9 Master's degrees offered by the university

Materials Science is an interdisciplinary educational program at Skoltech that emphasizes research into advanced materials, energy materials, carbon materials, metals and composites, biology materials, and computational materials design. 

The program offers a modern curriculum designed for those who want to work at the intersection of mathematics, mechanics, physics, and advanced computing. It prepares students to tackle complex challenges in fluid and solid mechanics, mathematical and numerical modeling, including the use of modern data-driven methods of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).

Combining fundamental knowledge in the field of optics with more practical operational and design aspects of modern optoelectronics systems, the program aims to provide graduates with all the tools needed for a successful career in applied photonics.

The Skoltech Petroleum Engineering program trains a new generation of scientists and engineers capable of dealing with the key challenges of the oil and gas sector, and creating innovative solutions for enhanced oil recovery from the existing sources and development of unconventional and hard-to-recover reserves. 

The program is aimed to prepare the next generation of researchers, engineers, and practitioners to assume a role of technical leadership in research and innovation in the high-tech sector with a particular focus on Advanced Materials and novel Digital Engineering technologies. 

The program’s main objective is to educate the new generation of STEM leaders, who are ready to design and deliver next-generation communication technologies to the industry.

The master’s program Photonics and Quantum Materials aims to train young professionals capable to face the challenges of modern science and technology. The educational program is designed to guide the student from the foundations of photonics and quantum physics to cutting edge scientific concepts that will form the basis of tomorrow's technologies. 

The Skoltech Engineering Systems: Aerospace, Robotics and Digital Engineering seeks to educate the next generation of highly qualified graduates, empowering them with the skills to develop digital engineering, robotics, aerospace and space technologies, and introduce scientific developments into the economy. 

Energy sector is a multi-billion dollar, steadily growing market. The industry lacks specialists capable of developing and implementing solutions based on mathematical modeling, artificial intelligence, data analysis, machine learning, and algorithms.