The Lomonosov Moscow State University is the oldest university of Russia.

Moscow University was founded on 12(25)th of January 1755 on Saint Tatyana's Day at the decree of the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna on the initiative of the great Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov. The day of Moscow University's foundation is celebrated as the Student's Day in Russia.

In 1755 Moscow University had three faculties: Philosophy, Law and Medicine. Currently there are 27 faculties - of Mechanics and Mathematics, Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Biology, Geography, Soil Science, Fundamental Medicine, History, Philology, Philosophy, Foreign Languages, Economics, Journalism, Law, Psychology, Sociology, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Public Administration and Social Studies, Materials Sciences, Pedagogy, Arts, International Relations, Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Continuing Education, Center for International Education.

The total number of students including post-graduates is currently 40,000. The staff of professors, teachers and researchers is 9,000. 7,000 of them hold Doctor of Science and PhD Degrees. The number of international students is growing constantly. Currently we host more then 4,000 from 80 countries.

In the last few years a number of rapidly evolving, quality branches of education have been set up in the University, preparing advanced specialists for trends in Russia and the work today. The result is the most extensive offering of post-graduate and post-doctoral courses in the country. Currently more than 5,000 post-graduate and post-doctoral students are enrolled in these courses. The number of new courses offered at the post-graduate level is growing rapidly. There is also a number of specialised institutions and retraining centres, international educational centres. Training courses for teachers and researchers are also very popular.

Fundamental nature of education lies in the combination of training in the scientific, theoretical and applied aspects. There are more than 500 curricula which have been specialised in this way.

You can find more information about the University in general on its main site.