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Ilya Temokhin 16:58 07/05/2013

I entered MGIMO at the Faculty of International Relations. I entered the budget with a total exam result of 354 points in 2012. Honestly, it was hard to get in, there was a competition of 4 people per place. It was very difficult to pass English; many people gave up after it. But I was lucky, I passed everything successfully, many people don’t believe me, but there were no bribes. And in general, during the first year of study, I did not pay for more than one subject. Very good training in foreign languages, and there is also the opportunity to...

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Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation"

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No. 01593 valid indefinitely from 08/12/2015

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Monitoring results of the Ministry of Education and Science for MGIMO

Index	18 year	17 year	16 year	15 year	14 year
Performance indicator (out of 7 points)	6	6	6	5	5
Average Unified State Examination score for all specialties and forms of study	87.1	87.55	86.58	83.82	88.56
Average Unified State Examination score of those enrolled on the budget	95.8	95.2	95.62	94.14	96.68
Average Unified State Examination score of those enrolled on a commercial basis	82.16	82.96	81.68	78.89	84.96
Average minimum Unified State Exam score for all specialties for full-time students enrolled	71.27	62.64	68.58	65.23	71.11
Number of students	8303	8096	7635	7216	7092
Full-time department	7929	7731	7246	6871	6670
Part-time department	374	365	389	345	422
Extramural	0	0	0	0	0
All data	Report	Report	Report	Report	Report

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About MGIMO

The Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is a unique educational and scientific center, known not only in Russia but also abroad. University graduates have high intelligence and outlook and receive the best education that meets international standards.

Education at MGIMO

At the university, students can receive higher education in seven faculties: international relations, international law, international economic relations, political science, international journalism, international business and business administration and applied economics and commerce. The university also includes five institutes:

International Institute of Management, where civil servants working in regional administration undergo training or retraining in their specialty;
Institute of European Law, where working lawyers improve their own qualifications in the field of European law in order to become more competitive and successful in jurisprudence;
International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, which trains highly qualified specialists in the field of geopolitics or energy diplomacy who will be able to successfully resolve pressing issues in this area;
the Institute of International Relations and Management, created only last year, where training of specialists in this field is conducted exclusively in English;
The European Educational Institute at MGIMO (U) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which admits graduates of universities in the Russian Federation, the CIS and other foreign countries who will be able to improve their qualifications, and therefore their competitiveness in the labor market in the fields of law, economics or politics of the European Union.

MGIMO operates a School of Business and International Competence, where students can take advanced training courses or completely retrain from another specialty in order to have more employment opportunities.

At the university you can take courses at the Faculty of Pre-University Training. Here the children have the opportunity to improve their language skills, both in Western languages and rare Eastern ones.

At the moment, MGIMO has a multi-level education system. Here, students can first obtain a bachelor's degree after studying for 4 years, and then after 2 years a master's degree. The student’s education is carried out according to the curriculum, which includes teaching two foreign languages, studying mathematical and natural science disciplines, humanitarian and socio-economic disciplines, as well as disciplines in the specialty chosen by the student. At the end of their education, all students receive an international diploma.

Material and technical base of the university

The university has everything necessary for students to receive the highest quality education at the highest level. For this purpose, MGIMO has high-quality material and technical support. On the territory of the university there are:

a scientific library containing many textbooks, teaching aids and books, both in Russian and in foreign languages;
computer classes, where students study the latest information systems and computer programs necessary for successful work in their specialty;
halls where students can independently work on the Internet to engage in self-education or prepare for classes;
multimedia laboratories equipped with the latest technology, which allow students to better understand the educational material;
language laboratories, where students engage in practical training in foreign languages;
department laboratories, where students conduct various scientific research and laboratory work;
a military department that allows male students to undergo military training, receive a deferment from the army, and also master the training program for reserve officers;
a polyclinic where university students and teachers undergo a medical examination and where they can go in case of illness;
comfortable dormitories for out-of-town and foreign students.

Social life at MGIMO

The life of a student at the university is not only lectures, seminars and practice. The university administration strives to make MGIMO a real home for its students.

For these purposes, MGIMO has its own Cultural Center, where children can develop spiritually and multiply their creative talents. Various evenings, concerts, holidays, and film screenings for students are constantly held here. Competitions are organized: KVN, “Miss MGIMO”, “MGIMO Music awards” and many others, where children reveal their vocal, dancing and acting abilities.

The university has its own conference room, equipped with modern technology, where various conferences and meetings with high-ranking guests are held. Career Days are also held here, where students can meet their potential employers.

MGIMO does not forget about the health of students. For these purposes, there is a sports center there, which has a swimming pool with ozonated water and large sports grounds for competitions between sports teams. There are also many sections and clubs for various sports.

Welcome speech from the rector

Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor Anatoly Vasilyevich Torkunov:

I am glad to welcome to the MGIMO website all Internet users who are interested in our university.

It must be said that when creating a page on the Internet, the University pursued, first of all, the goal of telling as wide a circle of people as possible about our university, conveying accurate and reliable information about how and what they teach at MGIMO, what is happening within our walls, what we are proud and what worries us.

It’s already 70 years since the first students entered the Institute of International Relations. Over the years, the world has changed, our country has changed.

MGIMO has also changed. Created as a forge of diplomatic personnel, our university entered the new millennium as a unique humanitarian international university, an authoritative scientific and educational center. Today, MGIMO is implementing undergraduate and graduate educational programs in 16 areas of training, postgraduate students are being trained in 28 scientific specialties, intensive language training is underway in 54 foreign languages (20 language departments), and postgraduate special education programs are being implemented. The University has nine faculties, three institutes and the School of Business and International Competence.

MGIMO provides ample opportunities for obtaining higher education, various forms of advanced training in various fields of international relations, political science, economics, law, management, journalism and other fields, conducts serious research work, has extensive international connections, and actively participates in socio-political life our country.

But the main feature of the University is not only that our graduates receive an excellent education that meets international educational and scientific standards and is based on the best traditions of domestic higher education and the diplomatic service. Possessing a broad outlook and deep professional knowledge, having absorbed the special atmosphere of our university, he enters life as a person with strong patriotic convictions, capable of state thinking, of understanding the national interests of Russia, ready to participate in their defense.

This approach is necessary both in the civil service, which still employs a significant portion of MGIMO graduates, and in business, where success is simply unthinkable without serious and in-depth political and economic analysis. Therefore, our graduates have been and remain desirable candidates for any responsible positions. They work with dignity in the diplomatic sphere, in government agencies, parliament, local authorities, banks, the media, government and commercial foreign trade organizations, etc.

We pay special attention to training personnel for the regions of the Russian Federation. Today, under targeted agreements, MGIMO trains several hundred specialists from the republics, territories and regions of Russia. These are economists, managers, lawyers, political scientists, specialists in the field of mass communications, whose knowledge and high qualifications acquired at the University will be aimed at the effective and comprehensive development of the subjects of the Federation.

Over the past years, more than 40 thousand people have received diplomas in international relations. Today they bring their children and even grandchildren here to study. After all, MGIMO is a special family. And no matter what corner of the Earth our graduate ends up in, he will always be able to find his fellow University students who are ready to come to his aid. Moreover, among MGIMO graduates there are more than 5.5 thousand foreign citizens from more than 60 countries.

Since its founding, our university has been among the most famous and prestigious universities in the country. To this day, he remains one of the recognized leaders of domestic higher education. We train not just highly qualified personnel, the intellectual, political and business elite of the country. We are preparing the future of Russia.

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Graduate of this university: I would like to share my impressions of 4 years
studying at the Faculty of International Journalism at MGIMO. Let's go point by point:

1. Languages
It has already been written here several times that MGIMO focuses on languages. It's like that. And this is an absolute lottery - you cannot choose the language. This applies to a greater extent to the Faculty of International Relations, where they are strictest about this. But it’s the same with MF. European languages are taught here more often, but Serbo-Croatian and Chinese are available once every five years. Think ten times whether you want to spend all your free time and nerves on endless translations (usually political topics). A huge plus, however, is that if you do love your language and work hard at it, many opportunities will open up for you. From foreign internships to part-time jobs. Almost all of my part-time jobs at the university were related to language in one way or another.

2. Specialty training
Well, there's no point in commenting on anything here. They won't train you to be a journalist here. However, I am not at all sure that there are universities in Russia that are capable of coping with this task. Programs become outdated too quickly. Nowadays people practically don’t read newspapers - only Internet portals, wouldn’t you agree? And at the MGIMO University of Journalism there are simply a bunch of subjects dedicated to newspaper journalism, and this is the main love of the head of the specialized department. For several semesters he will tell you about Soviet newspapers and demand that you know their circulation. But why?..... Why write newspaper reports in pairs? Learn how to layout a newspaper?
To be fair, there were indeed a couple of useful and interesting items. Pair. Not more.
Secondly, journalism is a practice. You won't get it at the faculty. There is a master class for journalists, which is often taught by people who either have not worked in journalism at all, or who have long since retired from the profession.
All the professional journalists to whom I came for internships said that to have a career in journalism you need to go and work. And here we are faced with the next point.

3. Work
At MGIMO it is almost impossible to combine study with full-time work. Firstly, very heavy training loads. Secondly, they monitor attendance quite strictly, which affects grades. There are exceptions, but they are rare.

4. Contingent
The problem of the journalism department as a phenomenon rather than of MGIMO is a very uneven gender composition. There are few boys, and they are trying in every possible way to encourage them so that they at least somehow dilute the woman’s kingdom. When there are only girls in a team, fights often happen out of nowhere. Plus there are a lot of ambitious Olympiad students who are ready to kill you to be the first to answer at the seminar. But here everything very much depends on the group.
But at MGIMO, contrary to stereotypes, there is practically no problem of social stratification - both Olympiad athletes from the Ryazan region and golden youth from Rublevskoye Shosse peacefully coexist in one group. Teachers look at knowledge of the subject, and everyone is equal at seminars. But there is still a problem with those who are richer and stupider - and these are not bribes. I have never heard of bribes during tests or exams. However, you can almost always write it off. Some classmates came to each exam with some kind of ultra-modern, discreet headphones, into which their tickets were dictated to them. Young people also very often buy analytical reports and course papers. And at that moment, when you bring your honestly written coursework, and the hen in stiletto heels proudly puts “her” beautifully bound work next to her, and you know that she didn’t lift a manicured finger to do anything, you start to think about workers' and peasants' uprising:)

5. Job prospects
They exist; it’s not for nothing that MGIMO leads the list of graduates’ employment. Those who want to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can try their luck at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (boys are especially willing to take it). Very often there is a job related to your foreign language. Several classmates work directly in their specialty - namely, international political news. Someone is going to a master's program (by the way, never enroll in a master's program in linguistics, there are fewer language pairs there than at a bachelor's degree, and there are more meaningless subjects).

Conclusion:
In general, looking at the state of Russian education and Russian journalism in general, MGIMO is probably not such a bad place to get a bachelor’s degree. It sounds prestigious, you know the language, you have a superficial understanding of politics and international relations (and a journalist doesn’t need more). You can go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, TASS, or RT.
But if you are looking for a fun party and wonderful memories of your student years, if you want to enroll in journalism out of love for literature and creativity, if you don’t want to translate texts about party systems, but want to write/film about people, fashion, science, then don’t ruin your youth :) Especially for paid users. Tuition at MGIMO MG this year costs half a million. For that kind of money it is quite possible to get a good education in the field of some kind of digital journalism in the West.

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In 2018, the Faculty of International Relations at MGIMO celebrated its 75th anniversary. Over the past years, thousands of specialists have been trained who have contributed to strengthening the foreign policy positions of our country in the international arena, to the development of social sciences and journalism. A highly professional teaching staff has emerged, constantly in creative search, capable of solving the most complex problems in the training and education of young specialists. Curricula are being improved in accordance with new requirements for training qualified international specialists. New training courses are being actively introduced. Teachers of major, special and language departments create multimedia teaching aids and distance learning courses. Many monographs, course programs, as well as unique forms of conducting classes, authored by faculty teachers, are adopted by other universities in Russia. The practice of delivering interdepartmental courses, as well as lectures and master classes conducted by the most famous Russian scientists - directors of research institutes, academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as leading foreign professors, is becoming increasingly widespread.

Russia's accession to the Bologna process in 2003 gave new impetus to the modernization of higher education. The Faculty of International Relations took an active part in implementing the principles of the Bologna Process at MGIMO. New modular and comprehensive programs were developed for all taught disciplines, a competency-based approach was actively introduced, allowing for the formation of professional universalism of an international affairs specialist, and a rating system for assessing students’ knowledge was introduced. The learning process was divided into two levels - bachelor's and master's degrees. The bachelor's degree allowed us to create a fundamental basis for practice-oriented training. Faculty specialists were at the origins of master’s programs in the areas of “foreign regional studies” and “international relations”, and today the faculty’s departments are actively involved in the implementation of all specialized master’s programs at MGIMO, including in English. A clear confirmation of the high quality of education provided at the faculty is that, according to the results of many admissions committees, the average competition for admission to undergraduate and graduate programs in the field of International Relations is one of the highest among all programs implemented at MGIMO.

The training of highly qualified international relations specialists requires a fundamental scientific base. Faculty staff and graduates are actively engaged in research activities within the framework of the University's scientific division - the Institute of International Studies. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the scientific potential of IMI is largely ensured through the efforts of the faculty staff. Thus, the Faculty of International Relations organically combines educational and research activities, and puts into practice the unity of education, science and upbringing.

The departments of the faculty are fruitfully working research teams conducting research in the field of international relations, diplomacy, history and other humanitarian disciplines. The faculty has formed scientific schools that have received recognition both in Russia and abroad. In a certain sense, the faculty has become a comprehensive educational and scientific center, interacting with Russian and foreign universities and scientific institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Faculty of International Relations is characterized by a creative atmosphere, a pluralism of opinions, a variety of pedagogical and scientific concepts, and a deep awareness of strategic development objectives are natural. Organizational work and daily life at the faculty are democratic, while at the same time the best traditions that define the face of MGIMO are preserved.

From the moment of its creation until today, our faculty has been the country's leading center for training highly qualified international affairs specialists, a significant proportion of whom are foreign students - from countries both near and far abroad. Having appeared in 1943 exactly one year before the establishment of the institute itself, for many decades the Faculty of International Relations has not only served as the personification of MGIMO (it is not for nothing that the name of the faculty is already included in its abbreviation), but also contributes to the dynamic internal development of the university, because precisely by the need for further specialization of the curriculum, taught at the Moscow Region, explains the emergence of such basic faculties of the alma mater as MP, MJ and FP.

The history of the faculty, the history of our departments are, first of all, the people who stood at the origins, and these are those who now continue and enhance its glorious traditions, with their work contribute to the constant improvement of the training of modern international affairs professionals and to the implementation of long-term goals for the development of our University .

Dean of the Faculty
Doctor of History, Professor Yu.A. BULATOV

In 1991, a graduate of the faculty, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Yuri Alekseevich Bulatov, an orientalist and specialist in the field of national relations, was elected dean. Over the past two decades, the faculty has continued to improve - responding to the challenges of changing times. First of all, this concerns the organization, equipment and support of the educational process.

The faculty uses a variety of forms and methods of teaching - round tables, business games, situational seminars, including with the involvement of highly qualified specialists from other universities and research centers. Much attention is paid to the independent work of students, which is the most important element in the preparation of a graduate of the Moscow Region.

The faculty provides training in two areas - regional studies and international relations. Its structure includes 16 departments, including 7 socio-political and special, 8 language, as well as the department of physical education. More than 350 teachers work at the faculty departments. Two thirds of them have an academic degree, 78 are doctors of science.

Academic work according to the plans of the faculty, in addition to the general university (general education) departments, is carried out by major and special departments. The faculty's core departments include the Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia and the Department of Diplomacy, as well as the Department of Applied Analysis of International Problems. Teaching of regional studies, including history, economics and political systems of the countries being studied, as well as countries of the region, is provided by special departments of the faculty: the Department of History and Politics of Europe and America, the Department of Oriental Studies, the Department of World and National History, the Department of World Economy.

Teachers of language departments are highly qualified specialists with practical experience as interpreters, simultaneous interpreters and interpreters at high-level negotiations. The following departments teach foreign languages at the faculty:

English language No. 1;
German language;
languages of the Nordic and Baltic countries;
languages of the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe.

Teaching languages of the peoples of Asia and Africa at all faculties of the institute is carried out by the following departments:

languages of the countries of the Near and Middle East;
Indo-Iranian and African languages;
Chinese, Vietnamese, Laotian and Thai languages;
Japanese, Korean, Mongolian and Indonesian languages.

Fluency in the main language being studied and mastery of a second foreign language is achieved through regular classes of 6–10 hours per week over 4–6 years of study. Although bachelor's degree graduates do not receive diplomas as professional translators or linguists, in most cases, in terms of their level of proficiency in foreign languages, they are not only not inferior to graduates of linguistic faculties, but even surpass them, especially when it comes to complex political negotiations, public speaking in the host country, and communication with representatives of the media. At the same time, many bachelor's degree graduates continue their studies in the linguistic master's program at MGIMO, which allows them to gain knowledge that corresponds to the qualifications of top-level professional translators.

The prospects for the work of the faculty are largely associated with an increase in the number of highly qualified teachers in special departments, as well as with the renewal of the teaching staff by attracting young specialists to scientific and teaching activities. The scientific growth of young personnel is associated with research activities, with the opportunity to publish research results in the form of not only articles, but also monographs and textbooks.

A distinctive feature of studying at the faculty is the practical orientation of the education received. A mandatory element of the senior year curriculum is the “Diplomatic Module” - a lecture course conducted by the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a more detailed introduction to the structure of the Ministry and the features of work in all areas of the department’s activities. For many years, students of the Moscow Region have undergone introductory and pre-graduation internships at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidential Administration, the Government Office, the State Duma, the Ministry of Economic Development, the largest domestic companies, leading media outlets, etc. Every year, more than 100 students have the opportunity to gain first professional experience during pre-diploma internships at Russian Embassies and Trade Missions around the world, as well as the secretariats of the most important international organizations (primarily the UN system).

An integral part of the educational process at the faculty is maintaining extracurricular student activity. In addition to wide participation in the sports and cultural life of the institute, as well as volunteer movements organized on the basis of MGIMO, students of the Moscow Region are actively involved in such large-scale projects as the Vitaly Churkin Moscow International Model of the United Nations (MIMUN) and the A.G. Karlov Diplomatic Club.

The UN Models, held annually, are an exciting role-playing game during which students and high school students coming to MGIMO from all over the world reproduce the work of UN bodies on behalf of official representatives of participating countries in all 5 languages of the organization. The ability to defend the official position of the country being represented, including in a foreign language, as well as to find consensus for the adoption of a resolution on a specific issue are necessary skills for the future professional activities of students. Diplomatic Club named after. A.G. Karlov, functioning at the Department of Diplomacy, is not only a community of those who plan to connect their fate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also a platform for scientific and creative creativity, uniting the most talented, creative and enterprising students of all ages and faculties. Thematic master classes, “Diplomatic Olympiads” and the scientific and practical competition “Diplomat Briefing” have long become the “calling card” of the main club of the Faculty of International Relations, which is part of the MGIMO Scientific Student Society - an interfaculty association of scientific clubs of the institute.

Upon completion of the faculty, wide opportunities open up for diplomatic, research and teaching careers. Thanks to universal training, graduates of the faculty successfully study in economics, political science, and law master's programs at MGIMO and other Russian universities, as well as in prestigious foreign educational institutions. At the leading professional socio-political and language departments of the faculty, there are postgraduate schools with full-time study, and there is also the possibility of competition. Graduates also enter graduate school at leading departments of other MGIMO faculties, defend candidate and doctoral dissertations in historical, political, economic, legal and philological sciences, thereby replenishing the team of highly qualified international affairs specialists at MGIMO.

The Faculty of International Relations is the main division of MGIMO in training international specialists for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its foreign agencies. Its graduates form the main backbone of young specialists who are annually hired on a competitive basis to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They also work in various government agencies, international, public and political organizations, private firms and banks.

At the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, graduates of the faculty occupy responsible leadership positions: deputy ministers of foreign affairs, directors of departments, ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary in many countries of the world, representatives of Russia in international organizations. Foreign Minister Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov also graduated from the Faculty of International Relations.

The faculty is also a source of personnel for the “command staff” of MGIMO. In addition to the rector, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.V. Torkunov, among his graduates are the vice-rector for master's and international programs A.A. Baykov, the vice-rector for academic affairs V.B. Kirillov, the vice-rector for general affairs A.V. Malgin, the vice-rector for personnel policy V.M. Morozov, dean of the faculty Yu.A. Bulatov and many other heads of departments and divisions of the institute. The fame of the faculty has long surpassed the boundaries of our Motherland. Currently, about 200 foreign students from 42 countries are studying at the faculty, including from Vietnam, Germany, Greece, Egypt, Israel, Indonesia, Spain, Cyprus, Libya, the Republic of Korea, Peru, Thailand, Turkey, Syria, the USA, and also CIS countries.

International cooperation of the faculty is carried out within the framework of general MGIMO programs. In addition, the faculty independently expands relations with universities and youth organizations in countries far and near abroad. The main forms of cooperation are scientific internships for teachers and their participation in international conferences, as well as language internships for students in foreign universities.

Many famous Russian politicians, diplomats, scientists, public figures and businessmen graduated from the Faculty of International Relations: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MGIMO S.V. Lavrov (1972); Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation A.E. Vaino (1996); Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yu.V. Ushakov (1970); Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council I.M. Umakhanov (1979); Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs K.I. Kosachev (1984); Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Office and other organizations in Geneva G.M. Gatilov (1972); Permanent Representative of Russia to the European Union V.A. Chizhov (1976); Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation G.L. Muradov (1979); honorary director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician V.V. Zhurkin (1951); honorary president of the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician A.M. Vasiliev (1962); scientific director of the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician S.M. Rogov (1971); Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences G.V. Osipov (1952); Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.S. Myasnikov (1955); Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences N.A. Simonia (1955); Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yu.S. Pivovarov (1972); Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.G. Arbatov (1973); President of the Mercury Group, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC DIXY Group I.A. Kesaev (1993); President of the International Chess Federation K.N. Ilyumzhinov (1989); General Director of the Russian Council on International Affairs A.V. Kortunov (1979), General Director of the 360° TV channel V.V. Dukhin (2002).

Foreign graduates of the faculty today also occupy high positions in countries far and near abroad: President of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev (1982); Deputy Chairman of the European Commission and European Commissioner for the Energy Union M. Šefčović (1990); Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.-Zh. Tokaev (1975); Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia M. Lajcak (1987); Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic E. Abdyldaev (1989); Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia D. Tsogtbaatar (1994), etc.

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Today, serious changes are taking place in the Russian and global educational space. The institutional system of education is changing, the forms of functioning of higher educational institutions are being updated. The problem-information structure of the content of the educational process is constantly expanding and becoming more complex, and educational and research technologies are being updated.

Throughout the seven and a half decades of its history, the Faculty of International Relations has strived to be at the forefront of the modernization trends of its time. And today, maintaining leadership positions requires significant efforts by the entire faculty team. His high professional potential provides grounds for the formation and implementation of innovative development programs.

The Faculty of International Relations has been working in conditions of stability for many years. The prospects for its development are determined taking into account national, regional and global trends. This allows you to improve the educational process and look into the future with confidence.

Last updated - February 2019

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) - one of the leading Russian universities, training specialists in 18 areas: international relations, foreign regional studies, economics, jurisprudence, journalism, political science, advertising and public relations, sociology, management, commerce, ecology and environmental management, state and municipal administration, finance and credit, linguistics, teacher education, psychology, personnel management, business informatics.

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia)


International name	MGIMO University
Year of foundation
Type	State
Target capital	₽ 1.5 billion (2017)
Rector	Anatoly Vasilievich Torkunov
Metro	01 Vernadsky Avenue, 01 South-West
Legal address	Russia Russia, 119454, Moscow, Vernadsky Avenue, 76
Website	mgimo.ru
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In terms of legal training, the university is one of the so-called “Big Three” Russian universities. The university structure includes two campuses, ten faculties and three institutes. As of 2017, about seven thousand students from Russia, CIS countries and foreign countries studied at MGIMO. In 2010, it was officially included in the Guinness Book of Records as a university teaching the largest number of state foreign languages (53 foreign languages). The university is part of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.

Full name - Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation".

Abbreviated name - MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, MGIMO, MGIMO University.

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The date of creation of MGIMO is considered to be October 14, 1944, when the international faculty of Moscow State University, created a year earlier, was transformed into a separate institute. The first intake at MGIMO was 200 students. Among them were five Heroes of the Soviet Union, awarded this title for their exploits in the Great Patriotic War. Since 1946, students from foreign countries began to be sent to study at MGIMO.

In 1948, two faculties were formed - historical and international and international law. A year later, the Faculty of Economics was created (since 1950 - international economics). In the same year, a journalism elective and an elective for simultaneous interpreters were opened at the Faculty of History and International Studies. In 1954, it was included in MGIMO, the progenitor of which, in turn, was (founded in 1815). As a result, the range of countries studied was significantly expanded, and the study of two foreign languages was introduced in all MGIMO specialties. The previous three faculties also underwent reorganization; the result of their merger was the creation of two basic faculties - Western and Eastern.

In 2013, the Institute of International Relations and Management (School of Government and International Affairs) was created, on the basis of which the first bachelor's degree in Russia is being taught entirely in English.

In May 2017, as a result of the merger of the faculties of public administration and political science, the Faculty of Management and Politics was created.

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MGIMO publications

Bulletin of MGIMO University
Moscow Journal of International Law
Journal "Philological Sciences at MGIMO"
Journal of Comparative Politics
Journal “Law and Management. XXI Century"
Magazine "Concept"
Newspaper "Mezhdunarodnik"
Magazine “Ibero-American notebooks. Cuadernos Iberoamericanos"
Magazine "International Communications"
Journal "World and National Economy"
IMI analytical reports
Analytical notes of IMI
A fresh look

Partner publications

Journal "International Processes"
POLIS magazine
Journal "International Criminal Law and International Justice"
"Criminologist's Library. Science Magazine"

Since 2005, MGIMO has published a corporate magazine, MGIMO Journal, a publication of the alumni and student community. The magazine publishes interviews with famous graduates, MGIMO partners, news about the life of MGIMO students in Russia and abroad, and reports from major international events.

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Criticism

In March 2014, from the media [ which one?] it became known about the dismissal of professor of the Department of Philosophy Andrei Zubov for criticizing the position of the Russian authorities regarding Ukraine and Crimea. . In particular, the professor expressed his opinion in an article published in the Vedomosti newspaper, where he compares the policies of President V.V. Putin with the policies of A. Hitler (annexation of the Sudetenland of the Czech Republic and the Anschluss of Austria). Zubov notes in the article that the actions of fascist Germany in that period, just as in the case of Crimea, were motivated by considerations of protecting “compatriots”. Many well-known teachers spoke out in defense of Professor Zubov, who signed the corresponding open letter published on the website of the Interregional Trade Union of Higher Education Workers “University Solidarity”. Later, Professor Zubov was reinstated because he was a member of the election commission, and the order to dismiss him violated the law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights,” but at the end of the academic year the contract with him was not renewed.

According to the network expert community “Dissernet” as of April 2014, 19 dissertations containing significant plagiarism were defended in the dissertation council 209.002.01 at the Department of Legal Support of Management Activities of the International Institute of Management MGIMO. In six cases, the scientific supervisor of the dissertations was at the same time the head of the dissertation council, Professor Robert Yengibaryan, who, as of 2014, is the director of the International Institute of Management MGIMO and the chairman of the dissertation council at MGIMO-University for the defense of doctoral dissertations. According to him, dissertation council 209.002.01 has already ceased to exist due to the death of three council members and the change of jobs of some other members. Yengibaryan also spoke negatively towards experts looking for plagiarism, and commented on the claims regarding the dissertation of the director of the legal department of the Ministry of Finance, Svetlana Yachevskaya, as follows: “Jurisprudence is different in that you have to take something from somewhere, for example, a presidential message, and then start parsing this message...<…>Why is this “written off”? This is a free presentation of what the president said on this topic."