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About Moscow

Moscow is the capital and most heavily populated city in Russia, as well as being the largest city on the European continent. It is an iconic and a global city and is the key political, economic, cultural and scientific center of not only Russia but of Eastern Europe as well. It is a city renowned for the Red Square, the Kremlin and St. Basil’s cathedral and furthermore, it should be definitely on your travel bucket list.

It is quite a surprising fact but during its long history Moscow burned countless times. Since the houses were mostly wooden, the fire spread very quickly, and covered the entire city in minutes.

Moscow is so huge that it has the right to be the country. Its official population is over 13 million, and it’s in TOP 10 most populous cities in the world. This is the population of Norway and Switzerland combined. Or Portugal and Estonia. Or Finland and Denmark.

Moscow boasts the largest number of billionaires in the world. According to the Forbes, there are 84 billionaires in the city with the combined wealth of 367 billion dollars. New York takes second place in this ranking with its 62 billionaire residents.

Lenin Library is the largest in Europe, with its 43 million objects storage (maps, sheet music, sound recordings, rare books, dissertations, newspapers). In the 70s at the peak of the popularity of The Beatles, the library was tagged as the “Lennon Bitlioteka”.

There are 3,500 historical streets and cute alleys, wide avenues and vast squares, mysterious embankments, endless highways and fast driveways in Moscow.

You will be totally confused with choosing the place to eat as in the megacity there are over 2700 restaurants and the number constantly increases.

9000 000 passengers use the Moscow metro daily. This is more than London and New York subways combined. Trains in Moscow metro go more frequently than in any other subway in the world. At peak times the interval between trains is just 1.5 minute.

Moscow has numerous enterprises, mostly engineering and metalworking plants. They produce machine tools, motor cars, transformers, electric motors, TV sets, watches etc. Moscow has a huge amount of schools, museums, institutes, universities.

About Peoples’ Friendship University

The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia also known as RUDN University, is an educational and research institution located in Moscow. It was established in 1960 to provide higher education to Third World students.

The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia is one of the leading state higher educational institutions of Russia. The university has a multiprofile structure of faculties and majors. More than 77,000 graduates of the university work in 170 countries, among them more than 5,500 holders of PhD and Doctorate degrees. Lecturers train specialists in 62 majors and lines of study. More than 29,000 graduate and postgraduate students from 140 countries studying at the university as of 2014. They represent more than 450 nations and nationalities of the world. It has a team of 4,500 employees, among them 2,826 teachers. The university intellectual fund comprises more than 870 author’s invention certificates and 150 patents of the Russian Federation in practically all fields of the university’s scientific research.

The quantity of students is 21,484. The university staff includes about 5,000 employees; among them are 442 professors and Doctors of Science, 807 associate professors and candidates of science, 91 academicians and Corresponding Members of academies of Russia, 50 Honored workers of Science of the Russian Federation, 56 PFUR teachers and professors are full members of international academies and learned societies, as well as other general employees.

Many foreign and Russian political and public figures, scholars and scientists have become PFUR Emeritus Professors. They include the presidents of Namibia, Angola, Sri Lanka, the South African Republic, Gabon, Guyana and Nigeria; the prime ministers of Bangladesh and Kazakhstan; a UN Chief Executive Officer on Education, Culture and Science; and a Director of CEPES.

The faculties of this university are:

the faculty of Economics,
the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
the faculty of Science,
Ecological faculty,
Faculty of Russian Language and General Educational Disciplines
Philological Faculty

Institutions:

Institute of Medicine
Institute of World Economy and Business
Hotel Business and Tourism Institute
Law Institute
Institute of Biochemical Technology and Nanotechnology
Institute of Space Technology
Academic Research Institute of Gravitation and Cosmology
Institute of Foreign Languages
Agrarian and Technological Institute

About faculties

Agrarian Technological Institute was founded in 1961. It has about 1,000 students and 5 teaching and research departments (The Agrobiological Department; The Agricultural Engineering Department; the Department of Veterinary Medicine; the Department of Technosphere Safety; the Department of Foreign Languages). It has more than 100 teachers, among them there 26 DSc (full professors) and 66 PhDs. Students of the Agrarian faculty have a unique opportunity to combine basic natural-science education at the Bachelor’s level with deeper specialization at the Master’s level, including programs on economics and management. Scientists of the faculty are involved in both theoretic and applied fields.

Faculty of Humanitarian and social sciences was founded in 1996 (after re-organization of the Historical-Philological faculty). It has more than 2,500 students and 12 departments. It has more than 250 teachers, among them 1 corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 academicians of various public academies of sciences, 66 full professors, and 118 PhDs. The faculty follows traditions and makes use of experience accumulated by the departments during the existence of the University, meanwhile successfully introducing new principles and educational technologies. Modern scientific and technologic innovations are employed in teaching: all classrooms are equipped with multimedia devices; two computer classrooms with laptops and interactive boards have been opened; two classrooms for conference interpreting have been created; exclusive software for conducting research has been purchased. The faculty maintains close ties and cooperates with universities in France, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, the United States, Canada, China, Egypt, Syria and Iran. PFUR students participate in academic exchange with partner universities and research centers worldwide. It helps them not only improve professional skills and master foreign languages but also facilitates adaptation to the modern world.

Engineering academy was founded in 1961. It has more than 2,600 students and 16 departments. It has more than 240 teachers, among them there are 17 corresponding members and academicians of various academies of sciences, 46 full professors and 110 PhDs. The main aim of the Engineering faculty is to prepare specialists who, apart from their major qualification, could head enterprises and run businesses. Thus, students are given tuition discounts in second degree courses. The most popular fields are law, economics and ecology. The Engineering faculty is polytechnical. Laboratories have modern equipment allowing research on current problems of the world and national architecture and town-building.

Faculty of the Russian language and general educational disciplines was founded in 1960. It has more than 1,000 students and 9 departments. It has about 200 teachers, among them 7 full professors and 62 PhDs. The faculty teaches the Russian language to foreign students so that they can study at PFUR main faculties and other Russian universities. Foreign students have a one-year intensive course of Russian and the basics of subjects they are going to major in. There are 4 departments of the Russian language, departments of mathematics and information science, chemistry and biology, physics, humanitarian disciplines, history and society studies. The faculty has modern laboratories, computer classrooms, video and multimedia equipment. The faculty preserves and improves existing traditions and develops new fields of activity: new educational programs, standards and tests are elaborated, innovational educational technologies and concepts are worked out. Since its foundation more than 20,000 foreign students have been taught at the faculty. Every year more than 1,000 students from more than 140 countries study at the faculty to continue with 62 lines of study and specialties at the main faculties. The department regularly holds methodology seminars; students work in scientific societies and participate in Olympiads and contests. Scholars of the faculty organize international scientific-research conferences on the problems of teaching Russian as a foreign language and interdisciplinary communication.

Faculty of Science. It was founded in 1961. It has about 900 students and 16 departments, and about 280 lecturers, among them 65 full professors and 160 PhDs. At the Faculty of Science, a classical combination of specialties characteristic of universities in Europe is practiced. The academic education provided at the faculty allows the graduates to climb the career ladder in various fields. At present, the members of the faculty are not only working out innovative programs for physics and physical informatics, telecommunication systems, nanostructure optics, etc. but designing teaching materials for these disciplines. At the faculty, allied subjects of physical, physicochemical, radio engineering and engineering profiles are taught with the extensive use of up-to-date laboratory equipment. Integration of intellectual, material and technical, technological and organizational resources makes it possible for post-graduate students and scientists of PFUR to carry out scientific research at a modern level.

Philological faculty was founded in 1996 (after re-organization of the Historical-philological faculty). It has more than 2800 students and 9 departments. It has about 155 teachers, among them 17 corresponding members and academicians, 43 full professors and 120 PhDs. The Philological faculty is a community of scholars and practicing teachers who love language and generously share their knowledge with students and colleagues from Russia and abroad. The scientific life of the faculty is very active: scholars elaborate various trends, apply for and get grants, participate in international, national and branch conferences, seminars and symposia; there are Doctorate dissertation councils for philological, pedagogic and psychological sciences. Thanks to big efforts of the teachers and academicians Russkiy Mir Foundation opened its department inside of RUDN in 2008. Russkiy Mir foundation created by Vladimir Putin in 2007 is a government-funded organization aimed at promoting the Russian language, culture and educational programs abroad.

Ecological faculty, founded in 1992. It has 514 students and 8 departments. The faculty numbers 80, among them 15 academicians and corresponding members, 35 full professors and 31 PhDs. At the Ecological faculty students have an opportunity not only to master general educational disciplines but also a whole range of special disciplines in the field of system ecology, human ecology, eco monitoring, eco systems management, eco expertise, radioecology and geoinformation technologies. Lectures are given by the leading foreign experts in international ecological projects and ecologists from international companies represented in the Russian market. Teachers of the faculty are involved in eco expertise of international companies as well as projects and programs on geoecology, ecology and ecosystem exploitation.

Faculty of Economics. It was founded in 1995 (after re-organization of the Faculty of Economics and Law). It has more than 1,500 students, 10 departments and 2 laboratories. It has 160 teachers, among them 10 academicians and corresponding members of various academies of sciences, 24 full professors and 74 PhDs.

Degrees offered

Bachelor’s degree (4 years of study)
State Specialist degree (5 years of study)
Medical Doctor degree (6 years of study)
Master’s degree (2 years of study following B.Sc.)
D. (3 years after Master’s or Specialist)
Sc. (2–3 years after Ph.D.)
Summer schools programs (Russian language learning; Short courses, different areas)

About accommodation

PFUR student campus is the winner of the “Best campus’ Moscow Mayor’s Prize. The university has also won the title “Best student hostel” at the all-Russia contest. The campus occupies 50 hectares of land near a large park and hosts 27 buildings, sport and medical faculties, hostels and shops.12 comfortable hostels have cozy rooms and well-occupied kitchens. There is a TV and Internet in every room. At the disposal of students are Laundromats, dry-cleaners, ateliers and beauty salons. All buildings are a walking distance from each other.

The students’ campus is situated in the South – West of Moscow city, and it is one of the best places for living and studies. The Hostels are situated in 5-storey and 16-storey buildings offering double and triple bedded self-contained rooms at an affordable price including water and electricity expenses, furniture, cooking and washing facilities. The rooms have connections to the internet, satellite TV and telephone. The students are organized in students’ councils, in charge of discipline, social education and support of their rights.

Medical care

If a student gets ill, the university policlinic will have everything for high level medical assistance. The medical and rehabilitation centers are equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities. Within the framework of ”Student health” program all students and employees undergo annual medical check-up. PFUR is the winner of the all-Russia contest “University with healthy life style”. University’s Medical Centre provides regular health control and care on the basis of medical insurance policy. Students’ dispensary and policlinic operate within the campus.

Sport, leisure

To make students’ life comfortable at the University, we offer free of charge halls for gymnastics, handball, basketball and football grounds. Tennis courts and pools are also open in the campus. An International post-office, a telephone center, a shopping center, some restaurants offering dishes of national cuisine of different countries, an international student cultural center, and a computer center are situated within the campus.

The sport complex occupies a huge territory of 6,500 sg.m. You can do sport all the year round. Despite weather conditions – there are 4 football fields (2 – indoors), 15 tennis courts and 36 sport sections. One of the traditions of the international university – regular “small world championship” in individual and team sports.

Libraries

Our Central Library has a literature with about 2,500.000 volumes in many foreign languages as well as specialised libraries at the faculties, and is of free access to students.

At the beginning of the term, students receive books at faculty’s library and can also freely visit the comfortable reading halls and internet classes whenever they need it.

Main educational programs for prospective international students – 480