The Moscow Institute of Engineers of Railways of Emperor Nicholas II, founded in 1913 and 1917, was the highest technical educational institution of the Russian Empire. It was established on December 25, 1913, based on the Imperial Moscow Engineering School of the Ministry of Railways and was named after Emperor Nicholas II on January 18, 1914.

Professor N. P. Petrov was the main initiator of the creation of the school and its subsequent transformation into a higher educational institution. He participated in the development of the Regulations and Charter of the IMIU, which significantly influenced the methodology of teaching. In particular, they provided for a more in-depth study of the exact sciences than was customary in other higher technical educational institutions of that time. In 1911, N. P. Petrov was elected an Honorary Member of the school.