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Moscow Aviation Institute

Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (Russian:
Moscow Aviation Institute
Московский авиационный институт) founded in 1930 is one of several major
(National Research
engineering higher education establishments in Moscow[1][2]. Since its inception
University)
MAI has been spearheading advances in aerospace technology both within Russia
(MAI)
and worldwide. The university laid emphasis on laboratory instruction in applied
science and engineering, specific to demands of the aerospace industry. During Московский авиационный
World War II part of the university was evacuated to Almaty Kazakhstan, the институт (национальный
university, staff and students continued to work on research and wartime production исследовательский университет)
throughout the war. During the Post-War period, the university expanded and (МАИ)
assimilated new technologies during the Jet age. Research conducted in the
university contributed to heralding the space age.

The university has to its merit more than 160000 specialists, 250 chief designers in
the Aerospace Industry. 50 Academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22
cosmonauts, 100 test pilots and 60 Olympic champions in dif
ferent sports.

Alumni of the institute form the backbone of many companies like Sukhoi, MIG,
Ilyushin, Tupolev, Yakovlev, Beriev, Myasishchev, Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant,
OAO S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Lavochkin, Makeyev Former Moscow Aviation
names Institute named after
Rocket Design Bureau, Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center,
NPO Energomash, Almaz-Antey and others. Sergo Ordzhonikidze
Type Public
Established 29 August 1930
Contents Rector Mikhail Pogosyan
History Academic 3850, 1100 Ph.D,
Founding and Vision staff 450 Professors
World War II
Students 20000, 1250
Jet age & Space age
International students
Cold War
Moscow Aviation Institute (Moscow Aviation and Aerospace
Location Moscow, Russia
University) today Colors Deep sky blue and
OSKBES MAI White
MAI Alumni
Laboratory facilities
Ratings
Sports 30 varsity teams
Schools
Website http://mai.ru/
Institutes
http://intstudy.mai.ru/
Branches
Partner universities
See also
References
External links
History

Founding and Vision

Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) was established on 20 March 1930 as Higher Aero-mechanical college
(VAMU) by the order of Supreme Economic Council of the USSR in order to ensure training of qualified personnel for the aviation
industry. The Aero-mechanical faculty of Bauman Moscow State Technical University formed the basis of the new university. On 29
August 1930, the university was renamed as Moscow Aviation Institute. In the beginning it had 3 departments, Aeronautical, Aircraft
engines and Aerodynamics. On its 10th anniversary in 1940, the university had established itself as a premier aeronautical university
with 38 departments, 22 laboratories and a Student design of
fice and production facility.

The uniqueness of the MAI is that historically it was created to train specialists for almost all departments and teams in the Design
Bureaus of the aviation industry.

First building of MAI-no.3, 1935.

World War II
On 22 June 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The students and faculty members were mobilized to work in aircraft
workshops and design offices. Many students signed up to join the armed forces during the Battle of Moscow, many continued to
work aircraft production facilities and armaments workshops.

The university was partly evacuated to Almaty, Kazakhstan under the leadership of Alexander Yakovlev. By 1942 the Moscow
campus of MAI started functioning in parallel with the Almaty campus. It was in the workshops of MAI in Almaty, Mikhail
Kalashnikov, the legendary rifle designer worked on hisAK-47 assault rifle.

By 1943, the university was completely relocated back to Moscow. Members of the university were involved in research & designing
new combat aircraft and sub-systems, along with refining and redesigning existing aircraft, for the warfort.
ef

In 1945 the institute was awarded theOrder of Lenin.

Jet age & Space age

Although prototypes of the first jet aircraft were made as far back as 1910 by Henri Coandă, it war during World War II that
significant developments were made.Arkhip Lyulka designed the first Two-stage centrifugal compressor Turbojet in 1938. Alexander
Bereznyak a graduate of MAI, designed the first jet aircraft in the USSR, theBereznyak-Isayev BI-1in 1942.

After the war, the university placed special emphasis on developing new technology required for developing jet aircraft and was
quick to adapt to new technologies. this was emphasised in May 1946, during the second Student technical conference, faculty
members of the institute defended 6 post-doctoral thesis and 14 Ph.Ds on various aspects regarding development of jet aircraft. On 26
April 1946, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9became the first operational turbojet fighter in the USSR.
It was also in the same year Faculty of Radio electronics was established based on department of Radio-location, to assimilate newer
technologies in the field of Radio location.

The era of helicopters began in USSR with two leading pioneers at MAI Boris Yuryev, inventor of Swashplate in helicopters and
Bratukhin, they were awarded the state prize of the USSR in 1946. In 1952, department of helicopter design was established under
the leadership of Prof. Boris Yuryev.

In 1955, the university celebrated its silver jubilee.

On 4 October 1957, the USSR launched the first artificial satellite opening up Space for mankind, graduates from MAI were deeply
involved in the space program since its inception under the leadership of Sergey Korolev, the legendary chief designer of head of the
Soviet space program andMikhail Tikhonravov chief designer of satellitesSputnik-3, Luna-1, Luna-3, Luna-4.

BI-1

Cold War
During the cold war, students, faculty members and graduates of the university were involved in cutting edge research in the fields of
Aeronautics, Missile development and armaments research. They were pivotal in keeping the USSR ahead in the arms race in close
collaboration with the Aerospace and Defense industry and Research organizations like TsAGI, National Institute of Aviation
technologies, Russian scientific-research institute of aviation materials, Central institute of Aircraft engines, 30th Central Scientific
Research Institute, Ministry of Defence, Gromov Flight Research Instituteamong others.

Key figures from the university during this era were Rostislav Belyakov chief designer of MIG-29, Myasishchev, Mikhail Yangel,
Sergey Mikheev chief designer of Kamov helicopters, Marat Tishchenko of Mil helicopters, Mikhail Reshetnev and others.

In 1962, the University established the Student design office(ОСКБ — объединение СКБ факультетов и кафедр), which integrated
different faculties and departments within the institute to develop aircraft prototypes in-house and to provide greater exposure to
students in design and production work. The Design of
fice functions today as the OKKBES-MAIhttp://oskbes.ru/english.html.

Moscow Aviation Institute (Moscow Aviation and Aerospace

University) today
Currently, MAI is the only university in Russia, which provides highly qualified personnel for the entire aerospace product life cycle
from system design to implementation of the cutting edge technologies in production, testing, utilisation, and aircraft recycling.

The present-day MAI is a unique institute of higher education where thorough theoretical knowledge are combined with various
practical skills. More than 120 laboratories, 3 student design offices, 3 specialized resource centers, an experimental-design factory,
and an aerodrome are available for the students.

In 1980 the institute was awarded theOrder of the October Revolution.

In 1993 Moscow Aviation Institute was given onemore name: "State Technological University". To date, the development in the field
of aeronautics and astronautics is based mostly on the activities of institute professors and alumnus of the university
.
Moscow Aviation Institute is a large scientific research center. Significant scientific ideas are developed here; new technological
principles are discovered; new devices are invented and constructed. Five fundamental scientific discoveries for dynamic systems
have been patented; the opto-electronic device "Photon" designed here is now operating in outer space; innovative power sources
based on new principles invented and constructed here are currently used in aircraft and aerospace system units, etc.

In October 2009, the MAI was ranked among the 12 best universities of the Russian Federation. The rank of a "National research
university" was conferred to the institute by decision of the Russian Government.

On 31 March 2015 the Ministry of Education reorganized Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) by annexation of the Russian State
Technological University named after Tsiolkovsky (MATI).

OSKBES MAI
The history of aircraft creation in the MAI (Moscow Aviation Institute) began simultaneously with the foundation of the institute in
1930. The modern design bureau in the MAI was formed in 1965 as a students one. It was engaged in creation of experimental pilot
and remote controlled light aircraft, which were developed according to the requirements specifications of various organizations of
the Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAP), the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MGA) and the Ministry of Defense (MOP).

In 1982 by the order of Ministry of Aircraft Industry the Design Bureau was transformed into a branch-wise experimental students
aircraft construction design bureau of the MAI. The work was carried out by professional engineers. If necessary the co-workers from
among the MAI students and teachers and also from among the workers of the industry were invited. The production facility of the
MAI aircraft development plant (EOZ) in the experimental development shop (shop № 3) are manned by qualified technicians. The
OSKBES work on the experimental aircraft engineering constantly received high estimations of the industry. Their technical novelty
and utility are confirmed by nine Introduction Certificates and more than twenty Invention Certificates. By the end of 1980s six
experimental aircraft of different types were designed and built: Kvant, Elf-D UAV, PS-01 small-sized UAV, Elf, Photon and Yunior
aircraft.

The basic structure, address and the industrial areas occupied by it in the OSKBES MAI have remained the same. The EOZ MAI
(shop № 3) and the MAPO (Moscow aircraft building plant) were used as an industrial base. On July 27, 1992 the application on
realization the inspection work in the OKB MA for reception the certificate for the right to develop the civil aircraft engineering was
sent to the Aviaregister of the MAK and the Air Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry of Russian Federation. It was made
on behalf of the "Aviatika" joint-stock company. According to the inspection results the Aviaregister of the MAK issued Certificate
№ R-9 to the "Aviatika" joint-stock company withthe right to develop light civil aircraft. It was on February 17, 1993.

Aircraft designed and developed at OSKBES include

A single-seater Aviatika-MAI-890 aircraft — passed certification, had a temporary Certificate of a type of 31 March 1994 №
52В-890, valid till 1 April 1995, is series produced by the RAC "MiG"; A two-seater Aviatika-MAI-890U aircraft is serially
produced by the RAC "MiG"; An agricultural Aviatika-MAI-890SKh aircraft is serially produced by the RAC "MiG"; A single-seater
Aviatika-MAI-900 aerobatics ("Akrobat")' A two-seater Aviatika-MAI-910 with wings, folding on the ground; An Aviatika-MAI-920
glider; A single-seater Aviatika-MAI-890A autogyro, a pre-production model at the stage of flying test. The basis for the "Aviatika"
aircraft manufacture at the MAPO plant is the License Agreement concluded by this plant with the "A
viatika" joint-stock company on
10 April 1995 (contract № 4276).

The personnel of the OSKBES have continued to work in the field of light civil aircraft together with the MAPO MIG.

In April 27, 1998 the Aviaregister of Interstate Aviation Committee issued a Design Organization Certificate R-52 of the developer of
light civil aircraft.
29 September 1999 eight members of our design bureau, Moscow Aviation Institute and RAC "MIG" were rewarded by "State Prize
of the Russian Federation in science and technology" for designing and development of light multipurpose airplanes in a serial
production. They are:

OSKBES MAI Chief Designer K. Zhidovetskiy (posthumously); OSKBES MAI Deputy Chief Designer (after the death of K.
Zhidovetskiy — Chief Designer) N. Goryunov; OSKBES MAI Deputy Chief Designer V. Demin; OSKBES MAI Deputy Chief
Designer V. Feigenbaum; Rector of MAI A. Matveyenko; Manager of MAI Experimental Plant P. Ogadzhanov; General Manager of
RAC "MIG" plant G. Nemov; Deputy Manager of RAC "MIG" O. Chukantsev
.

Autogyro MAI-205 made the first flight in 2001, chief designer Andrey Zorin.

In 2002 OSKBES MAI has started designing a new plane MAI-223. This plane made the first flight in 2004.

In 2003 OSKBES MAI started to work on different aircraft, airships and autogyros. It designed and produced gondolas, nacelles, fly-
by-wire power plant controls and empennages of NPO "RosAeroSystems" airships Au-30 and Au-12M.

The design and development of Autogyro MAI-208 was started in 2006. The first MAI-208 is undergoing testing. OSKBES MAI
presented MAI-208 at the 2nd International exhibition of the helicopter industry "HeliRussia-2009" (21...23 May 2009, Moscow).
The new autogyro has caused the big interest of visitors and the press.

July 1, 2008 Vadim Demin was appointed Chief Designer of OSKBES MAI. The same year the design office has started working on
a new multi-purpose four-seat twin engine aircraft MAI-407.

In 2009 OSKBES MAI started designing a new training glider MAI-227.

MAI Alumni
The total of Moscow Aviation Institute alumni number in the hundreds of thousands. They work in design offices (foreign and
domestic), plants, repair shops, scientific research institutes, universities, laboratories, aviation companies, in the center for
Astronauts Training and other aircraft and aerospace engineering and technological institutions.

Since 2007 the Moscow Aviation Institute has been headed by Professor Anatoliy N. Geraschenko, Doctor of Science. He is a 1977
MAI graduate. list of notable alumni :

Guy Severin former General Director of JSCNPP Zvezda

Aleksandr Dugin Russian philosopher
Mikhail Nikolayevich ZadornovRussian stand-up comedian and writer
Mikhail Pogosyan former general director of theUnited Aircraft Corporation
Yelena Serova politician and former cosmonaut
Svetlana Savitskaya retired Russian aviator and cosmonaut
Nkeirouka Ezekh Russian curler
Eduard Uspensky Russian writer and author of several children's books
Maksim Shevchenko editor, journalist and presenter on televisionand radio in Russia
Sergey Kapitsa son of Pyotr Kapitsa
Vasily Mishin Soviet and Russian rocket scientist and engineer
Yevgeniya Chirikova Russian environmental activist
Valeri Kubasov Soviet/Russian cosmonaut
Valentin Lebedev Russian cosmonaut, Guinness Book of Recordsstay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 which
lasted 211 days
Mikhail Kornienko Russian cosmonaut
Fyodor Yurchikhin Russian cosmonaut
Boris Zakhoder Russian poet and children's writer
Wang Yongzhi Chinese aerospace scientist, designer of China's first manned spacecraft
Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou
6
Aleksandr Nadiradze:"father" of the mobile ICBMs
 Semyon Kosberg Jewish Soviet engineer, expert in the field of aircraft and rocket engines
Lyudmila Titova retired Russian speed skater
Herman Branover Russian Israeli physicist and Jewish educator
Alexey Pajitnov creator of the video gameTetris
Arseny Mironov aerospace scientist, engineer, aircraft pilot

Laboratory facilities

Ratings
[3]
In 2015 MAI reached top-200 Round University Ranking (RUR).

National
Годы university rating RA EXPERT RUR QS BRICS QS EECA THE

2019 105↑ 140↓

2018 40↓ 27↑ 515↑ 113↑ 117↑ 1001+

2017 25-27↑ 32↑ 526↓ 131↓ 121=

2016 28—29↓ 35↓ 510↑ 121↑ 121=

2015 20↑ 28↑ 557↑ 131↑

2014 20—21↑ 29↑ - - -

2013 24—25↑ 32= - - -

2012 23—26↑ 32↑ - - -

2011 31—35↑ 33↑ - - -

Schools

Faculty No 2 Faculty No 4 Faculty No 8

1. School №1. Aeronautical Engineering

2. School №2. Engines for Flying Vehicles
3. School №3. Control Systems, informatics and electropower systems
4. School №4. Radio Electronics for flying vehicles
5. School №5. The Institute of Business Engineering MAI
6. School №6. Astronautical and rocket engineering
7. School №7. Robotic and Intelligent Systems
8. School №8. Applied Mathematics and Physics
9. School №9. Applied Mechanics
10. School №10. Social engineering
11. Faculty of the Foreign Languages
12. Preparatory School
Institutes
Continued Education and Re-certification
Pre-admission Studies
Learning center of computer technology
Physics and mathematics school P( hysmatshkola)
Serpukov MAI department (with IIF RF)
Institute of Military Science

Branches
The Institute has also several branches:

Voskhod (Leninsk, Baikonur cosmodrome)

Vzlet (Akhtubinsk)
Strela (Zhukovskiy)
Kometa (Khimki, former territorial faculty No. 20)
Space technics (Khimki, former territorial faculty No. 50)

Partner universities
University of Liège, Belgium
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil
Bedfordshire University, United Kingdom

1. Dresden University of Technology, Germany

2. Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
3. Hyperschall Technologie Gottingen, Germany
4. Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany
5. Hochschule Esslingen, Germany
6. Hochschule Heilbronn, Germany
7. Technische Universität München, Germany

1. Beihang University, China

Ching Yun University, Taiwan

Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India

See also
MAI-223
Avion MAI F-1

References
1. "Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)" (https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/moscow-avi
ation-institute-national-research-university). Top Universities. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
2. "Moscow Aviation Institute" (https://www.researchgate.net/institution/Moscow_Aviation_Institute). ResearchGate.
Retrieved 2018-11-11.
3. "Десять российских вузов попали в международный рейтинг RUR по качеству преподавания" (http://tass.ru/obs
chestvo/2230097). Retrieved 2015-09-03.
External links
English and other languagesand Russian language official website (in Russian) and (in English)
Russian language official page of Aerospace Faculty MAI(in Russian)
MAI.Exler.ru — student encyclopedia(in Russian)
Most popular MAI forum— more than 13500 users(in Russian)
Another MAI forum (in Russian)
YouTube channel MAI (in Russian) and (in English)
Official FB page of MAI (in English)

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