Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies traces its history back to the Department of Physics and Mathematics of the Moscow Higher Women's Courses organized in 1900 by Academicians S.A. Chaplygin, V.I. Vernadsky and N.D. Zelinsky. Over the years, we have accumulated enormous scientific, methodological and teaching expertise which allows to train highly professional specialists.

An important feature of the Institute’s educational programs is close integration of the educational process with the research conducted at the departments. That is why employers give preference to graduates of the Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, who are able to successfully work not only in science, but also in production. Every year, students and staff of the Institute publish more than 180 academic articles in journals included in the international Web of Science database.

The Institute has more than 50 educational and research laboratories with all the necessary modern equipment. The Innovation Center for the development, transfer and scaling of advanced technologies “RITM”, created jointly with large foreign companies, is successfully functioning. While completing their final work, students use the research equipment of the Shared Use Center.

Undergraduate and graduate students within the framework of the IAESTE and DAAD programs annually undergo scientific internships at European universities. The Institute cooperates with chemical, chemical-technological universities and companies in Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Finland, Kazakhstan and other countries.

Students take part in joint research projects with institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian and international research centers. It is possible to receive various grants for research and development from leading chemical industry enterprises and Russian science foundations.

Over the years, prominent scientists and professors, members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and State Prize laureates have worked and continue to work at the Institute. In 2017, a group of lecturers and instructors at Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies received the Government Prize of the Russian Federation in education for the textbook “Analytical Chemistry”, which is among the TOP 50 best chemical textbooks. More than 80% of the teaching staff have degrees of doctors and candidates of science.

The Institute has more than 50 educational and scientific laboratories equipped with all the necessary modern equipment. The Innovation Center for the development, transfer and scaling of advanced technologies “RITM”, created jointly with large foreign companies, is successfully functioning. While completing their final work, students use the research equipment of the Shared Use Center.