The Department of Oriental Studies operates in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy of Russian Academy of Sciences. It offers Bachelor, Master’s, and PhD courses in Oriental and African Studies, with a focus on history, language or culture of one of the main sub-regions falling within the remit of the departmental curriculum. Students enrolled in BA and MA programmes have the opportunity to study one European and one Eastern language of their choice, usually Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Arabic. Leading Russian and international scholars from different research institutions ensure the high quality of teaching provided at the department. The department ranks as one of the best in Russia, and its graduates enjoy a high competititve edge locally and globally..
Economics Department was established and functions as a continuation of the Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences. The Department offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD courses in “Economics” and “Management”, with a particular focus on logistics, organisation, media and science management. Some of the courses developed by the department are unique in Russia, such as science management. The department’s main competitive advantage is substantiated by a strong theoretical background of its academic staff which translates into a fundamental training of its students which, combined with real-world skills acquired at all levels of faculty education, has turned the department into one of the most attractive destinations for prospective students in Russia and beyond.
History Department cooperates with the Institute of World History, Institute of Russian History, Institute of Archaeology and Institute of European Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It offers quite a range of Bachelor’s, Masters’ and PhD courses. These are, correspondingly, “General History”, “Archaeology”, “Socio-Cultural Communication”, “Cultural and Historical Heritage in Modern World”; “Cultural Studies: Culture of Mass Communication”, “Models of World History”, etc. The department is unique in Russia in offering a degree in archaeology as a separate major. The chairs of the department provide training in the academic disciplines of Russian history, global history, regional studies, source criticisms and auxiliary disciplines, and theory and history of culture.
The department’s academics mostly hail from the Academy’s Institute of Civil Law. They offer courses structured into the BA general civil law programme, the MA entrepreneurial law and individually tailored PhD programmes. Students take part in moots and contribute to the university’s legal clinic, apart from being enrolled in apprenticeships and various external programmes aiming at their successful integration into the labour market, where GAUGN lawyers have already established a reputation for the university.
Together with the Institute of Philosophy of Russian Academy of Sciences, the department offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD degrees in Philosophy. It has fostered close relations with a number of international partners. A particular stress is laid on collaboration with universities in Asia, as students have an opportunity to attend courses in a number of eastern languages and thus go beyond the standard curriculum of western continental and analytical philosophy. Many of the departments conduct ground-breaking scientific work in their fields and make students acquainted with cutting-edge research outcomes and findings.
The Department of Political Science conducts its research and teaching both in fundamental and applied political science, training its graduates for academic careers and for other career paths in public administration, political organisations or media outlets, among others. It offers Bachelor’s and Master’s courses in “Political Science”. The courses cover fundamentals of political theory, political philosophy, practical political science (including policy analysis, prognosis, public administration), theoretical aspects of international relations, and qualitative and quantitative research methodology.
The Psychology Department is based at the Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Science. It offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD programme in “Psychology”. There are two types of Master’s courses (“Personality Psychology” and “Consulting Psychology”), and a PhD major in psychology offered by the department. Building on the traditional strength of Russian academic school in psychology, the faculty has maintained a high standard of education, tailoring it to the changing needs of market, such as opening up careers in business consulting and a number of cross-disciplinary courses with physiology and medicine.
The Sociology Department was established on the basis of the Institute of Sociology of Russian Academy of Science. It offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD degrees in sociology, with varying degrees of focus on theoretical or practical social sciences. Many academic staff and students are involved in large-scale sociological research (surveys, longitudinal research) conducted at the Academy; it is this conjunction of fieldwork and solid theoretical foundations that has allowed many graduates to integrate into different areas of professional activities, from academia to business or public administration.
The Department of World Politics was set up at the Institute for US and Canada Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences. It offers Bachelor’s courses with “International Relations” major and both Bachelor’s and Master’s courses in “Regional (US and Canada) Studies”. During the Soviet era, the institute found itself at the forefront of academic research, which has secured solid foundations for its research and teaching today (it has been repeatedly ranked as Russia’s leading think-tank). Even within GAUGN, which has set its stakes on tailored education in smaller groups, the department is considered one of the smallest, with its students undergoing individual training and developing a profound understanding of transatlantic affairs and global political processes.
The Philology Department was founded in 2020. It partners with the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Vinogradov Institute of the Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Currently, the department offers courses in the fields of Linguistic support for cross-cultural communication (English) and Fundamental and Applied Linguistic Research (English).
The department also trains undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates of the University in English, German, French and Spanish.
The faculty comprise leading scientists from the Institute of Linguistics and the Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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