Moscow State University named after V.M.Lomonosov “Chemical Faculty”

Welcome to Moscow State University, the first Russian University founded in 1755 on the initiative of Mikhail Lomonosov, an outstanding scientist of the Enlightenment, whose unsettled encyclopedic mind and energy gave the inner impetus to the project. From the very beginning, elitism was alien to the very spirit of our community, which determined the University’s long-standing democratic tradition. Students irrespective of their background have been always admitted to University to further become our renowned alumni – famous scientists and scholars. And the students convene here, as they have always done, to study, to research, to push at the frontiers of knowledge.

Today, the emphasis is on advancing the applied science: new materials, genetics, biomedicine, pharmaceutics, cognitive sciences, ecology, and information technologies. We work hard to preserve our heritage and develop our traditions of a comprehensive approach to higher education and science. Moscow University has a rich academic history. Yet the major commitment remains the same as it has been in centuries: to provide outstanding teaching, scholarship and research. But what makes our University so lively is this intellectual spirit combined with inexhaustible curiosity.

We keep open the University doors to anyone who strives for new discoveries, creativity, and self-improvement.

Faculties of Moscow State University named after V.M.Lomonosov “Chemical Faculty”:

• Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
• Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
• Faculty of Physics
• 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 Fundamental Medicine
• Faculty of Fundamental physical and chemical engineering
• 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 Processes
• Faculty of Educational Studies
• Faculty of Political Science
• School of Business Administration
• Moscow School of Economics
• School of Translation and Interpretation
• Graduate School of Public Administration
• School of State Audit
• Graduate School of Management and Innovation
• Graduate School of Innovative Business
• School of Contemporary Social Sciences
• School of Television
• Higher School of Policy in Culture and Management in the Sphere of Humanities
• Faculty of Military Training
• Faculty of Biotechnology

Student Accommodation

A few words about campuses

The hostel of the Moscow State University named after MVLomonosov is a complex of student campuses that provide conditions for a comfortable stay of students, graduate students and faculty.

The structure of MSU hostels includes seven independently functioning student campuses with developed infrastructure:

• The student’s house (DS, Main building of Moscow State University);
• Branch of the student’s home (FDS);
• The student’s house on Lomonosovsky (DSL);
• The student’s house on Vernadsky Avenue (DSV);
• The student’s house at Kravchenko (DSC);
• House of graduate and trainee (DAS);
• The student’s house in Yasenevo (DSA).

In the student campus of Moscow State University, constant work is carried out to improve the conditions for students’ life, advanced communication technologies are being introduced, the material and technical base of hostels is being updated and replenished, and new hostel buildings are being built.

The distribution of places and the placement of students in the hostel is carried out by the Management of hostels with direct participation of the deans of the educational and scientific departments of the university. The University seeks to provide a place in the hostel for all who need it. For students on the budget, this rule is fully implemented, for students enrolled in the contract, the university provides the hostel on a contractual basis in the presence of free places.

The general management of the organization and functioning of hostels is provided by the Office of Hostels of Moscow State University, which is headed by the Deputy Pro-Rector – Head of the Office of Hostels of Moscow State University, AA. The Vodolazsky. Management of hostels is located directly in the Main building of Moscow University.

Moscow City

Moscow is the capital of Russia, the largest city in the country and Europe, and one of the largest cities in the world. Moscow refers to global cities having a great influence on the world because of its high economic level and population. It is the main transport hub of Russia, its political, economic, cultural, and scientific center.

Moscow features

Moscow is located in the center of the European part of Russia, between the rivers Oka and Volga. The climate is moderate continental: heavy frosts and extreme heat are rare. The average temperature in January – minus 7.2 degrees Celsius, in July – plus 20.4 degrees Celsius.

The city has the status of a separate federal subject of the Russian Federation. It is the smallest federal subject by land area.

The name of the city as well as the names of many other cities around the world, is bound with the name of the river it is standing on (the Moskva River). The river was called this way long before the settlement appeared. It is unknown who named it and what this name means. There are two main versions: Finnio-Ugric and Slavic.

According to the first one, the word “Moskva” is derived from the Finno-Ugric language group which means “river-bear”. The Slavic theory points to the stem “mosk” denoting “marshy” or “moisture, liquid, marshland, dampness”.

The city is surrounded by 6 airports, 9 railway stations, and 3 river ports. Moscow has developed a fabulous metro (subway) system. The first stations were built in 1935.

Moscow is the largest Russian financial center. About half of Russian banks are located in Moscow. Most of the largest companies are registered and have head offices in Moscow, although their manufactures might be located thousands of km from the city.

The city is the most important center of retail sales in Russia. Moscow represents about 30% of all commodities sold in Russia.

Moscow is also a large scientific center. There are a lot of scientific research institutes carrying out research in many branches, such as nuclear power, microelectronics, space exploration and other promising directions.