PhD degree is the third level of higher education in Russia. A research student is expected to undertake a major thesis in one of the specialized areas, supervised by a staff member. Advanced research qualification involves conducting independent research, writing an original thesis and then having an oral examination of student’s work. It takes from three to four years of full-time or part-time study to complete the course. After successful completion of academic program, the student will be given the qualified as “Doctor of Philosophy in Research and Education” (PhD).
MPGU postgraduate programs build on the most relevant areas of research. The University offers postgraduate coursework and a range of higher degrees by research options, each of them providing the opportunity to pursue students’ interests and engage with academics.
MPGU also provides an inspiring and supportive environment to help PhD students achieve all goals of their postgraduate studies.
LIST OF PhD PROGRAMS
| Educational programs | Duration, form of study | Exams | Cost of the program (rubles per year) |
| Faculty of Geography | |||
| 05.06.01 Economic, political,
social and recreational geography
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 05.06.01 Physical geography and biogeography,
soil geography and landscape geochemistry |
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methodology
training and education (geography)
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of Biology and Chemistry | |||
| 06.06.01 Biochemistry | Full-time 3 years
|
1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 06.06.01 Botany | Full-time 4 years
|
1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 06.06.01 Zoology | Full-time 4 years
|
1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 06.06.01 Ecology (biological sciences) | Full-time 4 years
|
1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 06.06.01 Physiology | Full-time 4 years
|
1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 04.06.01 Inorganic chemistry
|
Full-time 4 years
|
1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 04.06.01 Organic chemistry | Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (chemistry)
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (biology)
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of Childhood | |||
| 44.06.01 Corrective pedagogy | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 General pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of Journalism, Communications and Media Education | |||
| 45.06.01 Journalism | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of Fine Arts Music Faculty | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (music) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of professional education | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of Fine Arts Art and Graphic Faculty | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (art) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 50.06.01 Fine art, applied art and architecture | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of Foreign Languages | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (foreign language) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 45.06.01 Germanic languages | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 45.06.01 Romanic languages | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 45.06.01 Relative-historical, typological
and comparative linguistics |
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of History and Politics History faculty | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (history)
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 General history | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 History of Russia | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Historiography, source study and methods
of historical research |
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of History and Politics Faculty of Applied Political Science | |||
| 41.06.01 Political institutes, processes and
technologies |
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 41.06.01 Theory and Philosophy of Politics, History
and Methodology of Political Science |
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Institute of Mathematics and Informatics | |||
| 01.06.01 Material, complex and functional analysis | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 01.06.01 Differential equations
dynamic systems and optimal control |
Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 01.06.01 Geometry and topology | Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 01.06.01 Mathematical logic, algebra, and number theory | Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 02.06.01 Theoretical foundations of computer science (computer and information sciences) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 09.06.01 Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science (Informatics and computer engineering) | Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (mathematics) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (IT) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of Social Studies and Humanities | |||
| 39.06.01 Social structure, social institutions and processes | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 39.06.01 Sociology of management
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 38.06.01 Theory of economics
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 38.06.01 Economics and national economy | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 40.06.01 Criminal process | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Foreign language 3. Philosophy |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 40.06.01 Theory and history of law and state; history of law and state studies | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 47.06.01 History of philosophy | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 51.06.01 Theory and history of culture | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of Physics, Technology, and Informational Systems | |||
| 03.06.01 Radiophysics | Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 03.06.01 Condensed matter physics | Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 03.06.01 Optics | Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 03.06.01 Theoretical physics | Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| 28.06.01 Nanotechnology and nanomaterials | Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
302 300 |
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (physics) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (astronomy) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (natural science) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (technology) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of professional
education |
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 11.06.01 Solid state electronics,
radio-electronic components, micro and nanoelectronics, devices based on quantum effects
|
Full-time 4 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Institute of Physical Education, Sport and Health | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of physical education, sports training, wellness and adaptive physical education | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Institute of Philology | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (Russian) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (literature) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (Russian as a foreign language) | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 45.06.01 Russian literature | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 45.06.01 The Russian language | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 45.06.01 World literature | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Faculty of Pre-School Pedagogy and Psychology | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of teaching and training (pre-school education)
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology | |||
| 44.06.01 General pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian
|
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 44.06.01 Theory and methods of professional education
|
Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 37.06.01 General psychology, personality psychology, history of psychology | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 37.06.01 Methodological psychology | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 37.06.01 Social psychology | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
| Correspondence 4 years | |||
| 37.06.01 Psychology of development, acmeology | Full-time 3 years | 1. Special discipline
2. Russian |
298 200 |
Admission information for foreign citizens:
- Send the following documents to foreign@mpgu.su: an essay on the future research topic, MA diploma scan, translation of the diploma (in Russian)
- Receive the acceptance letter
- Follow the steps described in the acceptance letter
All PhD courses are taught in Russian.
MPGU requires Russian proficiency for admission. Prospective students should confirm their competence in the language with B1 or B2 level certificate. MPGU provides reading, writing, and conversation courses for any language level to help you meet our language skill standards.
CONTACT
Administrative department of scientific and educational training
| Head of the department | Elena Makeeva ev.makeeva@mpgu.su |
| Senior training specialist | Yulia Lyulchak yua.lyulchak@mpgu.su |
| Senior training specialist | Anna Ivanova aa.ivanova1@mpgu.su |
| Senior training specialist | Oksana Lyalina on.lyalina@mpgu.su |
+7(499)-246-01-23
