Admission to Moscow State University is the dream of many applicants in our country. Some seek to bring it to life and submit documents to the faculty of world politics (FMP MSU). This is a modern unit with professional teachers, a new material and technical base, effective approaches to training.
Unit History
The Department of World Politics, existing today in the structure of Moscow State University, is a unit that had a predecessor. He began his work during the years of World War II. To be more precise, the official date of its discovery is October 1943. The predecessor was named at that time the international faculty. He did not last long - only 1 year. The international faculty was not closed. He simply stood out from the university and turned into an independent educational institution.
About 60 years later, they thought about opening a new international faculty at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The idea was practically immediately realized. In 2003, the faculty of world politics began to work in the structure of Moscow State University. It was opened with the aim of training professionals with the most modern knowledge and able to work effectively in the field of international relations, security, cooperation with the CIS countries and other foreign countries.
Advantages of the modern faculty
More than 15 years have passed since the opening of the structural unit. Today the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University is an interesting and promising faculty of the most famous higher educational institution of our country. His diploma is highly regarded in Russia and abroad. Graduates are invited to work in the most prestigious organizations and authorities. It's no secret that so many people who studied in the past at the Faculty of World Politics now work in the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, the Accounts Chamber, the Ministry of Economic Development, as well as in companies such as Aeroflot, Nestle Russia and etc.
Applicants to the Faculty of World Politics are offered undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses. There is also the opportunity to receive additional education. The division implements vocational training and continuing education programs:
- persons with secondary and higher education have access to “public speaking skills”;
- There is a special program in Russian and English for public relations officers and teachers related to this area.
The educational process at the undergraduate and graduate courses
The Faculty of World Politics invites applicants to a single specialty - “International Relations”. At the undergraduate study duration is 4 years. On the 1st and 2nd year students study the basic disciplines:
- general humanitarian;
- natural sciences;
- math
- general professional.
At the 3rd year, students of the faculty are invited to choose a specific profile in the specialty "International Relations" - the area that is most interesting. This may be international communication, information support of foreign policy, international security, regional problems of world politics, political processes in the world and international organizations.
The master's program of the FMP of Moscow State University is available to people with higher education. This is the first stage of postgraduate education, where they receive an academic master's degree and deepen their specialization in a certain professional direction. The training is designed for 2 years. It is carried out according to the above specialty, but several programs are proposed within its framework. Let's look at them.
“International Security” and “International Public Relations”
In total, the faculty implements 4 master's programs. One of them is “international security”. This master's program studies international conflicts and the modern foreign policy strategy of Russia, megatrends of world development and global problems, the history and methodology of world political and global studies, etc. After mastering the training material, you can be employed as an international analyst, practical diplomat, consultant on international economic relations, an international journalist.
The second master's program of the FMP of Moscow State University is “international public relations”. Her goal is to train personnel capable of providing communication support for the foreign policy activities of government agencies. The subjects studied are design in public relations, the negotiation process in an intercultural context, international communications and new information technologies.
Other master's programs
The remaining educational programs at the magistracy are “regional problems of international relations” and “information support of state. interests ”. At the first of these, faculty members teach students political analysis, situational analysis and political forecasting methods, negotiating and writing analytical documents. All the knowledge that teachers give students contributes to the formation of highly qualified specialists in international affairs with in-depth knowledge of the regional problems of world politics.
"Information support of state. interests ”is a new educational program at the magistracy. She appeared in the considered structural unit of Moscow State University in 2017 and is implemented with the support of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the learning process, attention is paid to methods and means of ensuring information security, technologies of modern information warfare.
Graduate school
The second stage of postgraduate education is graduate school. It is training highly qualified personnel. Training is implemented in 2 programs:
- "Political sciences and regional studies";
- "Historical sciences and archeology."
Graduate students in the learning process carry out scientific research, research work, and the results are published in the Moscow University Herald - in an authoritative journal. Graduate students also try themselves as teachers. This opportunity is provided by Moscow State University at the beginning of the practice.
Courses for other faculties
One of the interesting features of the faculty of world politics is the presence of inter-faculty courses. They are offered to students of other structural divisions. These courses were created to improve the quality of the educational process. Thanks to them, students of other faculties receive the knowledge that is not related to their future specialty. This knowledge is not worthless. They make students diverse personalities, and some come in handy in the future.
Courses for other faculties are offered different. For example, in the spring of 2017, students signed up for programs such as “The Cultural History of Technology”, “Russia after the USSR: the Problem of Integration into the World Community”. In the fall, the courses were already different - “Modernization in the countries of the West and the East in the XIX – XXI centuries” and “Problems of peacekeeping in international relations: theory and practice”.
Learning Benefits
The main advantage of the Faculty of World Politics at Moscow State University is the faculty. Academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ambassadors of the Russian Federation, and practical workers of the most important legislative and state structures work in this division. Prominent statesmen, diplomats, scholars and military leaders are invited to lecture regularly.
The advantages of the faculty of Moscow State University Lomonosov still include the use of modern teaching methods (role-playing games, video conferencing). The best students are given the opportunity to undergo a foreign internship. It is held at leading universities in the world. Thanks to participation in internships, students improve their knowledge of a foreign language, increase the level of professional training, and improve communication skills.
Thus, the Faculty of World Politics of Moscow State University is a worthy structural unit of Moscow State University. They receive higher, postgraduate and additional education in it, become highly qualified specialists, before whom the roads to a wide variety of state structures, organizations and companies are open.