National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (NRU MGSU) was established in 1921. Before 1993 it was known as Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering named after V.V. Kuibyshev (MISI). It is one of the oldest technical institutes of higher education of the Russian Federation.
MISI was established on the basis of the Middle civil engineering college, functioning since 1907.
The first departments to be established were «Industrial and civil engineering», «Water supply and water disposal», «Hydrotechnical and special engineering», «Heat and gas supply and ventilation» and «Mechanisation and automation of civil engineering».
By 1933 more than 5000 students studied at the Institute and the faculty had 600 people. The first textbooks in all civil engineering disciplines were written there and large research laboratories with postgraduate courses were organized at that time.