Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Master in Foreign Language of Professional Communication and Specialised Translation

The programme "Foreign Language of Professional Communication and Specialised Translation" is designed to provide students with a theoretical and practical knowledge and skills, which can be used for communication in professional settings, translation and interpreting, as well as for teachers and professionals in Economics, Management and Business.

The programme is a great opportunity for students to acquire useful skills of oral and written communication in business and professional environment, including computer-based translation of business documents, economic and financial texts full of professional terms.... [-]

MSc Chemistry of the Environment

Program description

Specialization in the «Chemistry of the environments»provides specialists with an MSc degree in Chemistry - experts in the field of environmental, chemical and biochemical provides. The master’s program «Chemistry of the Environments» proposes teaching at a high academic level based on an interdisciplinary approach. The main focuses are on chemical and ecological aspects of the Chemistry of the Environment. The program is aimed at training experts, capable of making weighted decisions on different environmental issues including in an international context.... [-]

MSc in Computational Civil Engineering

Program description

The goal of the M.Sc. Program is to educate civil engineers who have the scientific background and experience that are necessary for the beneficial use of computers in engineering practice and in research, and in addition to prepare some of the graduates of the program to proceed to related doctoral programs and thus to become the academic leaders of the future.

The Program is concentrated on the general scientific fundamentals which form the basis for

Joint master program “International Business”

This program is aimed to give graduates tools to be successful in the international business management arena, be professional in multinational company management field, acquire European managerial culture through lessons taught by top professionals and professors of French and Russian universities.

This program is a full-time course of study and involves lectures, tutorials, and independent study.

The 1st course: study at the PFUR

The 2-d course: study at the UNS.

After graduation participants get the following documents

Master in Agronomy (Integrated plant protection)

Program description

The relevance of this program stems from the fact that the contemporary problems of agronomy are closely related to various factors of ecological, economic and technological nature. Biotechnology in plant protection, in turn, will help to provide high-quality production and disease-free planting material for a wide range of crops.

Particular emphasis of the program curriculum is focused on such methods of agricultural biotechnology for plant protection, as tissue culture and plant regeneration from callus, chemical treatment.

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Master in Ecological Biotechnology

Program description

The program’s aim is to prepare the modern highly skilled experts, using practical skills and theoretical knowledge of biotechnology and eco-biotechnology in their professional activity.

The program provides profound knowledge of foreign languages and pays great attention to the development of students’ communication skills.

The program curriculum includes courses that improve skills of understanding, communication, writing and reading scientific literature in a foreign language.

Learning outcomes

Students will acquire knowledge of the main biotechnological methods, modern technologies for nature protection; will be able to evaluate biological and industrial safety, to do research work, to evaluate the results and to write scientific articles; to teach students (courses: Nature protection, Fundamentals of ecological biotechnology, Modern problems of Ecology and etc.... [-]

Master in Economics of Natural Resources Management

Program description

The goal of the master’s program is to prepare highly skilled specialists, owning theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of wildlife economic management.

The modern expert in the economics of natural resources management has good chances of employment at the labor market, possesses a wide set professional competencies. Among them the economic estimations of natural resources quality, economic estimations of resources depending on their condition and a demand, estimation of economic damages of nature using and ecological risks in wildlife management, taxation in the sphere of wildlife management, ecological accounting, and reporting, and ecological management as well.... [-]

Master in Functional Methods in Differential Equations & Interdisciplinary Research

Program description

The program grew up from the constantly growing demand for young professionals working in the industry and having a strong background in fundamental mathematics.

The two following directions are represented in the program - mathematical analysis and differential equations.

There are unique courses among disciplines taught within this program, such as «Inverse problems of variation calculus», «Mathematical methods in medicine», «Analytical-numerical methods for the Navier-Stokes equations», «Mathematical models of glacier dynamics» and etc.... [-]

Master in International Protection of Human Rights

Program description

The Program “International protection of human rights” focuses on the study of international legal bases of human rights protection at the international, regional and national levels as well as on the activity of the human rights mechanisms of the UN system, on the regional systems of human rights protection, primarily, European, Inter-American and African human rights protection system. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of the States’ international obligations on human rights at the national level. The methods of international legal and comparative legal analysis as well as interactive forms of students teaching are largely applied to the program. ... [-]

Master in Legal Translation and Interpreting

Program description

The Master in Legal Translation and Interpreting (MLTI) responds to the high demand for translators and interpreters in the field of Law.

The academic track combines the theoretical and the applied foci. The professional specialization track provides training in the legal field of translation and interpretation.

The research track trains students for access to the doctoral field of Comparative Linguistics and Specialized Translation Studies.

The program develops students' Knowledge, Skills and Abilities to interpret and translate legal texts, working within the following language pair combinations:... [-]

Master in Management in International Marketing

Program description

The Master’s program "International Marketing" was introduced at the Economic Faculty in 2008. After establishing the Chair of Marketing in 2009 the Program was significantly refined and updated: its practical value was increased, the possibility of international education in the partner universities was added. Successful graduation leads to a state diploma awarding master's degree.

The main purpose of the master's program is to train highly skilled, senior staff of companies in the field of marketing and staff.

Within the program students will study under the supervision in accordance with their individual educational plan and will get knowledge of actual topics in the international marketing. They will explore the main causes of the most pressing problems, will acquire quantitative analytical techniques, methods of strategic market and investment planning, as well as will learn international legal, social and other issues, arising in the process of economic management.... [-]

Master in Real Estate Economics in Agricultural and Agrarian Complex

Program description

Professionalism in the sphere of the real estate economics in agro-industrial complex implicates in-depth study of various economic, legal and practical aspects.

The program provides learning various issues related to the operation of the main types of real estate in agro-industrial complex.

Within study process, students will have practical training at real estate enterprises. On the completion of the course, students make the Master’s thesis to demonstrate their ability to write and to analyze research papers and communicate logically.... [-]

Master in Regional Studies (European Studies)

Program description

The program for the Master of Arts Degree in Regional Studies at the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia is unique in its content and structure. It makes a significant element in the studies of international relations.

The program is specially designed to help the students gain a greater understanding of how the global system works. It forms the basis for the student to customize the degree by branching out into a specific region of his or her choice to study its geography, history, political developments, diplomacy, economy and so forth.... [-]

Master - Russian Studies

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia announces the enrolling in the Master’s Degree Programme in Russian Studies.

Our Programme is for those, who:

• want to learn about Russia, its modern international relations, political, social and economic conditions as well as various aspects of Russian language, literature, history and culture;

• seek to make a career in international trade and commerce, geopolitics, education, journalism or other related fields, or in a scientific area;

• dream to study in Moscow with other students from other countries, in the international classical University, which holds a leading position in the rankings for several decades and has many years of experience in educating Russian and foreign students.Master’s Programme in Russia studies helps students to gain fundamental knowledge and skills in multidimensional studying of Russia. Master’s Programme has been developed for holders of the diploma in higher education wishing to study modern issues and trends in the development of Russia.... [-]

Master in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Program description

The master’s program is advanced training program in the field of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Its goal is to provide students with fundamental knowledge and latest advances in this sphere and to educate experts, who can deal with contemporary methods and theories, innovate and develop issues of theoretical and mathematical physics.

The program consists of lectures, laboratory and practical classes, students’ research and practical work. Besides the theoretical aspects the master program provides learning of classical and modern mathematical physics, thus program curriculum includes such disciplines as Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity, Group Theory, Particle Physics, Nonlinear Field Models of Particles. ... [-]

Master in Contemporary Studies of Latin America (in Spanish)

Program description

This degree aims to train professionals specialized in the problems of Latin America and the construction of a new research profile of the Latin American region from the perspective of Russian "latinoamericanistica" contemplating the variety of historical trajectories of the countries in the region and its current political, economic, social and cultural developments.

The master's program aims to address the knowledge of the complex cultural and historical construction of Latin America, through a multidisciplinary approach, which favors the plurality of approaches, methods and perspectives.... [-]

Master’s program Management of International Education

We train leaders for international education!

Following the results of 2011 Independent National Rating of the Russian universities, PFUR took the 1st place for the internalization!

People’s Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) has developed unique Master’s program in International Education Management, which is the only program among the other higher professional education programs of the RF.

The key advantages of study: