the past four years.

A total of 1,300 applicants competed for the right to become students at NRU MIET — 500 more than last year. The competition for full‑time study was 6.5 people per place. Almost 95 percent of the applications submitted are for technical specialties. The highest competition was in the fields of “Design and Technology of Electronic Devices,” “Innovation,” “Materials Science and Materials Technology,” “Applied Informatics,” and “Software Engineering.”
More than 4,300 applications were submitted for budget‑funded places in the master’s program across various fields of study. This is twice the number recorded last year.

At the College of Electronics and Computer Science of the National Research University MIET, the number of budget places for applicants in the ninth grade has increased to 40, and several new specialties have been opened. 1,132 applications were submitted for state—funded places and 1,050 for commercial ones for secondary vocational education programs.

Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026. Over the past two decades, the project has transformed from a launchpad for innovative projects into a key hub for domestic industry and a magnet for companies that define Russia’s technological sovereignty. Today, production of more than 240 high‑tech enterprises representing strategic areas such as microelectronics, instrument‑making, biomedicine, IT and robotics is located across 10 sites of the Technopolis Moscow SEZ, with a total area of 430 hectares.

The capital is developing sites for high‑tech businesses. Thanks to city initiatives, companies receive benefits and create modern jobs. This contributes to the development of the national “Cadres” project, which is aimed at training specialists and ensuring the country’s economy has qualified employees.