Department of Physical-and-Technological Problems of Nanoscale Systems is headed by academician N.A.S. of Ukraine O.M. Ivasishin. Its purpose is to prepare specialists for N.A.S. of Ukraine with highest qualification degree in the field of physical-and-technical specialization within the MA course of higher institutions with ²V accreditation level according to the agreement dtd 25.12.2001 between N.A.S.U. and Moscow Physical-and-Technical Institute (State University), hereinafter, MPhTI. The lecturers of the department are leading scientists of the G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics and Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine.

Admission of students in groups for purpose-oriented training for N.A.S. of Ukraine is fulfilled by a visiting Admission Board of MPhTI. Annually 35 university entrants with the best results of preliminary examinations are selected for study at MPhTI.

The bachelor's degree is obtained by the students at MPhTI in Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow district. After successful defense of a diploma the students return to home department to continue education in Kyiv. 

The objective of education is to prepare Masters of Metal Physics and Material Science aiming at their further scientific activity, mainly, in the G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics and Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine. One of the key direction of modern material science and physics of a solid is study and application of nanoscale systems, so the emphasis is made on training the specialists exactly in this field, which corresponds to the principles of flexibility and mobility of `Fiztekh system`. The system reacts efficiently on current demands of science development.  

The academic disciplines for Master degree cycle form three blocks.

The first block consists of two courses: `Physical Material Science` and `Physics of Strength and Plasticity`.

The course `Physical Material Science` studies interatomic interaction, crystal structure and properties of solids, defects of crystal structure, diffusion in crystals, phase equilibria, phases in solids, phase transformations, relaxation phenomena in solids, mechanical properties and plastic deformation, structural strength and fracture of materials, magnetism of solids, new innovative materials: semiconductors, ferroelectrics, superconductors.

 The course `Physics of Strength and Plasticity` treats the theoretical and real crystal strength, effect of defects in crystals, dislocation mechanism of plastic deformation, structure evolution and mechanical properties of crystal materials during plastic deformation and annealing, strengthening of crystal materials by alloying, deformation strengthening of crystal materials, hardness of the materials, fracture of the materials, superplasticity of crystal materials, structure and mechanical properties of modern ceramics, peculiarities in behavior of nanostructural amorphous and quasi-crystalline materials.  

In general, according to the results of study of these two academic disciplines the general professional base is created for deeper study of the separate actual special directions.

The second block consists of two courses: `Physical Research Techniques of the Materials` and `Electron Microscopy`. The purpose of the first course is to study methods of structure analysis and composition of substances in micro- and nano- volumes with application of different methods of local probing. The principles of electron optics, focused beams, electron microscope, electron microprobe analysis, ion microprobe mass spectrometry, Auger-electron microscopy and microanalysis, scanning tunneling microscopy and scanning atomic-force microscopy. The second course deals with the basic principles of the transmission electron microscopy, kinematic theory of electrons` diffraction and formation of an image contrast, dynamic theory of contrast and application of electron microscopy to solve different problems of structural analysis. After completion the study of these two academic disciplines the students are prepared to carry out  scientific research, in particular, in the field of nanostructural states of substances, which are studied in the third block.

This block consists of four courses: `Physics and Chemistry of Surface and Film Materials`, `Physics of Cluster and Nanostructural Systems`, `Diagnostics of Nanoscale Particles and Technology of Their Fabrication` and `Physics of Semiconducting Nanostructures`. The most qualified active scientists of N.A.S. of Ukraine in this field give lectures on these courses. The students receive knowledge about the structure of a surface, defects and atom dynamics, about peculiarities of electron structure and electron properties of the surface, interfaces, surface processes and phenomena, electron properties of the film materials. The fabrication, structure and properties of nanoclusters, a nanocrystal state of substance, physics of low-dimensional systems, carbon nanostructural materials will be discussed for the first time. The polydisperse nanosystems, general principles of obtaining of solid substance in ultra- and nanodispersed state, sintering of nanoscale powders, production of nanocrystal materials as films and coatings, application of these materials in biology and medicine will be discussed as well.        

 The course `Physics of Semiconducting Nanostructures` brings to an end this block, which studies the energy spectrum of electron and photon excitations in the systems of the reduced dimension, quantum points and a conception of `artificial atoms`, optics of nanostructures, methods of fabrication of nanostructures, in particular, self-organization of nano-island systems in epitaxial heterostructures, effects of resonance tunneling in nanostructures, as well as several applied aspects of semiconducting nanoelectronics.  

As a result the first-class physical-and-technical preparation for Master degree is to be executed.

The academic curriculum for Master degree in specialty 511678 `Metal Physics and Material Science` has been worked out in accordance with the demands of normative document about level education.

The programs of disciplines are formed according to the standards of Higher Institutions of Ukraine, approved by rector of Moscow Physical-and-Technical Institute (State University), agreed with the director of Physical-and-Technical Scientific Centre of N.A.S. of Ukraine and correspond to modern trends of programs` formation, in which the training units and modulii of mastering levels are separated. According to the modulii  the criteria of academic progress are developed enabling to evaluate the level of program mastering by students.

 After defense of the Master theses the graduating students receive the MPhTI diploma, which is acknowledged in Ukraine according to the Agreement between the Government of Russian Federation and Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine `On Mutual Acceptance and Equivalence of Documents About Education and Academic Ranks` dtd 26.05.2000.