On October 18th, 2018, the grand opening of the newest NUST MISIS branch—the University`s 6th branch and 2nd one abroad—took place in Uzbekistan. Mikhail Kotyukov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Abdullo Khursanov, Chairman of the Board of Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical JSC, and Alevtina Chernikova, Rector of NUST MISIS, took part in the opening ceremony. The main activities of the branch will be training highly-qualified engineering and technical personnel to solve important scientific & technological tasks for the Republic`s industry.