RUDN University
Overview
RUDN University (The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia) integrates education, research, creative self-realisation, career opportunities for 28,000 students from 155 countries worldwide. RUDN has come out as a multinational and multiprofiled university. You may get the degree as a doctor or historian, chemist or ecologist, journalist or engineer, lawyer or agronomist. Moreover, students of all specialties are offered an opportunity to get the diploma in translation.
Domestic students have an option of 12 foreign languages: English, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Korean, German, Persian, Turkish, French, Hindi, Japanese, while all international students after a year in Russia speak Russian almost as well as the native speakers.
The multi-tiered system of education including undergraduate, graduate, PhD, and residency programmes create conditions for quality education at seven faculties, ten institutes and 156 research laboratories.
The University implements effective adaptation programmes for international students, offers an opportunity to learn Russian making use of uniquely designed training methods and techniques, as well as the opportunity to obtain a degree in English. RUDN leads among Russian universities in the number of English-taught master's programmes. 18 undergraduate and graduate courses have been accredited internationally. RUDN students can do internships at partner universities, and those enrolled in the joint programmes have the opportunity to obtain both the RUDN diploma and that of a partner university.
RUDN competitive advantages are as follows:
- interdisciplinary research and scientific schools, recognized both in Russia and abroad;
- one of the largest systems of the higher education third tier in Russia: more than three thousand students enrolled in the PhD, postdoc, residency or internship courses; 33 dissertation boards handling more than 70 specialties;
- joint research, including PhD students’ studies conducted under the supervision of both RUDN scientists and scholars from partner universities.
The RUDN student campus is considered one of the best in Russia. Academic and residential buildings are within a hand reach of each other on the territory of 50 hectares close to the forest plantation zone. The out-patient clinic is supplied with modern equipment and offers a full range of medical services. Stadiums, gyms, arenas, tennis courts and a ski centre create favorable conditions for sport activities all year round. Outside classes, the university offers various leisure facilities. The culture and entertainment "Interclub" encompasses 35 artistic groups and other interest units. The quality of education, provided by the University, has been made evident by the success of more than 100 thousand graduates who work in almost every country of the world.
The RUDN list of influential alumni includes presidents and ministers, hundreds of well-known politicians, entrepreneurs, scientists, and notable figures in culture. RUDN has established the world's largest Association of RUDN Alumni and Friends. In 2010 UNESCO awarded the Golden Medal to RUDN for its invaluable contribution towards training specialists for countries with emerging and developing economies. RUDN has been actively engaged to work on programmes and projects of the United Nations Organisation and the Council of Europe.
SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
4 research institutes:
- Institute of Innovative Engineering Technologies
- Joint Institute for Chemical Research
- Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies
- Institute of Physical Research and Technologies
11 world-class laboratories and centres:
- Laboratory of Smart Technologies for Sustainable Urban Development under Global Changes
- Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Mathematical Modelling in Biomedicine
- Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Design of Sustainable Ecosystems
- Research Centre for High-Tech Systems and Infocommunication Modelling
- Research Centre for Molecular Design and Synthesis of Innovative Compounds for Medicine
- Research Centre for Crystal Chemistry and Structural Analysis
- Research Centre for Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis
- Research Centre for Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics
- Research Centre for 5G Wireless Network Simulation
- Research Centre for Applied Probability Analysis
- Research University Laboratory of Medical Biotechnologies
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Sports and Recreation Centre
- multi-purpose
- 3000 seat capacity stadium
- 2 all-season football pitches
- sports club in 25+ kinds of sport
- 15 tennis courts
- 15+ indoor and outdoor sport halls and grounds
Clinical Diagnistic Center
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Digital Learning Environment
- electronic library systems
- Telecommunication Training and Information System
- further education portal
- digital training simulators
Supercomputer
- 13th in computer performance among CIS supercomputers
Currently international students from 158 countries of the world study at RUDN University. The University has created favorable atmosphere to attract international applicants and students: easy enrollment procedures and training for foreign citizens, full support of international students (accommodation, professional adjustment assistance, leisure activities, etc.). RUDN University is engaged in attracting talented and professionally oriented young people to enroll.
There are three opportunities to study in our University:- Any foreign citizen has the possibility to apply for the scholarship programme of the Government of the Russian Federation, which provides for free training for 15,000 foreign citizens from all over the world at the Russian Universities. More detailed information on how to get a state scholarship and how to apply for it on the official site of the programme.
- The students also can join RUDN University on the contract basis. They should:
1.Choose the study level and educational program.
2.Apply for training. The application can be submitted in person, by e-mail or online. The application includes a questionnaire, a copy of passport and a copy of education document.
3.Obtain an official admission letter from RUDN University.
4.Pay an offer contract.
5.Prepare a complete package of documents and obtain a visa. After RUDN University receives the payment on the offer-contract it launches the invitation process for a student visa.
6. Come to RUDN University and pass entrance tests.
Application online
More detailed information about Admission rules
- Students can also get a chance for free training if they take part in the RUDN University Open Olympiad for foreign citizens. The Open Olympiad of the RUDN University for foreign citizens is a competition aimed at identifying and attracting talented applicants and undergraduates to study at the University in their chosen areas of training. The Olympiad is currently held in two stages:
1.Online competition (on the website olymp.rudn.ru)
2.In person competition.
Department for Internships and Employment of RUDN University consults students on career development issues (writing a CV, interviewing, finding job vacancies, developing soft skills). The University’s direct cooperation with employers provides the up-to-date job base and understanding of labor market special needs in different regions. Today RUDN University proposes job vacancies of companies from more than 50 countries.
It is possible for students to communicate directly with employers regardless of their degree and level of education. Such events as Career days, Vacancy fair, master-classes, seminars, lectures, workshops are held in the University by over 250 leading companies.
More than 200,000 RUDN graduates work in almost all countries around the world in such companies as Nestle, Adidas, Renault, Samsung, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bayer, Ernst&Young, KPMG, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Rostec, Roscosmos, Richemont, Miratorg, Brunel, Aeroflot, DHH, Gazprom.






Programs available
Undergraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
Academy of Engineering
- Cars with Hybrid Engines
- Engineering and Technological Support of Machine-Building Production
- Geological survey, prospecting and exploration of solid mineral deposits
- Information Technologies in Control
- Innovation Management in Engineering Business
- Logistics of Road Transport
- Mathematical Methods of Mechanics of Launch Rockets and Spacecraft Flight
- Modern Internal Combustion Engines
- Nanoengineering
- Oil and Gas Geology
- Service Maintenance of Transport and Technological Machines
- Steam and Gas Turbine Units and Engines
Agrarian and Technological Institute
Ecological Faculty
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Hotel Business and Tourism Institute
Institute of Foreign Language
Institute of Law
Institute of Medicine
Institute of World Economy and Business
Philological Faculty
Postgraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
Academy of Engineering
- Building Designs, Buildings and Constructions: the Theory of Buildings and Structures
- Innovative technologies in oil and gas prospecting and exploration
- Innovative technologies in prospecting and exploration of solid minerals
- Modern Internal Combustion Engines
- Nanotechnologies and Microsystems Engineering
- Operation and Technical Expertise of Motor Vehicles
- Operation of Automotive Transport
- Steam, Gas Turbine Units and Engines
- Technologies and Equipment for Mechanical and Physicotechnical Processing
- Technology of Automated Machine-Building
- Thermal Engines
- Turbomachines and Combined Turbine Units
Agrarian and Technological Institute
- Agricultural Production (Agroprocessing)
- Diagnostics of Illnesses and Therapy of Animals, Pathalogy, Oncology and Morphology of Animals
- Land use Management and Cadasters
- Landscape Architecture
- Management Consulting in Agro-industrial Complex
- Modern Biotechnologies in Animal Production
- Organic Farming
- Plant Protection: Plant Protection Systemic Technology
- The Real Estate Economics in Agroindustrial Complex
- The Real Estate Economics in Agroindustrial Complex (in English)
- Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise
Ecological Faculty
- Biological Methods of Environmental Control
- Earth sciences. Ecology: Modern environmental studies
- Ecology
- Economics of natural resources management (Environmental economics)
- Environmental Management
- Environmental Management (within the Network University of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization)
- Expertise of ecological safety of environmental management
- Foreign Economic Activity
- Geoecology
- Management of the Environment and Natural Resources
- Recycling of Production and Consumption Wastes
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Creative Industries and Management in the Field of Culture
- Cultural Heritage: Research and Management (with the University of the Balearic Islands)
- Cultural heritage: Study and Management (with the University of the Balearic Islands)
- Global Security and Development Cooperation
- Historical Sciences and Archeology
- History and Dialogue of Culture
- History of Russia in XIX – early XXI century
- International Institutions and Political Processes
- International Relations
- Knowledge and values: transformations in changing world
- Modern Trends of History of Russia and China: Comparative Approach (with the Shandong University)
- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Studies
- Philosophy: Dialogue of Cultures (with the Shandong University)
- Planning and Management of Urban Development (Municipal Development)
- Political Institutes, Processes and Technologies
- Political Problems of the Globalized World
- Political Problems of the Globalized World (with the Shandong University)
- Political Science (with the Pierre Mendes France University)
- Political Science and Regional Studies
- Political Science: Russian and Comparative Studies
- Public Administration (with the Pierre Mendes France University)
- Public Administration (with the University of Potsdam)
- Regional Studies (China Studies)
- Regional Studies (Middle East Studies)
- Regional Studies (Russia and the CIS Studies)
- Regional Studies within USCO Framework
- Regional Studies: Еuropean Studies
- Social Processes and Social Management
- Sociology of Management
- Sociology of Management and Social Management (with the Shandong University)
- Sociology of management and social management joint program with Shandong University, China
- State and Municipal Management
- The Political Problems of European Integration (with the Institute of Political Studies of the University of Bordeaux)
- Theory, Methodology and Methods of Sociology: History and Contemporaneity
- World history and mass communications
- World Policy: Conceptual Frameworks and Intercultural Interaction (with the Madrid University of Complutense)
- World Politics (with the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)
- World Politics: Conceptual Foundations and Intercultural Interaction
- World Politics: Conceptual Frameworks and Intercultural Interaction (with the CIS Networking University)
- World Politics: Global Politics: Globalization and Conflicts (with the Beijing University of Foreign Languages)
Faculty of Science
Hotel Business and Tourism Institute
Institute of Biochemical Technology and Nanotechnology
Institute of Foreign Language
- Communication Theory and International Public Relations (PR)
- Communication Theory and International Public Relations (PR) - International Business Communication
- Communication Theory and International Public Relations (PR) - Trilingual International Relations. Joint Programme with the Roman Catholic University of Lille, France
- Communication Theory and Simultaneous Interpretation
- General Education (History of Education, Education’s Interaction with Social Relations and the Socio-Cultural Environment)
- General Psychology (Psychological Problems of Conversation and Communication)
- Germanic Studies (General and Individual Trends in the Development of Germanic Language)
- Linguistic Typology, Historical and Comparative Linguistics (Comparison and Matching of Languages in Diachrony and Synchrony)
- Psycho-Pedagogical Principles of Organizational and Managerial Activities
- Romance Studies (Historical Development of Dialects in Romance Languages)
- Theory and Methods of Teaching and Education (Foreign Languages) (Intercultural Communication; Intralinguodidactics)
Institute of Law
- Administrative Law; Administrative Procedure
- Civil Law, Family Law, Business Law Private International Law
- Civil Law; Business (Corporate) Law; Family Law; Private International Law
- Civil Procedure; Arbitration Procedure
- Civil process, arbitration process
- Constitutional law, municipal law
- Constitutional Law; Constitutional Litigation
- Corporate lawyer
- Criminal Law and Criminology; Criminal and Penal Law
- Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminalistics
- Criminal Law, Criminology, Criminalistics (CIS Network University)
- Criminal Procedure
- Criminalistics; Judicial and Expert Activity; Operational Investigations
- Energy law
- Finance Law, Tax Law, Budgetary Law
- Forensic Expert Activities in Law Enforcement
- Information Law
- International Law
- International law (CIS network university)
- International Law. European Law
- International Private Law
- International protection of human rights
- Judicial Activities, Prosecutorial Activities, Human Rights and Law Enforcement
- Judicial power, public prosecutor 's supervision, organization of law enforcement, lawyers and notaries
- Labour Law; Social Security Law
- Legal Sciences: Contemporary International Law
- Legal Support and Counselling of Local Self-government Bodies
- Legal Support for the Activities of non-profit non-governmental Organizations
- Legal Translation аnd Interpreting
- Municipal Law
- Public economic law
- The organization and legal regulation of public procurement
- Theory and History of Law and State, History of law and State Doctrine
- Theory and History of State and Law; Comparative Legal Research
- Translation and Interpreting for Public Services and Institutions
Institute of Medicine
- Allergology and Immunology
- Anesthesiology and Resuscitation
- Biochemistry
- Biochemistry: Molecular Mechanisms of Tumors
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Cellular Biology, Cytology, Histology
- Clinical Immunology and Allergology
- Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics
- Dental Surgery
- Dentistry
- Dermatovenereology
- Ear, Nose and Throat Illnesses
- Endocrinology
- Endoscopy
- Epidemiology
- Exercise Therapy and Sports Medicine
- Eye Diseases
- Forensic Examination
- Forensic Medicine
- Functional Diagnostics
- Gastroenterology
- General Medical Practice (Family Medicine)
- General Practice Dentistry
- Genetics
- Genetics: Molecular Basis of Human Hereditary Diseases
- Healthcare Management and Public Health
- Hematology
- Human Anatomy
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Diseases
- Internal Diseases: Heart Failure
- Laboratory Genetics
- Mathematical Biology, Bioinformatics
- Maxillofacial Surgery
- Microbiology
- Narcology
- Nephrology
- Nervous Diseases
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Organization of Pharmaceutical Business
- Organization of Pharmaceutical Business: Social and Administrative Pharmacy
- Orthodontics
- Orthopedic Dentistry
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Pathological Anatomy
- Pathological Physiology: Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Contemporary Diseases
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Dentistry
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatrics
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacognosy
- Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology
- Phthisiology
- Physical Training and Sports
- Physiology
- Physiotherapy
- Plastic Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Public Health and Healthcare
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Reflexotherapy
- Restorative Medicine, Sports Medicine, Exercise Therapy, Balneology and Physiotherapy
- Rheumatology
- Skin and Venereal Diseases
- Social Hygiene and Organization of State Sanitary Epidemiological Service
- Socially Significant Infectious Diseases
- Socio-medical Expertise
- Surgery
- Therapeutic Dentistry
- Therapy
- Traumatology and Orthopedics
- Urology
- X-ray Endovascular Diagnostics and Treatment
- X-ray Radiography
Institute of World Economy and Business
Philological Faculty
- Applied International Journalism (in English)
- Business Communication Management
- Comparative and Historical, Contrastive and Typological Linguistics: Typology and Language Classification
- Integrative Technologies in Practical Psychology
- International Journalism
- Linguistics
- Literature Studies
- Management Psychology
- Modern International Journalism
- Organization of information production
- Psychological Сounseling
- Russia-Europe: Languages and Culture (with the University of Bordeaux Michel Montaigne)
- Russian
- Russian as a foreign language
- Social Psychology
- Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (in English)
- Theory of Language and Discourse Analysis
University Highlights
RUDN University is one of the top universities in Moscow, Russia. It is ranked #=326 in QS Global World University Rankings 2021.