The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology is a startup university, to be located in the innovation zone called Skolkovo, outside of Moscow - sometimes called the “Russian Silicon Valley.” It is a major component of the program of the Russian Federation to move towards an innovation-based economy. The principal founding partner of SkTech is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge Massachusetts, USA. SkTech will initially have five primary education and research programs: in Information Science and Technology, Energy Science and Technology, Biomedical Science and Technology, Space Science and Technology, and Nuclear Science and Technology. For more information please check SkolkovoTech.ru