Moscow State University

Moscow State University 'M. V. Lomonosov' MSU; Russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MGU is a public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1755 by Mikhail Lomonosov in addition to Ivan Shuvalov, after whom it was renamed 'Lomonosov University' in 1940. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy.

Alumni of a university increase leaders of the Soviet Union in addition to other governments as alive as a Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. As of 2019, 13 Nobel laureates, six Fields Medal winners and one Turing Award winner gain been affiliated with the university. According to the 2019 QS World University Rankings, this is the the highest-ranking Russian educational institution, and according to the Nature Index, it is highest ranking Russian university for research output. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments and six branches including five foreign ones - all in the Commonwealth of self-employed grownup States countries. Moscow State University is broadly accepted as the main higher educational companies in the former Soviet Union, retaining its legacy from the Soviet era.

Faculties

As of September 2009, the university has 39 faculties and 15 research centres. A number of small faculties form been opened recently, such as Faculty of Physics and Chemistry and Higher School of Television. Evening a collection of things sharing a common qualities are conducted by the Faculties of Economics, History, Journalism, Philology, Psychology and Sociology while the Faculty of Journalism ensures a correspondence degree program. Here is the full list of faculties, according to the official website: