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Russian-Mexican Relations
On November 12, MSLU hosted the International Workshop “Russian-Mexican Relations: Issues and Prospects.” It was attended by 250 participants, including representatives of six Latin American countries.

MSLU Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with University of Pisa

MSLU Hosts Delegation From North Korea
On October 30, 2018 MSLU hosted a delegation from the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies, DPRK. The meeting opened with a welcoming address by Rector Irina Kraeva who stressed the growing cooperation between the universities and the high quality of education at the Pyongyang University.

Romance studies in the age of multilingualism 2018
On October 18-20 2018, MSLU hosted the International Conference "Romance Studies in the Age of Multilingualism”.

MSLU Hosts International Conference “Italian Language in Russia: Networking Among Universities”
On October 15-17, MSLU hosted the International Conference “The Italian Language in Russia: Networking Cooperation Among Universities.” It is a joint project  of  Moscow State Linguistic University  (MSLU), the Russian State University for Humanities (RGGU), and the Italian Cultural Institute, Moscow. The project is aimed at promoting the Italian language and culture in Russia, expanding academic and research partnerships as well as teaching and learning Italian in the digital age.

MSLU Takes Part In QS World Grad School Tour
On October 2, Moscow State Linguistic University promoted its master's degrees and continuing education programmes at the QS World Grad School Tour, Moscow, the largest fair and expo of Master's Degrees and PhD programmes. The fair brought together top universities of Europe, USA, and Asia, including King’s College, UCL, LSE, Cass, Rotterdam Erasmus, BI Norwegian, Bocconi, University of California Los Angeles, Singapore Management University, Hanken School of Economics, etc.

MSLU Ranked by Forbes among the Top Russian Universities
The Forbes magazine has compiled its first ever ranking of Russian universities by selecting the ones whose alumni are most likely to do well in business and eventually make it to the Forbes list of leading Russian entrepreneurs. MSLU ranks 45th among the top 100 universities in the list.

Admissions Season at MSLU
MSLU is the country's leading school of Linguistics, and offers potential students a selection of some two dozen academic specialisations and profiles at the bachelors, specialists and masters levels. Each programme includes professional-level studies of two or more foreign languages out of the total list of 36. In June 2018, the university added "Hospitality" as yet another certified specialisation. MSLU is also one of the very few Russian Universities to offer military training to students.

MSLU Ranks among Top Russian Universities

MSLU Hosts COLLEGIUM LINGUISTICUM–2018 International Student Conference
On March 22-23, MSLU hosted the COLLEGIUM LINGUISTICUM–2018 International student conference organized by the university's Student Research Council.

MSLU Ranks Among World’s Top Universities
Quacquarelli Symonds, an international ranking agency, has released the eighth publication of QS World University Rankings, where 4500 universities from 151 countries are ranked by category according to four criteria: academic reputation, reputation among employers, citation index and h-index.

MSLU Professor Recognized as the Best Popularizer of Science in Russia
The best Russian science communicators and science journalists were awarded prizes on the eve of the Russian Science Day.

New Appointments

MSLU Trains Interpreters for the United Nations
On January 28th, students who had attended the MSLU elective training course “Preparing for the UN qualification exams” were examined in simultaneous interpretation from two languages by a board made up of current UN interpreters and course instructors. The representatives of the UN pointed out that the students’ level of training and their potential showed a lot of promise.

Academic Environment Even from Pre-University Time
On January 6th, MSLU hosted Science Day of the MSLU Pre-University College.

Rector of MSLU Elected
On December 18, Dr. Irina A. Krayeva was elected Rector of the University for the next five years by 89.7% of the votes at the conference of MSLU faculty and students.

Open Days at MSLU
At the end of November, a number of events were organized at MSLU to make the public and school-leavers aware of the university’s academic and educational potential.

Interview with Dr. Pokholkova Ekaterina, Dean of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at Moscow State Linguistic University
To secure a special interview for this issue, the KF paid a visit to Moscow State Linguistic University and met with Dr. Ekaterina Pokholkova, Dean of MSLU’s Translation and Interpreting Faculty. Dr. Pokholkova spoke about the school’s department of Korean Studies and Korean language as a major subject, as well as what needs to be done to further promote these crucial subjects.

MSLU Volunteers at the World Festival of Youth and Students
MSLU students actively participated in the World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi which took place on October 14–22.

Young scholars meet at MSLU
On October 5 through 7, MSLU held a young scholars conference with all the University departments conducting master classes, workshops, round table discussions, lectures on linguistics, philology, history, political science, psychology, journalism, etc.