Fiztech Valley

History

2025: Approval of the creation of the center by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin

On May 12, 2025, it became known that the Russian government decided to create the thirteenth innovative scientific and technological center (INTC) "Valley of Fiztech" on the basis of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). The corresponding decree was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The key areas of activity of the new center will be quantum technologies, photonics, microelectronics, artificial intelligence, biomedical technologies and robotics.

According to Interfax, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko at an operational meeting with the head of government stressed that the INTC is an important tool for cooperation between science, education and business. He noted that the areas of activity chosen for the "Valley of Fiztech" are considered the most relevant not only in Russia, but throughout the world.

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Фото: Kremlin website

The scientific and technological center is designed to strengthen the scientific position of MIPT, and its residents will receive significant preferences, including tax and customs benefits. In particular, they will have a zero rate of VAT, property and land taxes, which will create favorable conditions for the development of innovative projects.

Dmitry Chernyshenko recalled that in 2025 MIPT took first place in the ranking of universities participating in the Priority-2030 program and received a grant of ₽1 billion. The institute is also one of the leaders in the volume of commercialization of research and development results. Since 2024, his income from research and development (R&D) amounted to more than ₽6,5 billion.

Mikhail Mishustin during the meeting expressed confidence that the "Valley of Fiztech" will make a significant contribution to the implementation of the priorities of the scientific and technological development of Russia. The Prime Minister noted that Moscow Fiztech has always been involved in the most significant state initiatives, including space and nuclear programs, and it has a solid base and vast experience to carry out such tasks.^[1]

As MIPT representatives shared on May 16, 2025, the construction of the Fiztech Valley will begin in 2026 and end in 2030. It is planned that it will combine both research laboratories and high-tech production sites of various capacities. According to the organizers, the organization of educational activities is also possible on the territory of the Fiztech Valley, but the construction of new educational buildings is not provided. The innovation cluster will be located in Dolgoprudny, in close proximity to the MIPT campus. This will provide the project participants and partners with the opportunity to actively use the scientific, personnel and educational potential of Fiztech.

Russian companies whose scientific and technological activities are carried out in the directions of the INTC, based on 5 global technological directions of Fiztech, can become residents of the Valley of Fiztech:

• Seamless digital skies
• Photonics as the basis of new microelectronics technologies
• Energy Storage Systems, Robotics
• Cellular and genomic technologies for medicine and biotechnology
• Artificial intelligence

It is planned that more than 100 companies will be able to carry out activities on the territory of the Fiztech Valley. According to MIPT estimates, the implementation of the project will create over 6 thousand high-tech jobs in the city.

"For MIPT" Valley of Fiztech "is a natural stage of development, a space for interaction with key scientific centers and leading industry representatives. Its creation will make it possible to transform the scientific and technical potential of the university into strategic competitive advantages of the Russian economy. We expect that the project will attract up to 15 billion rubles of investments. "Valley of Fiztech" should become a "zone of increased comfort" for the development of the most popular high-tech directions for the country. This will be facilitated by a favorable tax regime, laboratory experimental, test and computing bases necessary for the development of strategic collaborations, "said Dmitry Livanov, rector of MIPT .

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