В настоящее время МИФИ - базовое высшее учебное заведение атомной промышленности России, предназначенное для подготовки инженеров: физиков, математиков, системотехников - инженеров-исследователей, обладающих глубокими знаниями физико-математических дисциплин в сочетании с серьезной инженерной подготовкой.
National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" is one of the most recognized technical universities in Russia. MEPhI was founded in 1942 as the Moscow Mechanical Institute of Munitions , but it was soon renamed the Moscow Mechanical Institute. Its original mission was to train skilled personnel for the Soviet military and atomic programs. It was renamed the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1953, which is its current name (April 8, 2009). Among MEPhI graduates are Nobel Prize winners, members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and winners of various national prizes. Its professors and alumni have made major contributions to various fields of theoretical and experimental physics, mathematics, cybernetics, and computer sciences.