Moscow State University: Statistics

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#165 of 14,131 In the World
#54 of 2,785 In Europe
#1 of 385 In Russia
#1 of 67 In Moscow
#30 of 2,293 For Theoretical Physics
Top100 For 20 other topics
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Quick Review

Acceptance rate
12%
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
www.msu.ru
Languages
Russian;English

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate12%
Admissions RequirementsSecondary school certificate (Attestat o srednem obrazovanii) and entrance examination. Pregraduate course certificate for foreign students
Academic CalendarSeptember to July (September - January; February-July)

We've calculated the 12% acceptance rate for Moscow State University based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

Research profile

Moscow State University is a world-class research university with 165,018 scientific papers published and 2,435,115 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Quantum and Particle physics, Biology, Organic Chemistry, Environmental Science, Materials Science, Biochemistry, and Computer Science.

Publications
165,018
Citations
2,435,115

Moscow State University majors

by publication & citation count

Physics
111,293 / 1,798,763
Chemistry
103,089 / 1,665,989
Engineering
97,854 / 1,531,770
Quantum and Particle physics
88,209 / 1,475,578
Biology
84,931 / 1,386,011
Organic Chemistry
66,262 / 1,031,617
Environmental Science
65,432 / 965,020
Materials Science
62,976 / 959,749
Biochemistry
44,545 / 805,289
Computer Science
44,067 / 713,138
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
44,051 / 538,402
Geology
39,667 / 593,865
Optical Engineering
37,482 / 646,712
Medicine
35,620 / 577,616
Genetics
34,293 / 617,538
Geography and Cartography
30,454 / 437,654
Metallurgical Engineering
26,828 / 428,077
Ecology
25,640 / 367,876
Nuclear Physics
25,140 / 548,609
Paleontology
23,638 / 395,938
Philosophy
23,073 / 198,058
Astrophysics and Astronomy
22,415 / 497,087
Mathematics
19,939 / 271,590
Electrical Engineering
19,473 / 381,901
Physical chemistry
17,747 / 285,261
Psychology
16,995 / 205,978
Chemical Engineering
16,156 / 258,143
Political Science
15,863 / 111,185
History
15,851 / 242,972
Condensed Matter Physics
15,044 / 221,488
Law
14,604 / 107,901
Nanotechnology
14,439 / 248,498
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
14,069 / 159,400
Statistics
13,880 / 212,559
Archaeology
13,622 / 230,833
Business
13,328 / 121,193
Linguistics
12,936 / 102,984
Sociology
12,665 / 117,818
Atomic and Molecular physics
12,106 / 220,412
Botany
11,847 / 211,341

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1992 987 5915
1993 1003 6115
1994 1220 7486
1995 1322 8484
1996 1666 9218
1997 1769 9721
1998 2041 11429
1999 2208 13638
2000 2678 14973
2001 2904 17179
2002 3188 19444
2003 3180 23263
2004 3035 26526
2005 3295 31465
2006 3761 35813
2007 4111 39972
2008 2859 43893
2009 2769 47428
2010 3043 51689
2011 3204 59625
2012 3831 71770
2013 4284 79828
2014 4460 86198
2015 6013 95867
2016 7313 111960
2017 7565 121371
2018 8621 135562
2019 10116 159614
2020 10472 185853
2021 11015 213805
2022 10611 201188
2023 10869 221167
2024 7284 197758
Academic rankings

Tuition

The tuition table for Moscow State University gives an overview of costs but prices are approximate and subject to change and don't include accommodation, textbooks, or living expenses. The costs of programs might differ significantly for local and international students. The only source of truth for current numbers is the university's official website.

Faculty Tuition Cost (per year)
Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics 350,000 RUB
Faculty of Physics 350,000 RUB
Faculty of Chemistry 350,000 RUB
Faculty of Biology 350,000 RUB
Faculty of Computer Science 350,000 RUB
Faculty of Economics 350,000 RUB
Faculty of Law 350,000 RUB
Faculty of Journalism 350,000 RUB
Faculty of Psychology 350,000 RUB
Faculty of Sociology 350,000 RUB

The currency used is Russian Ruble (RUB).

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Moscow State University.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design Yes Yes Yes
Biology Yes Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes Yes
Chemistry Yes Yes Yes
Computer Science Yes Yes Yes
Economics Yes Yes Yes
Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Environmental Science Yes Yes Yes
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Yes Yes Yes
Mathematics Yes Yes Yes
Medicine Yes Yes Yes
Physics Yes Yes Yes
Psychology Yes Yes Yes
Bakalavr Administration, Advertising and Publicity, African Studies, Applied Linguistics, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Art History, Asian Studies, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Cinema and Television, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Economics, Environmental Management, Fine Arts, Geography, Geology, Human Resources, International Relations and Diplomacy, Journalism, Law, Linguistics, Management, Mathematics, Meteorology, Philology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Radiophysics, Regional Studies, Religious Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Soil Science, Surveying and Mapping, Tourism
Diplom Spetsialista Astronomy and Space Science, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Cinema and Television, Clinical Psychology, Mathematics, Medicine, Pharmacy, Psychology, Special Education, Translation and Interpretation
Magistr Accountancy, Advertising and Publicity, African Studies, American Studies, Applied Chemistry, Applied Linguistics, Applied Mathematics, Archaeology, Art History, Asian Studies, Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Law, Classical Languages, Clinical Psychology, Commercial Law, Communication Arts, Computer Science, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Cultural Studies, Eastern European Studies, Ecology, Economics, Embryology and Reproduction Biology, Entomology, Environmental Management, Ethnology, European Studies, Experimental Psychology, Finance, Foreign Languages Education, Genetics, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Histology, History, Immunology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inorganic Chemistry, International Law, Journalism, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Marine Science and Oceanography, Marketing, Materials Engineering, Mathematical Physics, Mathematics, Media Studies, Meteorology, Microbiology, Nuclear Physics, Organic Chemistry, Petrology, Philology, Philosophy, Physical Chemistry, Physics, Plant Pathology, Political Sciences, Psychology, Religious Studies, Russian, Seismology, Social Psychology, Sociology, Soil Science, Surveying and Mapping, Tourism, Translation and Interpretation, Zoology
Kandidat Nauk Agriculture, Anaesthesiology, Biological and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Earth Sciences, Economics, Fine Arts, History, Information Technology, Law, Literature, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Pedagogy, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Sociology, Surgery, Urology

Moscow State University alumni

  1. Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1931-2022 (aged 91)
    Enrolled in Moscow State University
    Studied in 1955
    Occupations
    economistpoliticianlawyerenvironmentalistjurist
    Biography

    Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Russian politician and statesman who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and additionally as head of state beginning in 1988, as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990 and the president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, Gorbachev initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s. He was the only Soviet leader born after the country's foundation.

  2. Wassily Kandinsky

    Wassily Kandinsky
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1866-1944 (aged 78)
    Enrolled in Moscow State University
    Studied economics and law
    Occupations
    art theoristsculptorteacherdraftspersonscenographer
    Biography

    Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated from Odessa Art School. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession, he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat (today Tartu, Estonia). Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.

  3. Vladimir Zhirinovsky

    Vladimir Zhirinovsky
    Born in
    Kazakhstan Flag Kazakhstan
    Years
    1946-2022 (aged 76)
    Enrolled in Moscow State University
    Studied in 1972-1977
    Occupations
    politicianmilitary personnellawyer
    Biography

    Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky was a Russian right-wing populist politician and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) from its creation in 1992 until his death in 2022. He had been a member of the State Duma since 1993 and leader of the LDPR group in the State Duma from 1993 to 2000, and from 2011 to 2022.

  4. Svetlana Alliluyeva

    Svetlana Alliluyeva
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1926-2011 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    autobiographerauthorwritertranslatormemoirist
    Biography

    Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and his second wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva. In 1967, she became an international sensation when she defected to the United States and, in 1978, became a naturalized citizen. From 1984 to 1986, she briefly returned to the Soviet Union and had her Soviet citizenship reinstated. She was Stalin's last surviving child.

All 100 notable alumni

Moscow State University faculties and divisions

Campus Abroad : Astana, Kazakhstan Computer Science, Ecology, Economics, Mathematics, Philology
Campus Abroad : Baku, Azerbaijan Chemistry, Economics, Management, Mathematics, Philology, Psychology
Campus Abroad : Dushanbe, Tajikistan Administration, Chemistry, Geology, International Relations and Diplomacy, Linguistics, Mathematics and Computer Science
Campus Abroad : Tashkent, Uzbekistan Mathematics, Psychology
Campus Abroad : Yerevan, Armenia Economics, International Relations and Diplomacy, Journalism, Law, Linguistics, Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty : Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Bioengineering, Information Technology
Faculty : Biology Biochemistry, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Botany
Faculty : Biotechnology Biotechnology
Faculty : Chemistry Chemistry
Faculty : Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics Electronics and Automation, Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty : Cosmic Research Astronomy and Space Science
Faculty : Economics Economics, Statistics
Faculty : Educational Sciences Pedagogy, Special Education
Faculty : Fine and Performing Arts Dance, Fine Arts, Music, Theatre
Faculty : Foreign Languages and Regional Studies European Languages, Linguistics, Modern Languages, Slavic Languages, Translation and Interpretation
Faculty : Fundamental Medicine Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pharmacology, Surgery, Urology
Faculty : Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering, Physical Engineering
Faculty : Geography Geography
Faculty : Geology Geology
Faculty : Global Studies European Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy
Faculty : History Ancient Civilizations, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Classical Languages, Eastern European Studies, History, Medieval Studies, Modern Languages
Faculty : Journalism Journalism, Media Studies, Publishing and Book Trade, Radio and Television Broadcasting
Faculty : Law Criminology, Law
Faculty : Materials Science Materials Engineering
Faculty : Mechanics and Mathematics Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Mechanics
Faculty : Philology Classical Languages, Folklore, Germanic Languages, Linguistics, Literature, Philology, Romance Languages, Russian, Slavic Languages
Faculty : Philosophy Logic, Philosophy, Political Sciences
Faculty : Physics Astrophysics, Electronic Engineering, Geophysics, Nuclear Physics, Physics, Radiophysics
Faculty : Political Science Political Sciences
Faculty : Psychology Pedagogy, Psychology
Faculty : Public Administration Economics, Government, Management, Philosophy
Faculty : Sociology Political Sciences, Sociology
Faculty : Soil Science Soil Science
Faculty : World Politics International Relations and Diplomacy, Political Sciences
Graduate School : Innovative Business Business Administration
Graduate School : Management and Innovation Management
Graduate School : Public Administration Administration, Public Administration
Institute : Asian and African Studies African Studies, Asian Studies
School : Business Administration Business Administration
School : Contemporary Social Sciences Social Sciences
School : Moscow School of Economics Economics
School : Television Cinema and Television
School : Translation and Interpretation Modern Languages, Translation and Interpretation

General information

Alternative names MSU
Московский государственный университет
Founded 1755
Accreditation Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor)
Motto Scientia est clara cognitio veritatis, illustratio mentis

Location and contacts

Address Leninskie Gory
Moskva, 119992
Russia
City population 13,149,000

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