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The Multi-Purpose Detector (MPD) is the main experiment at the Nuclotron-base Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) focusing on heavy ion physics. It covers the energy range sNN−−−−√=4−11 GeV in collider mode and sNN−−−−√=2.4−3.5 GeV in fixed target mode, allowing us to study the high baryon chemical potential region of the QCD phase diagram where the first-order phase transition and the onset of the critical endpoint are predicted. The commissioning of the MPD and the first xenon beam data are expected in 2025. The physics program of the MPD includes the study of hadron spectra and hypernucleus production, collective flow, correlations and fluctuations, hyperon global polarization, electromagnetic probes, and open charm production. In this talk, the general status of the project as well as the results of the feasibility studies will be presented.
