Moscow Aviation Institute (State University of Aerospace Technology) is one of several major engineering higher education establishments in Moscow

Moscow

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 (along with Moscow State University

Moscow State University

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, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Moscow Engineering Physics Institute

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute

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Although the school is currently offering a wide range of majors and research programs well beyond just the aviation

Aviation

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-related ones, the historical shorter name Moscow Aviation Institute is almost always used in reference to it.

Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) was founded in 1930 when institutions which specialized in aviation became advanced enough to join into one aircraft engineering education center.