In 1988, the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies was established at Moscow State University. It is quite young in comparison with many other faculties and departments of the university. However, he is already making great strides. Professors and teachers of Moscow State University, the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies, excellently prepare graduate students and students who join the ranks of highly qualified workers. That is why we can confidently say that this unit has taken its rightful place among the long-established and recognized by the whole world. This is evidenced by many things, especially the extensive international relations of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Moscow State University, the recognition of its high achievements in the community of world universities. He also selflessly fulfills his most important tasks set by society: he trains highly professional graduates who demonstrate the deepest knowledge and willingness to share it for the benefit of their homeland. This is a very high criterion, and the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Moscow State University fully meets it.
Reliance on tradition
Education at the faculty is truly university-based, at the same time based on modern achievements and based on the glorious traditions of one of the best higher educational institutions in the world. Graduates turn out to be specialists who know the business perfectly, true patriots, creative personalities, that is, they contain everything that Moscow State University has been famous for for centuries.
Learning languages is not easy, but students have the best of assistants - these are dedicated talented teachers, a close-knit team with common hobbies - to lead all young people striving for knowledge. Entering Moscow State University is not easy, even younger students know this. It is from the lower grades that you need to start preparing - attend special circles, courses, participate in all school linguistic events. Then it will be possible for the senior classes to gain enough knowledge for admission to courses intended for schoolchildren. There are a sufficient number of types of training here: full-time, part-time, remote and many others. Without such thorough preparation, studies at the faculty may not take place.
Thus, you can be very well prepared for passing the exam and additional entrance tests, which are conducted by almost all universities with a language orientation. Here they also receive the main skills for participation in the Olympiads, without which admission to such a landmark university is very rare. For example, the main preparatory course at Moscow State University involves the study of languages to choose from - Spanish, Italian, French, German, English. And thisone hundred and fifty academic hours! This means that the student will attend Moscow State University twice a week and stay at the university for at least three hours at each lesson. But for admission to the courses, you must pass an online test, the results of which will determine the group. This test can also be taken in person. The website of the faculty provides all the information regarding the time of its holding.
Children of the ninth grade, tenth and eleventh grades can enter such courses. It’s better to start earlier, because within three years there will be an opportunity to attend other courses to improve your knowledge of the language.
Admission conditions
To enter the master's program at FIYAR MSU, you need to collect a certain package of documents, the filling of which will depend on many factors, such as: citizenship, type of education (full-time or part-time), choice of specialization.
1. Citizens of Russia.
- Original diploma with application (state standard). If the diploma is not obtained in Russia, then it must be nostrified by Rosobrnadzor and legalized at the address: Moscow, Ordzhonikidze street, building 11, building 9, room 13 on the second floor.
- Six strictly 3 x 4 photos, black and white, matte.
- Passport.
- Data on the license and accreditation of the university where the education was received.
2. Citizens of other states.
- Original diploma with application (state standard). If the diploma is not obtained in Russia, then it must be mandatoryNostrified in Rosobrnadzor and legalized at the address: Moscow, Ordzhonikidze street, building 11, building 9, room 13 on the second floor.
- Six strictly 3 x 4 photos, black and white, matte.
- Passport, where a Russian Federation visa is required.
- Medical certificate with a mark of the results of the HIV test (F-086u). If the certificate was obtained in another state, it must be nostrified at the polyclinic of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
- Migration card.
- Help or certificate in the prescribed form about testing in Russian. Citizens who have completed a preparatory course at the Institute of Russian Language and Culture of Moscow State University or a preparatory course at any accredited higher education institution in Russia must present the original certificate of completion (successful) of such pre-university training.
Magistracy part-time
In the direction of "Linguistics", the master's program of Moscow State University offers any of the forms of education, not only full-time. The package of documents is the same, but must be supplemented by a certificate from the place of work for those applicants who work. Documents for admission to the magistracy in the areas of regional studies (both foreign and Russian) for our compatriots and citizens of other countries do not differ in any way from the package that is provided for admission in the direction described above. The same applies to applicants for cultural studies. Theory and methods of teaching foreign languages, translation, intercultural communication, regional studies, cultural studies -the main areas from which you can choose a specialization. A graduate of a master's program becomes a teacher of a foreign language, a translator, a specialist in cultural studies, regional studies or a specialist in intercultural communication.
Admission is conducted at the faculty in four directions. This is an integrated master (in all departments, except for the speci alty "Translation and Translation Studies") with a study period of 6 years; speci alty - especially for the department of translation and translation studies, also 6 years; magistracy full-time or part-time for those who graduated from other universities and faculties of Moscow State University with a study period of two and two and a half years; bachelor's degree - only for foreigners, four years. To become an integrated master, you need to study for six years: four years for a bachelor's degree and two years for a master's degree. Intercultural Communication and Linguistics, Regional Studies and International Relations, Cultural Studies are departments for integrated masters. Two years (full-time magistracy) masters study in four areas. These are cultural studies, regional studies of Russia, foreign regional studies and linguistics. Part-time education lasts two and a half years and is conducted only in the direction of "Linguistics". The speci alty "Translation and Translation Studies" involves full-time education only.
Bachelor's degree
Foreign citizens are taught at the faculty under the undergraduate program. Directions: linguistics, Russian for foreigners, regional studies of Russia and foreignregional studies. Training is face-to-face only. The curriculum covers a very wide range of subjects, allowing each graduate to become a comprehensively educated person and learn two, three or more foreign languages. Lectures and practical classes are supplemented by excursions - thematic and educational and familiarization. There is a budgetary form of education, there is also a contractual one - on a paid basis. The most interesting for students of the faculty are programs that provide for a double diploma: together with the diploma of Moscow State University, the graduate is awarded another one - from a foreign university. These are Russian-Dutch and Russian-British programs. Master's and postgraduate studies at the faculty are extremely in demand.
Admission of applicants to the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies (bachelor's and specialist's) is carried out on the basis of the results of three compulsory subjects of the Unified State Examination and entrance examinations according to the profile of the chosen department. There is only one additional test for admission, and this is an exam. Linguist-translator (department of intercultural communication and linguistics in the magistracy) - integrated master. Six-year training in two profiles. These are the theory and practice of intercultural communications, the theory and methods of teaching foreign languages and cultures. The results of the exam will be considered here in the Russian language, history and specialized foreign language. An additional entrance written test will be a foreign language - Spanish, French, German, English.
Regional studies and cultural studies
At the officeinternational relations and regional studies integrated masters with six years of study are being prepared. Here, too, we need Russian and foreign languages, history, an additional exam is also written in a foreign language. Foreign regional studies are taught in two profiles. These are European studies with regions of specialization (France, Great Britain, Italy, Germany) and American studies with regions of specialization (Canada and the USA). Here, upon admission, the results of the Unified State Examination in history, Russian and foreign languages are considered, in addition - in writing a foreign language.
The Department of Cultural Studies is preparing integrated masters with a six-year term of study. Upon admission, you need good USE results in the Russian language, social studies and a foreign language, in addition - a foreign language (written exam). At the Department of Translation and Translation Studies - a specialist with a six-year term of study. There is only one direction - translation and translation studies. Here you will need the results of the exam in the Russian language, history and a foreign language. Additionally - an exam in English as the first (main) foreign language. A linguist-translator usually speaks at least two foreign languages. English is required.
Organization of magistracy
Master's program at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies is the most modern and internationally accepted form of higher education in the humanities. It is organized according to the principle of creative cooperation between teachers and students in order to assimilate uniquecurricula and courses that have been specially designed for the upper level of university education. The basis of the classes is an individual approach to all the needs of students.
Education in a master's program is the choice of a specific specialization and obtaining the deepest knowledge of theory and practical skills. The educational process is provided by well-known Russian and foreign specialists involved in teaching. The Master's program of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies offers many opportunities for foreign internships. Students studying in the evening (part-time) have the opportunity to combine classes and professional activities.
Master's programs
In the direction of full-time linguistics specialization students are offered the following:
- linguodidactic foundations (teaching of foreign languages and cultures);
- foreign language (intercultural communication in diplomacy and politics);
- Russian;
- intercultural communication and translation theory;
- intercultural communication and language learning theory;
- PR (International Public Relations);
- intercultural communication and comparative study of cultures;
- management (language education);
- language of professional communication (management and top management).
Evening, part-time forms of education in the direction of linguistics suggest the following specializations (master's programs): PR(International Public Relations and Communication Theory), Intercultural Communication and Language Teaching Theory, Intercultural Communication and Translation Theory. Full-time full-time education in the areas of regional studies in Russia and abroad includes master's programs:
- "Russia and the modern world space";
- "Sociocultural regional studies of regions and countries of Europe";
- "Sociocultural Regional Studies of Regions and Countries of North America";
- "Technologies for creating the image of the European region";
- “Technologies for creating the image of the North region. America.”
Linguistics
The Department of LiMKK (linguistics and intercultural communication) is intended for students who decide to connect their path with a deep and comprehensive study of European languages - Italian, Spanish, French, German, English or Slavic - Serbian, Bulgarian, Polish, Czech. This educational standard provides for the training of teachers who own theory and practice, knowledge and skills in the field of teaching. Students receive theoretical courses in methodology, pedagogy, psychology, and undergo compulsory pedagogical practice in Moscow schools, in other universities of the capital, or at other faculties of their native university. Following their example, students who have completed undergraduate studies at other universities also carry documents for admission to the magistracy of this faculty of Moscow State University.
Intercultural communication as a speci alty is quite young and is now experiencing a natural upsurge throughout the world, it can be seen inthe widest range of sciences - from linguistics to management theory. Some scientists believe that this is the most important topic for the social sciences and the survival of mankind as a species. That is why this profile and these master's programs are in such high demand.
Teaching is based on a combination of communication and linguistics, communication and a foreign language, and therefore the human factor is always involved in linguistic research. It is always interesting to analyze the use of language as a means of interethnic and intercultural communication. During training, a multicultural personality is formed, who equally owns information about his own and foreign culture, and therefore not knowledge comes to the fore, but mutual understanding, which is based on knowledge.
Regional studies
The Department of International Relations and Regional Studies trains future unique international specialists of the widest profile who are fluent in two foreign languages or more. Master's programs here, as already mentioned, regional studies in Russia and foreign regional studies. The latter includes three profiles: Eurasian studies, American and European. The graduate receives the qualification of an expert in the region of his choice with knowledge of the language, he is awarded a master's degree in regional studies of such and such a region. These speci alties are one of the most promising, as they meet the needs of our time, allow you to combine fluency in foreign languages and a comprehensive study of the region.
In addition, hugepractical knowledge that will allow you to analyze and predict the situation in the region. Regional studies is a complex of disciplines related to the study of the patterns of development of the region and includes the study of the main stages of its historical and cultural development, after which the analysis of the situation and the forecast of possible development paths become more accurate. The population of a given country is under special attention, since the human factor is considered as the basis for the existence of any region, namely its socio-political side and historical and cultural, in contrast to the purely geographical or natural.
Curriculum
The best achievements of world education are included in the new curricula of the traditional classical university program. Students are offered not only lectures, seminars and practical classes. The greatest attention is paid to their creative work. Students try their hand at journalism, including international journalism, make documentaries, create special websites, and work on real projects. Great emphasis on practice. Students conduct field research in various regions of Russia, work in public, political, educational, commercial and scientific organizations, and also do internships in those regions abroad that have been chosen for specialization.
Meetings are organized at the faculty with those people who play the most significant role in our time. These are diplomats, politicians and public figures, representatives of international organizations,figures of science, education, culture. Students from the most knowledgeable people learn the latest information about the situation in the country and in the world, namely from those who shape it. Here you can also participate in the discussion, ask questions and get answers to them.
