Overview

Moscow State University 'M. V. Lomonosov' is a public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1755 by Mikhail Lomonosov and Ivan Shuvalov, after whom it was renamed 'Lomonosov University' in 1940. Its rector is Viktor Sandovnichiy.

Alumni of the university include leaders of the Soviet Union and other governments as well as a Patriach of the Russian Orthodox Church. As of 2019, 13 Nobel laureates, six Fields Medal winners and one Turing Award winner had been affiliated with the university.

It was ranked #293 in the world by the global Times Higher World University Ranking, and it was ranked #326 by US News and World Report in 2022. It was the highest-ranking Russian educational institution by QS in 2020, and according to the Nature Index in 2019 the highest ranked Russian university for research output. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments and six branches (including five foreign ones - all in the Common wealth of Independent States countries). Moscow State University is generally accepted as the leading higher educational institution in the former Soviet Union.

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