Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)

Name

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)

Legal name

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

Website

https://skoltech.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education and Applied Research

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Patent Owners & Lessors (6794)

akta.pro primary industry

STEM-Focused Research Universities (Engineering & Applied Sciences) (EDAHABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Comprehensive Doctoral Research Universities (Multi-Disciplinary) (EDAHABAA), Research Administration & Grants Management Support (Pre/Post-Award, Compliance) (EDAEALAO)

Keywords

• Graduate research university
• STEM higher education
• Applied research services
• Technology transfer services
• Contract research services

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Educational Services: Tuition-free education with merit-based scholarships funded by government support. MSc scholarship: 40,000 rubles/month; PhD scholarship: 75,000 rubles/month. Application fee: 1,000 RUB (domestic) or 50 USD (international).
2. Technology Transfer and Licensing: Intellectual property management including patent registration and licensing deals. Technology Transfer Center provides full cycle from identification to licensing of inventions.
3. Research Services and Grants: External research funding from Ministry of Science and Education, Russian Science Foundation, IDEA Scientific Center, and international partnerships. Project support department manages grants and funding.
4. Industrial Project Services: Contract research and project support for industrial clients. 12 billion rub total funding (2018-2025), 800+ projects, 300+ clients and partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Skoltech is an international graduate research university that delivers English-taught MSc (14) and PhD (8) programs across six interdisciplinary STEM domains, conducts applied research through nine CREI centers and a 1,500+ piece Research Facilities Center, and runs technology commercialization (IP management, licensing, startup acceleration) and contract research/project support services for industrial partners. Its education is tuition-free with merit-based scholarships, and it supports 200+ associated startups and 200+ patents.

Product overview

Skoltech is an international technological university of a new type that combines world-class education with state-of-the-art research and applied technologies. The institution offers a unified platform comprising educational programs (14 MSc and 8 PhD programs), research centers (9 CREI centers covering AI, energy, photonics, materials, petroleum, biomedical, engineering physics, and engineering systems), shared research facilities (1,500+ equipment pieces), and technology commercialization services (IP management, startup acceleration, business development). The educational portfolio includes specialized master's programs in AI Robotics, Advanced Manufacturing, Materials Science, and Petroleum Engineering, complemented by professional education courses and industrial immersion opportunities. Technology transfer is facilitated through the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center supporting 200+ startups via Innovation Workshop, STRIP grants, and Startup Club programs. Research infrastructure includes dedicated centers for AI, energy, photonics, materials, and biomedical technologies, supported by comprehensive laboratory facilities and project management services managing 800+ projects with 12 billion rub in funding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MSc Programs (14) Two-year English-taught Master's degree programs (120 ECTS) covering AI, robotics, materials, petroleum, photonics, computational science, advanced manufacturing, and life sciences for domestic and international graduate students.
• PhD Programs (8) English-taught doctoral programs combining fundamental science, experimental and innovative research, and international research methods for candidates seeking research-intensive PhD degrees in STEM.
• Professional Education Programs Professional development and corporate training programs that build technological competencies of managers and engineers from companies and research institutions, including specialized courses such as AI in Construction (developed with Dom.RF).
• Research Facilities Center Services Shared research infrastructure services providing access to more than 1,500 pieces of state-of-the-art equipment across FabLab, Advanced Imaging, Genomics, Mass Spectrometry, Cleanroom, and Data Storage facilities, with priority access and discount rates for Skolkovo ecosystem companies.
• Intellectual Property Management Full-cycle intellectual property services for Skoltech researchers and industry partners, including invention identification, evaluation, patent protection, accounting, licensing, and commercialization of research-derived technologies.
• Business Development and Company Building Entrepreneurship and company-building services including startup consulting, coaching, market-alignment competency analysis, investor and corporate partner presentations, and licensing transaction support for Skoltech-affiliated founders and 200+ associated startups.
• Project Support Services High-tech project management and contractual support services for industrial clients, including methodologies, analytical support, launch and implementation assistance, compliance, and legal counsel for industrial research projects.
• Library Services Access to electronic scientific databases (Scopus, Web of Science, SciVal, ScienceDirect, Lens.org, Semantic Scholar, Scinapse, Crossref), books and e-books, and a Telegram bot for article downloads available to Skoltech students, faculty, and partners.
• Industrial Immersion Program Structured industry internship program for MSc students at leading corporations and research centers across aerospace, energy, healthcare, technology, oil and gas, and agriculture as part of the academic curriculum.
• Innovation Workshop Annual innovation competition and workshop where Skoltech students develop high-tech projects and compete for startup prizes and commercialization support.
• Silicon-on-Insulator Photonic Chip Manufacturing Russia's first contract silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonic chip manufacturing service operated by Skoltech, enabling domestic and international customers to produce photonic chips through the Center for Photonic Science and Engineering.
• NMC90-GTa Cathode Material Lithium-ion battery cathode material (NMC90-GTa) with concentration gradient structure and tantalum doping, offering nearly 50% reduction in battery decay per cycle; available from Skoltech's experimental production line with pilot capacity up to 100 tons annually.
• STRIP Translational Grants Translational grant program that funds the transition of Skoltech research discoveries into commercial applications and licensable technologies, supporting inventors and startup founders.
• SMILES-2026 Summer School on Machine Learning Summer school program providing hands-on training in machine learning techniques for international participants, operated as a focused short-course offering within Skoltech's education portfolio.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150x computational speedup in materials simulation using hybrid atomistic-continuum method
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability15 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered regional, major and core.

• Kamchatka Region and Vitus Bering Kamchatka State UniversityregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2026Joint technological development partnership for Kamchatka region. Focus on technological advancement and regional development.
• Dom.RFmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 June 2026Launched new professional development course on AI in construction. Dom.RF provides industry需求 and funding for course development.
• Yandex EducationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2026Co-organizer of the Fourth Robotics Festival at HSE University (April 1-3, 2026). Partnership involves robotics competitions, hackathons on programming robotic arms, exhibitions, and foresight sessions focused on robotics education in Russia.
• SbermajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2026Strategic partner for the Fourth Robotics Festival. Sber's involvement provides backing for robotics education and development initiatives in Russia.
• National Association of Robotics Market ParticipantscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2026Co-organizer of the Fourth Robotics Festival. Partnership supports robotics industry development and standardization in Russia.
• Russian State Scientific Centre for Robotics and Technical CyberneticscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2026Co-organizer of robotics competitions at the Fourth Robotics Festival. Technical expertise partnership in robotics research.
• EFKO GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2026Joint establishment of Institute for Robotic Systems with HSE University. EFKO Group provides industrial partnership and funding for robotics research.
• Schmidt Institute of Physics of the EarthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 February 2026Collaborative research partnership on hybrid atomistic-continuum simulation methods. Joint development of 'quasi-atoms' approach achieving 150x computational speedup.
• University of LeicestercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 February 2026International research collaboration on hybrid atomistic-continuum simulation methods. University contributes academic expertise to joint research project.
• Moscow Innovation ClustermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of robotics technologies. Partnership announced June 2026 for collaborative robotics R&D.
• HSE UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint establishment of Institute for Robotic Systems and collaboration on robotics education and research initiatives.
• MIPTmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint MSc program 'Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Development' launched with support from SK Capital.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ETH Zurich: ETH Zurich is a leading European STEM research university with strong technology transfer, industry partnerships, and a long track record of spin-offs. It represents a larger, more established European model that Skoltech explicitly benchmarks itself against in faculty recruitment and program design.
• Tsinghua University: Tsinghua is China's top STEM-focused research university with deep government backing, large-scale applied research programs, and an extensive technology transfer and venture ecosystem. It is a broader, larger-scale analogue of Skoltech's STEM research and commercialization model.
• EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne): EPFL is a leading European STEM research university with a strong applied-research and technology-transfer focus housed in an innovation park. It mirrors Skoltech's positioning inside the Skolkovo Innovation Center and serves as a comparable European model of an industry-adjacent research campus.
• Caltech (California Institute of Technology): Caltech is a leading US STEM-focused research university with deep government and industry funding, a high faculty-to-student ratio, and a strong applied-research profile in energy, materials, and aerospace. It is a structural analogue of Skoltech's small, elite, research-intensive positioning.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): MIT is the archetypal STEM research university with the world's leading technology transfer office, deep industry funding, and global startup spin-out ecosystem. Skoltech was established in 2011 with explicit MIT involvement (founding president Edward Crawley was MIT-affiliated), making MIT the strategic model and aspirational benchmark.

Direct peers

• KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology): KAIST is a government-funded STEM research university in South Korea explicitly modeled on the MIT/Caltech template, with deep industry-academic collaboration, technology transfer offices, and spin-off generation. It is one of the closest international structural analogues to Skoltech's research-and-commercialization model.
• Innopolis University: Innopolis is a Russian private university focused on IT, AI, and robotics graduate education with strong industry partnerships and a startup incubation model closely mirroring Skoltech's approach, making it a direct domestic competitor for tech-focused graduate talent and applied research contracts.
• ITMO University: ITMO is a leading Russian STEM research university with a strong startup-creation culture and applied research portfolio, ranking among the top young universities globally. It competes with Skoltech for the same applicant pool, industry research funding, and tech-transfer-driven venture creation.
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT): MIPT is Russia's flagship STEM research university with a similar graduate-research and technology transfer model, and competes directly with Skoltech for top STEM students, faculty, and Russian government research funding. MIPT is also a Skoltech partner on the joint MSc in Technological Entrepreneurship, underscoring their close substitutability.
• Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT Bombay): IIT Bombay is a premier Indian STEM research university combining rigorous graduate education with applied research, industry partnerships, and a robust startup alumni network. It represents a similar public-private funded model and competes with Skoltech for international STEM graduate applicants and global industry research engagement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

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