Micro- and Nanotechnology Department provides facilities to train engineers specializing in nano- and microsystem technology. These specialists should be able to design, model, and operate micro- and nanoscale devices. Training comprises specialized theoretical courses, laboratory courses, and seminars on micro- and nanomechanics, micro- and nanodevice manufacturing techniques, physics of nanostructure, and nanoelectronics control devices.
The Department was established in 2007 with the aim of training engineers and researchers in the speciality 1-41 01 01 "Technology of Materials and Components of Electronic Technics". As the national economy sees an upsurged demand for highly qualified specialists in electronics, composite material science, micro- and nanoelectromechanical system (MEMS and NEMS) manufacturing, the Department strives to further expand the students' knowledge of nanotechnology, development of new diagnostic methods for nanoobjects and nanomaterial. In addition, the Department has been training engineers in the speciality 1-38 01 04 "Micro- and Nanosystem Technics" since 2009.
The Department has close ties with a number of innovatively active Belarusian enterprises and organizations. Among them are JSC "Integral", JSC "Planar", OJSC "Minsk Research Institute of Radiomaterials", JSC "MNIPI", the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, and other prominent enterprises.
The Department's development prospects are determined by the global tendency of increasing device miniaturization. These prospects are in direct connection with the national priorities in the field of science and technology, namely high technologies, national and international R&D programs in nanotechnology, and establishing enterprises under the 5th and 6th technoeconomic paradigms.
The students of the Department take part in annual International Scientific and Technical Conference of Young Scientists and Students "Advanced Instrumentation Engineering" usually held in April. The academic personnel participates in International Scientific and Technical Conference "Instrumentation Engineering" usually held in November. Up-to-date information on these activities is available on the faculty website.
The Department's resource base is made up of the following laboratories:
- Laboratory of Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits Technology.
- Laboratory of Nanodiagnostics.
- Laboratory of Electronic Material Technology.
- Laboratory of Chemical Sensors Research.
Full-time training program takes up 4 years, whereas part-time training program available for college graduates lasts 4 years.
