History

Moscow State University was established in 1755. More than 40 000 students (graduate and postgraduate) and about 7 000 undergraduates study at the university, and over 5 000 specialists do the refresher course here. More than 6 000 professors and lecturers, and about 5 000 researchers work for the faculties and research institutes.

Faculties

• Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
• Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
• Faculty of Physics
• Statue of a student in front of the Main Building.
• Faculty of Chemistry
• Faculty of Materials Science
• Faculty of Biology
• Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics
• Faculty of Soil Science
• Faculty of Geology
• Faculty of Geography
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Physics and Chemistry
• Faculty of History
• Faculty of Philology
• Faculty of Philosophy
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Journalism
• Faculty of Psychology
• The Institute of Asian and African Studies
• Faculty of Sociology
• Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies
• Faculty of Public Administration
• Faculty of World Politics
• Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts
• Faculty of Global Studies
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Political Science
• Higher School of Business Administration
• Moscow School of Economics
• Higher School of Translation and Interpretation
• Higher School of Public Administration
• Higher School of Public Audit
• Higher School of Administration and Innovations
• Higher School of Innovative Business Administration
• Higher School of Modern Social Sciences
• Higher School of Television
• Faculty of Further Education
• Faculty of Military Training

Admission Requirements

This institutional profile has been created for use by University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate programs.  Other names: Moskovskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova, Lomonosov Moscow State University.  First degree/qualification: 4 year bachelor's (bakalavr). 

 Minimum quality for UW-Madison Graduate School admission: 4.0/5.0 

Minimum level for UW-Madison Graduate School admission: 4 year first degree. 

Documents required: Official diploma (diplom) showing degree and date awarded with accompanying addendum - translation of academic record (not valid without the diploma) in Russian and English. Addendum and diploma registration numbers must be the same. 

Description: Instituted in 1775. Usual admission requirements are a competitive entrance examination and a general or specialized secondary school certificate (11 years of education). Note that the traditional five year diploma has been divided into two segments: (1) a four year program with general study in specific field culminating in the bakalavr (bachelor) degree, (2) two more years of specialization culminating in the magistr (master's degree).