Cryolithology аnd Glaciology

Program description 

Professional training of masters is aimed at the graduate’s application of fundamental knowledge to substantiate current scientific directions in the cryosphere sciences, management of scientific projects; possession of knowledge about the patterns of evolution of the cryosphere in time and space; application of fundamental knowledge about the properties of frozen rocks, underground and surface ice to solve scientific and applied problems of environmental management in the cryosphere. The graduate can conduct qualified permafrost-ecological assessments of northern territories and highlands, organize surveys and legal monitoring of geotechnical systems in the permafrost zone and mountains, as well as assess geoecological hazards and risks during the development of northern and highland territories in connection with the development of catastrophic and dangerous processes.

The content of the master's program pays special attention to the knowledge of field, remote sensing and analytical methods for studying permafrost and glacial processes, as well as modern methods of interpreting research results, their cartographic representation, geoinformation analysis and processing of remote sensing data for analyzing and modelling the state of environmental components.

Benefits of the program  

The master's program is open at the only department in the world that trains professional permafrost scientists (cryolithologists), glaciologists and specialists in the field of studying the Earth's cryosphere. Specialists of this profile are in demand in our country, where 65% of the territory is occupied by permafrost, and the tops of the mountains are covered with numerous glaciers. Students will be able to take part in expeditionary research in the Arctic, including Yamal, Spitsbergen and Taimyr, the Caucasus Mountains, Altai, and Central Asia. The program allows you to gain knowledge and practical experience in studying the problems of geoecology of the Northern regions and highlands. The Master's program in Cryolithology and Glaciology is an excellent chance to gain new knowledge and specialty, meet wonderful people who are passionate about science, and continue their education in graduate school at the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University.

Leading organizations where graduates work 

 

• Public Joint Stock Company "Gazprom"

• SCANEX Group of Companies

• JSC "VANKORNEFT"

• Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations

• Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Geography, Geoecology, Earth's cryosphere, Tyumen Scientific Center, permafrost science named after P.I. Melnikov)

• Commercial organizations in the field of design and survey activities
  

Basic academic disciplines  

• Modern problems of cryosphere research (Ivanov M.N., Glazovsky A.F.)

• Geocryology of mountainous countries (Grebenets V.I., Titkov S.N.)

• Organization and conduction of monitoring observations in the cryosphere (Maslakov A.A., Kovalenko N.V.)

• Permafrost processes and methods for their study (Kizyakov A.I.)

• Experimental studies of snow, ice and frozen rocks (Sokratov S.A., Gagarin V.E., Frolov D.M., Koshurnikov A.V.)

• Evolution of the cryosphere and global climate change (Maslakov A.A., Ivanov M.N.)

• Catastrophic glacial processes (Ivanov M.N.)

• Quantitative forecasting methods in permafrost science and glaciology (Kotov P.I.)

• Fundamentals of numerical modelling (Frolov D.M., Dymova T.N.)

• Permafrost-ecological problems of industrial centres of the North (Grebenets V.I.)

• Permafrost-ecological assessment of the state of geosystems of plains and mountains of the permafrost zone (Zotova L.I.)