The history of JINR-based departments started with two departments of the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University (MSU), established in Dubna in 1961 at the branch of the MSU Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics: the Nuclear Theory Department (headed by Dmitry Blokhintsev) and the Particle Physics Department (headed by Vladimir Veksler).
Currently, JINR is educating physicists at 14 departments of six federal universities in Russia. The training covers nuclear physics, particle physics, condensed matter physics, theoretical and technical physics, and radiobiology. The University Centre coordinates a unified educational process for these departments with the aim of training highly qualified personnel for JINR and the Member States. To this end, the UC involves leading Institute employees in educational activities and helps organize the scientific work of upper‑year students within JINR research teams.
JINR currently cooperates with the following departments:
Kazan Federal University
Nuclear Physics Materials Science
Department Head: A. V. Belushkin, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor
Moscow State University (MSU)
Particle Physics
Department Head: V. A. Matveev, RAS Academician
Fundamental Nuclear Interactions
Department Head: G. V. Trubnikov, RAS Academician
Applied Mathematics and Information Science
Department Head: V. V. Korenkov, Professor
MEPhI National Research Nuclear University
Experimental Methods of Nuclear Physics
Department Head: V. A. Matveev, RAS Academician
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Fundamental and Applied Problems in Microworld Physics
Department Head: D. I. Kazakov, RAS Corresponding Member, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor
Saint Petersburg State University
Information and Nuclear Technologies
Department Head: A. O. Sidorin, Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Professor
Dubna State University
Nuclear Physics
Department Head: Yu. Ts. Oganessian, RAS Academician
Fundamental Problems of Microworld Physics
Department Head: A. B. Arbuzov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor
Biophysics
Department Head: A. N. Bugay, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor
Distributed Informational Computing Systems
Department Head: V. V. Korenkov, Doctor of Technical Sciences
Nanotechnology and New Materials
Department Head: I. B. Nemchenok, Doctor of Technical Sciences
Electronics Deign for Megascience Projects
Department Head: Yu. S. Sakharov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor
Physics and Technology
Department Head: A. I. Malakhov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor