Postgraduate Study

The Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University conducts training programs for training scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel in graduate school in the group of scientific specialties «1.6. Earth and Environmental Sciences».

Training in the departments and research laboratories of the faculty is carried out in nine scientific specialties of the Higher Attestation Commission, in accordance with the Nomenclature of Specialties of Scientific Workers, approved by Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated February 24, 2021, No. 118 «On approval of the nomenclature of scientific specialties for which academic degrees are awarded...».

Scientific specialties in which postgraduate studies are conducted at the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University, the department, and the Research Laboratory, where training in them is carried out:

1.6.8. Glaciology and cryology of the Earth
Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology, Research Laboratory of Snow Avalanches and Mudflows.

1.6.12. Physical geography and biogeography, soil geography and landscape geochemistry
Departments of physical geography of the world and geoecology, physical geography and landscape science, landscape geochemistry and soil geography, biogeography, environmental management.

1.6.13. Economic, social, political, and recreational geography
Departments of economic and social geography of Russia, socio-economic geography of foreign countries, geography of the world economy, recreational geography and tourism.

1.6.14. Geomorphology and paleogeography
Department of Geomorphology and Paleogeography, Research Laboratory of Recent Sediments and Pleistocene Paleogeography, Research Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Channel Processes.

1.6.16. Terrestrial hydrology, water resources, hydrochemistry

Department of Terrestrial Hydrology, Research Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Channel Processes.

1.6.17. Oceanology
Department of Oceanology.

1.6.18. Atmospheric and Climate Science
Department of Meteorology and Climatology.

1.6.20. Geoinformatics, cartography
Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Research Laboratory of Integrated Mapping.

1.6.21. Geoecology
Departments of physical geography of the world and geoecology, environmental management, physical geography and landscape science, biogeography, landscape geochemistry and soil geography.