Moscow State University: Statistics
| Rank | Ranking |
|---|---|
| #169 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #55 of 2,785 | In Europe |
| #1 of 385 | In Russia |
| #1 of 67 | In Moscow |
| #22 of 1,011 | For Nuclear Physics |
| Top100 | For 24 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 12%
- Enrollment
- 27,500
- Type
- Non-profit
- Funding
- Public-private
partnership - Highest Degree
- Doctorate
- Website
- www.msu.ru
- Languages
- Russian;English
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Acceptance Rate | 12% |
|---|---|
| Admissions Requirements | Secondary school certificate (Attestat o srednem obrazovanii) and entrance examination. Pregraduate course certificate for foreign students |
| Academic Calendar | September to July (September - January; February-July) |
| Enrollment | 27,500 |
| Full time employee | 4,750 |
| Student:staff ratio | 6:1 |
Publications & Citations
Moscow State University majors
by publication & citation count
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 896 | 4575 |
| 1992 | 877 | 5331 |
| 1993 | 906 | 5839 |
| 1994 | 1078 | 7231 |
| 1995 | 1167 | 8614 |
| 1996 | 1535 | 9182 |
| 1997 | 1614 | 9711 |
| 1998 | 1885 | 11638 |
| 1999 | 2019 | 14245 |
| 2000 | 2503 | 15288 |
| 2001 | 2720 | 17931 |
| 2002 | 2769 | 20348 |
| 2003 | 2778 | 24571 |
| 2004 | 2797 | 28696 |
| 2005 | 3081 | 33922 |
| 2006 | 3575 | 40026 |
| 2007 | 3978 | 45534 |
| 2008 | 3905 | 51285 |
| 2009 | 4124 | 57085 |
| 2010 | 4159 | 61393 |
| 2011 | 4426 | 70874 |
| 2012 | 4522 | 82355 |
| 2013 | 4978 | 94266 |
| 2014 | 5268 | 100709 |
| 2015 | 6162 | 122113 |
| 2016 | 7074 | 133363 |
| 2017 | 7232 | 136536 |
| 2018 | 7722 | 149073 |
| 2019 | 9192 | 166910 |
| 2020 | 9703 | 190492 |
| 2021 | 8216 | 201796 |
Tuition
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
|---|---|---|
| Local students | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| International students | $1,750 | $1,750 |
Programs and Degrees
| Programs | Associate's degree | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Arts | Humanities | – | + | + | + |
| Business | Politics | Social Sciences | – | + | + | + |
| Languages | Culture | Linguistics | – | + | + | + |
| Nursing | Health | Pharmacy | Medicine | – | + | + | + |
| Engineering | IT | – | + | + | + |
| Maths | Natural Sciences | – | + | + | + |
| 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, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, History, Information Technology, Law, Literature, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Pedagogy, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Sociology, Surgery, Urology |
Moscow State University alumni
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Mikhail Gorbachev
- Occupations
- politicianjuristenvironmentalist
- Biography
-
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, he was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, Gorbachev initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism although he had moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s.
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Wassily Kandinsky
- Enrolled in Moscow State University
- Studied economics and law
- Occupations
- painteruniversity teachervisual artistart theoristteacher
- 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, possibly after Hilma af Klint. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov 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.
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Sergei Yesenin
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
-
Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin, sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century, known for "his lyrical evocations of and nostalgia for the village life of his childhood – no idyll, presented in all its rawness, with an implied curse on urbanisation and industrialisation."
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Alisher Usmanov
- Enrolled in Moscow State University
- Studied in 1976
- Occupations
- businesspersonentrepreneurinvestorfunctionarypatron of the arts
- Biography
-
Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov is an Uzbek-born Russian businessman and oligarch. By 2022, Usmanov had an estimated net worth of $19.5 billion and was among the world’s 100 wealthiest people.
General info
| Alternative names | MSU Московский государственный университет |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1755 |
| Accreditation | Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor) |
| Motto | Science is clear learning of truth and enlightenment of mind |
| Academic structure | Faculty of Global Studies Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics Faculty of Physics Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Biology Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Faculty of Soil Science Faculty of Geology Faculty of Geography Faculty of Materials Science Faculty of Medicine Faculty of History Faculty of Philology Faculty of Philosophy Faculty of Economics Higher School of Business Administration Faculty of Law Faculty of Journalism Faculty of Psychology The Institute of Asian and African countries Faculty of Sociology Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies Faculty of Public Administration Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts Faculty of World Politics Faculty of Education Faculty of Further Education Moscow School of Economics Faculty of Military Training |
| Affiliations and memberships | European University Association (EUA) International Forum of Public Universities (IFPU) |
Location and Contacts
| Address | Leninskie Gory Moscow, Moscow, 119992 Russia |
|---|---|
| City population | 12,655,000 |
| Phone | +7 (95) 939 1000 |
| Fax | +7 (95) 939 0126 |