Moscow State Institute of International Relations

MGIMO University
Московский государственный институт международных отношений
EstablishedOctober 14, 1944 (1944-10-14)
Endowment1,7 billion roubles (27 million euros)
RectorAnatoly V. Torkunov[1]
Academic staff
1,254 (2019)
Students9,729 (2019)
Location,
Websiteenglish.mgimo.ru
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Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of higher education located in Moscow, Russia. The institute is run by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[2]

MGIMO offers educational programs in 18 fields of study, including international relations and regional studies, politics, governance, diplomacy, world economy, law, journalism, foreign trade and management, energy affairs, linguistics, and environmental studies. It offers MBA and Executive MBA programs, and pre-university tutorials. According to the Guinness Book of Records, MGIMO in 2019 taught 54 full time languages during every academic term, the most in any academic institution.[3] The university pays special attention to distance learning and digital technologies. Since 2016, MGIMO has been recording and publishing its distance courses at Coursera.[4] As of 2020, Coursera contained 20 courses by MGIMO professors. MGIMO has integrated an LMS (Electronic Learning Management System) in the educational process.[5] Moodle and Stepik (Russia) platforms are used as well. MGIMO has three campuses – in Moscow, in the Moscow Region (Odintsovo) and in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) as well as an educational centre for law studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

MGIMO is a centre for the Russian-French Trianon Dialogue, the Russian-Czech Discussion Forum,[6] the Russian-Austrian forum Sochi Dialogue, ASEAN Centre.[7]

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  3. ^ "Most languages taught in an academic institution". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) / МГИМО (Московский государственный институт международных отношений МИД России) Online Courses". Coursera. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  5. ^ "Learning Management System (LMS)". www.hse.ru. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  6. ^ "Czech-Russian forum established in Moscow | Prague Monitor". www.praguemonitor.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  7. ^ ASEAN, МГИМО. "ASEAN Centre in MGIMO-University, the MFA of Russia". papers.mgimo.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-15.[permanent dead link]

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