Status and Prospects at NICA

The new accelerator complex NICA (Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility) is under construction at JINR (Dubna, Russia). The main physics goal of the NICA project is the experimental exploration of the properties of nuclear matter under extreme condition. The MPD experiment is foreseen for study heavy-ion collisions at the NICA collider. The current status of the NICA project is presented.