Grad. Program: Russia and Europe: Linguistic and Cultural Interaction

Exam date: July 29-30, 2020

International English-speaking MA program for students from all over the world – “Russia and Europe: Linguistic and Cultural Interaction”. The program is appropriate for those who would like to gain the experience of studying and living in Russia (Moscow) but do not have enough knowledge of the Russian language. So, they would like to combine the education in the field of studies of the actual Russian culture and the methodology of its research as well as international cultural relations with intense study of the Russian language. 

The full information about the program in English is here:  https://www.rsuh.ru/education/culture/vshek/russia-and-europe; in Russian:  https://www.rsuh.ru/education/culture/vshek/general-information/mp.php 

MA program“Russia and Europe: Linguistic and Cultural Interaction”(There is a flyer with a brief overview in the attachment)
Summarymandatory modules in following fields: Methodology of Cultural Studies, Visual Studies, Russian Culture;variable modules in following fields (depending on primary areas of students’ research interests): Russian as Foreign Language, Fashion, Media, Cinema, Management of Cultural Projects.
LanguagesEnglish + Russian
Who can apply4-year bachelors (240 credit points ECTS) or 3-year bachelors (180 credit points ECTS) if degree was given by one of the top-300 universities (https://legalacts.ru/doc/rasporjazhenie-pravitelstva-rf-ot-20042019-n-798-r-ob-utverzhdenii/).
Entrance examinationFor the admission on a fee-paying basis, you have to submit on time (till 26.07.2020) a set of documents in accordance with requirements and pass a free-form interview in the Russian or/and the English languages.
Tuition Feesapprox. 3500 $ per year (full time studies) or approx. 1400 $ per year (part-time studies), depending on an exchange rate at the date of paymentView also: https://studyinrussia.ru/en/study-in-russia/scholarships/ .
Duration of Program2 years if full time studies and 2,5 years if part time studies

The program affords the opportunity to get the diploma of RGGU as well as the diploma of one of the partner universities. The partner institutions are the Lotman institute (Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany), the Institute of Slavic studies (LFUI, Innsbruck, Austria) and the Department of Language Mediation and Intercultural Communication (UNIMI, Milan, Italy). However, the double diplomas educational strategy is more complicated and requests adequate knowledge not only of English but Russian as well as German or Italian. 

To apply for the program, enrollees should send a free-form letter at vshek@rggu.ru , and we will sendmore detailed information in reply to it.