MGIMO UNIVERSITY. TRULY INTERNATIONAL.

MGIMO UNIVERSITY. TRULY INTERNATIONAL.
MGIMO HIGHLIGHTS
- Undergraduate, Postgraduate (Master’s and PhD), as well
as continuing education programs (MBA, EMBA) in over
30 areas of study.
- First top Russian university offering full-fledged
B.A. program in International Affairs for foreign students,
taught entirely in English.
- Guinness Record for 53 living languages concurrently
taught full-time at any given moment.
- 367 of the QS Top University ranking (2012) – one of 4
Russia’s Universities enlisted and the only one to be
granted 3 QS stars for quality management practices,
internationalization, teaching and employability.
- 4th best research center of Central and Eastern Europe
(UN commissioned Pennsylvania University Survey).
- Full APSIA (Association of Professional Schools of
International Affairs) Member School.
- More graduates at UN and UN specialized agencies from
MGIMO than from any other school in the world.
- 8 Schools, 5 Institutes, over 60 specialized Departments
of instruction.
- More than 1200 professors and faculty members (5:1
student/professor ratio), including:
20 full and corresponding members of the
renowned Russian Academy of Science;
over 200 tenured Professors and Doctors of
Science (higher doctorate degree);
over 400 PhD holders and Associate Professors.
- 11 Double Degree Master’s Programs (Sciences Po-Paris,
Freie Universitat Berlin, Bocconi University, LUISS
University, Bologna University, the University of Geneva),
with another 5 coming up.
- 177 students exchange agreements with partner
universities from 57 countries.
- 20% of full-time international students from 64 counties,
inter alia over 100 PhD candidates.
- More than 40 distinguished Visiting Professors in the
2012-2013 academic year from world’s leading schools
and partner universities.
- 78 courses in English, German and French offered at
Bachelor’s and Master’s levels.
Among MGIMO graduates – 2 Presidents, 10 Foreign
Ministers, 8 Prime Ministers, 880 Ambassadors of Russia
and foreign countries.
MGIMO Famous Alumni:
 Irina Bokova - Director-General of UNESCO;
 Sergey Lavrov – Russia’s Minister of Foreign
Affairs;
 Vitaly Churkin - Permanent Representative of the
Russian Federation to the United Nations;
 Vladimir Medinsky – Russia’s Minister of Culture;
 Alisher Usmanov – Chairman of METALLOINVEST
(#1 on the Forbes list of Russia’s wealthiest
people)
 Vladimir Potanin – Chairman of INTERROS.
MGIMO HONORARY DOCTORS AND GUEST SPEAKERS:
 William J. Clinton – President of the USA;
 Madeleine Albright – State Secretary of the USA;
 Colin Powell – State Secretary of the USA;
 Shimon Peres – President of Israel;
 Ban Ki-moon – Secretary-General of the UN;
 Jacques Chirac – President of France;
 George Soros – International Financier;
 Thierry de Montbrial – President of the French
Institute of International Affairs;
 Michelle Bachelet – President of Chile;
 Ilham Aliyev – President of Azerbaijan;
 Nursultan Nazarbayev – President of Kazakhstan;
 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – Prime Minister
of the Republic of Turkey;
 Yoshiro Mori – Prime Minister of Japan.