Talk:Moscow Engineering Physics Institute

In fact, "faculty" is a false friend of a translator from Russian into English since most commonly (especially in US English) this word means 'teaching staff'/'professorate' rather than 'department of a college/university' Nikola Borisov 10:53, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Foundation folks

AFAIK, Igor Kurchatov was not the founder of MIFI (but he have done a lot for the university) just because the MMIB was not initially oriented to nuclear program. I'd better name Dmitry Ustinov, narkom of munition. --jno 07:06, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

The website says it was founded "with the direct participation of Igor Kurchatov". I think that's too vague, I'd still translate it as "founded by Kurchatov" even if technically he's not the person signing the paperwork. If you have a source that explanis the foundation story better - feel free to elaborate. In any case we don't want Kurchatov's name to drop from the article. Azov 07:46, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Requested move 2 July 2023

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The result of the move request was: Moved to Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. (non-admin closure) {{replyto|SilverLocust}} (talk) 09:22, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

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National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) → National Research Nuclear UniversityNational Research Nuclear University – Revert undiscussed move from 2014 - the current title is more WP:PRECISE than necessary to identify the subject. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:22, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

• Rename to Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. This seems to be its actual name. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:10, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

  No objection. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:12, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

• National Research Nuclear University MEPhI seems to be a fairly common title, surprisingly. Google Scholar pulls up about the same amount of results for "National Research Nuclear University MEPhI" and "Moscow Engineering Physics Institute" (slightly more for NRNU without the MEPhI, but that will include results that include MEPhI). The ngram is worth looking at here too. I think going for Moscow Engineering Physics Institute is slightly favored due to WP:NATURALNESS and/or WP:CONCISION, so I'll support the move there. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 05:19, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

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