MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs

18/04/2024

🗣️ Kirill V. Vyshinsky's master class for IR and SGIA students! 🌐

👨‍🏫 On April 17, Kirill V. Vyshinsky, journalist, editor-in-chief of Sputnik radio station, member of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, held a master class in MGIMO University.

🎙️ The conversation was moderated by Alexander K. Bobrov, Dean of the MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs, Associate Professor of the MGIMO Diplomacy Department, creator and host of the Personae Gratae project on Sputnik radio station.

📝 During the meeting, Mr. Vyshinsky shared the most interesting cases from his professional journey and expressed his opinion on a number of issues related to the activities of the media companies, international journalism and media literacy today.

👨‍🎓 The main organizers of the event were the Diplomatic Club named after A.G. Karlov and the English-speaking student club Future World Diplomats.

🤝 The MGIMO School of Government and International Relations and the MGIMO Department of Diplomacy would like to thank Kirill Valeryevich for productive cooperation! 🙏

15/04/2024

🌐 SGIA Open Doors Day Recap! 🤝

🏛️ On April 11th, the MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs hosted an Open Doors Day: first- in Russian, then- in English.

📚 Alexander K. Bobrov, the Dean of the School, introduced the two bachelor’s programs for the 2024-2025 academic year, highlighting the distinctive aspects of MGIMO’s only English-language faculty.

🇺🇳 Special guest Vladimir V. Kuznetsov, Head of the UN Information Centre in Moscow (UNIC), told about the main directions of career development of MGIMO graduates in the UN system.

🇦🇪 Another special guest, Nikolay V. Elistratov, CEO of the BERINGOFF Training and Education Centre in Dubai (UAE), showcased the Spring School at Dubai Knowledge Centre, an offer exclusive to SGIA graduates.

🏫 Brendan Henderson, a representative from SGIA Partner School Brookes Moscow International IB School, expressed gratitude for SGIA's direct enrollment pathway for students with international secondary education backgrounds.

👨‍🏫 Some of the leading lecturers of the faculty elaborated on the educational process and the advantages of studying at SGIA. The list of the prominent speakers included:
🇷🇺 Alexey Yaroshevsky (Russia);
🇬🇧 Charles Goddard (the UK);
🇮🇪 Richard Breffny Morgan (Ireland);
🇫🇷 Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann (France).

👩‍🎓 The sessions featured outstanding SGIA students who had previously studied in Russia and abroad through international secondary education programs (IB, A-Level, SAT, etc.), international students from over 30 countries worldwide, as well as students admitted through the Russian Unified State Exam results. The students shared their personal experiences and insights into student life at SGIA.

❓Both segments concluded with engaging Q&A sessions where SGIA representatives addressed inquiries regarding the enrollment process.

🔗 Recordings of the Open Doors Day are now available in English and Russian on the official MGIMO YouTube Channel.

10/04/2024

🌐 SGIA’s Open Doors Day is tomorrow! 🤝

🔔 The MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs’ Open Doors Day will be held tomorrow.

🎤 At the meeting, the Dean of SGIA, A.K. Bobrov, will tell the applicants and their parents about the advantages of MGIMO’s most multicultural faculty, the specifics of the admission process to the bachelor’s degree programs in 2024, and the employment prospects of graduates, while the professors and the most active students of the School will share their impressions of the educational process.

📍Room 216, MGIMO University, Vernadskogo Avenue, 76k3, Moscow
🗓️ April 11th
🕓 16:00 - in Russian (register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScel5ts-5J_FaopZMcqcLqKI4Df7pvJNQd6yyyvxw4kTli1XQ/viewform)
🕠 17:30 - in English (register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfC1O1vOx9rMbV8thljJd2hw6HWztcNllKgJh2B8Hdrx3U07w/viewform)

❗️ The entrance to the university building is carried out through the entrance to the new building and only upon the presentation of identification documents.

📹 The online broadcast will be available on the MGIMO YouTube channel and in the VKontakte group.

🏛️ We will see you tomorrow at SGIA’s Open Doors Day! 🎓

05/04/2024

📣 Calling all prospective MGIMO students! 👋

🎓 Do you hold an IB, SAT, A-Level, or another national diploma of secondary education?
🌐Are you ready to embark on a journey in Government, International Politics, and Law?
🇷🇺Do you want to study in Russia?

Then look no further!

🧑‍🎓 The MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs is now accepting applications to the English-language bachelor program “Government, International Politics and Law”!

❗️Required entry exams:❗️
✅ Online English Grammar Test
✅ Online World History Essay

Interested? Don’t miss SGIA’s Open Doors Day!
🗓️April 11th
🕓 Russian session at 16:00 - Register here
🕠 English session at 17:30 - Register here

❓Questions? 🤔
📧 Email us at [email protected]

15/03/2024

🇷🇺 SGIA Students at Russia Expo! 📷

🏛️ On March 14th, the students of the MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs were invited to the International Exhibition-Forum "Russia” that is taking place on the territory of VDNKh in Moscow. The exhibition is dedicated to the achievements of Russia in various industries and is a platform for the country's largest educational, business, cultural and entertainment events: all 89 regions of Russia, as well as federal ministries, corporations and public organizations are participating.

🎤 The tour program was structured in a way where each participant was able to get a full understanding of VDNKh, its exhibits and Russia's achievements in the XXI century in such fields as the economy, science, culture, and art. Dmitry V. Polikanov, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, kindly gave SGIA students a guided tour, which allowed the students to delve into the centuries of Russian history and gain new knowledge about different regions of the country.

📹 At the end of the tour, SGIA students participated in a quiz dedicated to the exhibition, in which Nicholas Baretto, 1st-Year student of SGIA’s master program, International Diplomacy and Political Regional Studies, demonstrated his newfound knowledge and won a prize. Besides that, he and another SGIA master student, Lamin Sanneh, gave interviews in which they shared their impressions of the exhibition and talked about their experience of studying at SGIA MGIMO and living in Russia as foreign students.

12/03/2024

🇷🇺 SGIA at WYF 2024! 🌐

From March 1st to March 7th, more than 20 SGIA students, professors, and staff from both Russia and 16 other countries attended the World Youth Festival 2024 on the federal territory “Sirius” near Sochi. The official SGIA delegation included Director Alexander K. Bobrov, Vice-Dean Vasily. E. Taran, and professor Olga V. Lebedeva.

🙌 Today, SGIA is thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our students!

🇮🇹 The World Youth Festival closing ceremony, which was attended by many esteemed guests, such as the President of the Russia Vladimir Putin, began with a video dedicated to SGIA’s 4th-Year student from Italy, Irene Cecchini. In the video partly voiced by Russian actor Konstantin Khabensky, she talks about her dream - to establish intercultural relations between Russia and Italy. Irene herself was present at the ceremony in the front row as a guest of honour.

🇸🇪 Olivia Ahlund, a 4th-Year SGIA student from from Sweden, became a participant of the closed meeting of President Putin with foreign students in Russia. During an informal exchange, Olivia told the President how exciting her studies at SGIA were. Although she had not previously considered Russia as a place of residence or study, as she herself noted, after starting her studies at MGIMO she found herself in "her" place, going as far as becoming the President of the SGIA-based English-speaking Future World Diplomats Student Club.

🇪🇬 Karim Shaaban, a 3rd-Year SGIA student from Egypt became the Head of the Egyptian Delegation to the WYF 2024, speaking at the panel session "Youth Audit of Russia-Africa Relations", where participants expressed their views on the impact of the Russia-Africa 2023 Interstate Forum on the development of interstate processes in the modern world.

🇩🇰 Vanessa Sevidova, a 4th-Year SGIA student from Denmark became a part of the WYF-volunteers team, without whom no event would have taken place. As Vanessa herself noted, the Festival allowed her to meet many from all over the world.

11/03/2024

🇷🇺 SGIA Dean’s lecture at RUSSIA EXPO! 🇷🇺

💬 On March 10th, Alexander K. Bobrov, Dean of the MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA), Associate Professor of the Diplomacy Department, held an interactive lecture "Diplomacy in the Big World. Reflection of global challenges in Russia's foreign policy" as part of the marathon of the Russian society "Znanie" in Pavilion 19 "Atom" of the international exhibition RUSSIA EXPO that is taking place at VDNH in Moscow.

🗣️ In his lecture, which became an integral part of the information and educational work of the MGIMO administration ahead of the Russian presidential election on 15-17 March, 2024, Dr. Bobrov elaborated on the system of global and regional priorities of Russia's foreign policy aimed at countering a set of both traditional and new challenges and threats.

❓In the Q&A session that followed the lecture, Dr. Bobrov spoke not only about current aspects of Russian foreign policy and diplomacy, but also highlighted the main issues related to applying for various undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programmes at MGIMO-University.

08/03/2024

📣 "Personae Gratae" - a diplomatic radio program by leading national researchers of modern diplomacy from MGIMO for listeners of all ages and professions! 📻

🎙️ In this special two-part episode dedicated to the International Women’s Day, SGIA Dean Alexander Bobrov and Professor Olga Lebedeva ask special guest Irada Zeynalova, Russian journalist and TV Host, to share her professional journey, the principles and challenges of international political journalism, how it is different from political commentary, the role of women in reporting today, and even more in part 1 and part 2 of the podcast!

🌐 The program is weekly in Russian, so we invite our fellow russian-speaking diplomacy enthusiasts, as well as those who are on their quest to learn the russian language to listen to this thrilling radio programme. 🇷🇺

Part 1: https://radiosputnik.ru/20240307/1931717494.html

🔗 Part 2: https://radiosputnik.ru/20240307/1931725393.html

08/03/2024

💐 Happy International Women's Day! ✨

🎉 Celebrated annually on March 8th, this holiday has its roots in the early 20th century women's movement and has since become a global day of recognition and advocacy for gender equality and women's rights.

👩‍💼 As we honor the accomplishments of women around the world, let us also recognize the invaluable impact you have made in academia and diplomacy. Your hard work, resilience, and brilliance are shaping a brighter future for all. Keep pushing boundaries, breaking barriers, and empowering others with your knowledge and expertise. Congratulations to each and every one of you on this special day!

07/03/2024

🇷🇺 President Putin chats with an SGIA Student! 🇷🇺

🎓 Wrapping up the World Youth Festival, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin engaged in a lively discussion with students hailing from various parts of the globe, pursuing their studies at Russian universities.

🌏 Among these bright minds was Olivia Ahlund, a fourth-year student at the MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs. Originally from Sweden, Olivia holds the esteemed position of president of SGIA’s English-speaking student club Future World Diplomats.

🗣️ During this casual exchange, President Putin expressed his optimism regarding the education of foreign students in Russia. He also emphasized the festival's pivotal role in fostering a constructive dialogue between Russian and international youth representatives.

27/02/2024

⭐ Another day, another interview with our !

🎓 Koutaiba Daboul, a former MGIMO student, dives into what it’s like to be on the other side of academia, this time as a professor.

🌍 Dive into his journey, discovering his passion for international journalism and the Arab Spring while traveling between Syria, UAE, and Russia.

💬 This interview shares Koutaiba’s insights on his academic ventures, the impact of MGIMO, and his transition from a student to a journalist and professor. Learn about his experiences, challenges, and the global perspectives he brings to the SGIA classrooms!

🔗 Link:

A former student of MGIMO, who is now teaching fellow students about the nuances and intricacies of international journalism, expands on his journey on what led him to where he is now. Koutaiba Daboul, a professor and visiting lecturer of the School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA), wa...

23/02/2024

🇷🇺 Congratulations on the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland! 🇷🇺

First celebrated in 1919 and originally known as "Red Army Day”, the holiday marks the date in 1918 during the Russian Civil War when the first mass draft into the Red Army occurred in Petrograd and Moscow. Nowadays, this day acts as an opportunity to honor and appreciate the dedication, courage, and commitment of all those who have served and continue to serve our beloved country.

On this day, let us remember and express gratitude to all those who have bravely defended our country throughout history. Their sacrifices and heroism will forever be etched in our hearts.