Program focus

The program aims at equipping the students with the tools that are in demand on the today job market, with emphasis on the things that do not “come and go”, but are of universal importance and already stood the test of time. While studying the up to date algorithms that you may find in a typical blog post on practical applications of machine learning, the students go beyond the surface and get the knowledge of why things work as they do. So mathematics takes as important part of the program as the algorithms.

Prof. Andrey Raigorodskiy, Phystech School director, about Bachelor's program 'Computer Science'

The program based on collaboration with our leading Russian and foreign research institutions dealing with information technologies, mobile app developing and data science such as:

Curriculum

The curriculum includes the following core essential for the most trending topics of modern computer science:

• Data Structures and Algorithms (Three-part course)
• Machine learning (Two-part course)

To be able to implement the algorithms and develop software, the students are given the foundations of the most used programming languages:

• Python
• C++
• Java

Courses on some core aspects of modern computer systems are also included:

• Databases
• Operating Systems (Two-part course)

Computer algorithms are based on discrete mathematics, so the program contains dedicated courses on the foundations of discrete math:

• Basics of Mathematical Logic
• Graphs and Combinatorics (Three-part course)

Machine learning is based on the following mathematical foundation. These courses of the program provide the mathematical foundation so that the students know what is under the hood of the well-known machine learning algorithms:

• Linear Algebra
• Probability and Statistics
• Convex Optimization
• Information Theory

Full program curriculum

Program highlights

• Vibrant learning environment, highly competent instructors and motivated classmates — innate merits of being at one of the country’s top universities. 
• Vast majority of the professors are experienced in the IT industry, thus the curriculum is focused; just the right amount of theory that is necessary to deeply understand the algorithms driving modern information technologies. 
• Strong math foundation ensures that the graduates of the program will be competitive at problem solving through their whole career. 
• Many leading IT companies with world renowned brands (Huawei, ABBYY, Yandex, Sberbank, Tinkoff) are partnering with MIPT on R&D projects. Students with high academic achievements are welcomed to participate in such projects carried in MIPT laboratories. 
• MIPT partners with major international universities, so exchange programs and internships are available for highly achieving students.

Specific entry requirements

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology provides a friendly environment for the studies, yet the workload at MIPT requires the student to be highly focused on learning. To be high achiever on the program the student should have strong college-level skills in mathematics. Being familiar with some programming language prior to entering the program is a plus, though not a formal requirement.