The Moscow State Technical University "MAMI" (MSTU "MAMI") is a large higher educational institution in Russia, training engineers and scholars for machine-building plants (also for car-and-tractor making plants), for research centers and firms dealing with design, manufacture, economics and marketing, service, diagnostics, certification and technical operation and maintenance of automobiles, tractors, their systems and aggregates.

Only for the last 60 years of its existence the University has trained more than 50 thousand specialists who work successfully at enterprises, design bureaus, in research centres, proving grounds, in educational institutions of our country.

Every year about 8 thousand students study at 8 faculties which have full-time, part-time and extra-mural departments.

The teaching staff of the University consists of more than 700 highly-qualified specialists, including academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Federation Academy of Sciences and the branch academies, more than 130 Professors and Senior Doctors, more than 300 assistant-professors and Doctors of Sciences.

The MAMI scientific school which is deeply rooted and which is based on great achievements of the senior generation scientists enjoys great respect and authority.

The MSTU "MAMI" is a member of many governmental and international professional public organizations. The University is a collective member of the Russian Association of Automobile Engineers and of the USA Association of Automobile Engineers.

The University professors and lectures have created a lot of manuals, monographs and educational aids. These scientific works are used in the educational process not only in the University, but also on other higher schools in Russia and abroad.

In honour of recognition of the MAMI's great services to Russian automobile industry, in 1996 by decision of the Russian government the University was committed to organize and to host the International Scientific-Technical Conference "Centenary of Russian Automobile", which was participated by more than 400 specialists from Russia, Europe and America.

• Moscow State Technical University "MAMI"