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Finnish Linguist Lari Kotilainen Reads Lecture at MSLU
On February 18, Finnish linguist Lari Kotilainen from the University of Helsinki gave a lecture at MSLU’s translation department in the traditional offline format.

Rector holds a meeting with students
On January 25 the MSLU Rector Irina Kraeva met with students to answer their questions.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Australia visits MSLU
On April 18, 2022, our university welcomed Graeme Meehan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Australia to the Russian Federation; Keith Pitcher, Second Secretary of the Australian Embassy, and Oleg Son,  Political and Economic Section of Australian Embassy.

MSLU hosts Martin Reeves’ lecture
On December 8th as a part of the “Translation environment” project, MSLU held a meeting with the American writer and co-author of the book titled “Machine of Imagination” Martin Reeves. The translation of the book into Russian was carried out by a team of students, teachers and graduates of Moscow State Linguistic University with the support of BCG and the “Prosveshchenie” publishing house.

MSLU holds presentation of “Caribbean Puzzle” book
On December 7th the Center for Ibero-American Programs of MSLU held a presentation of the book titled “Caribbean Puzzle” written by the Russian journalist and writer Yuri Sigov.

MSLU opens the Center for linguacultural studies of Latin American countries and the countries of the Caribbean, named after Nicholas Gillen
On November 12th with participation of the Minister of higher education of the Republic of Cuba Jose Ramon Saborido MSLU opened the Center for linguacultural studies of Latin American countries and the countries of the Caribbean named after Nicholas Gillen.

MSLU hosts “German Studies 2021: nove et nova” conference.
On November 10-12th MSLU hosted the fourth International scientific conference “German Studies 2021: nove et nova” in which more than 100 Russian and foreign researchers took part.

MSLU hosts 5th Congress of Hispanists
On October 20-21st MSLU hosted the 5th Congress of Hispanists. The event was organized by the Association of Russian Hispanists, University of Cadiz, along with co-organizers Higher School of Economics, Southern Federal University and the University of Granada.

MSLU hosts international scientific conference “Science without boundaries: Anglistics in the XXI century”
On October 13-15th the Faculty of the English Language hosted the international scientific conference “Science without boundaries: Anglistics in the XXI century”.

MSLU hosts international conference “Romance Studies in the Age of Multilingualism”
On October 21-23rd MSLU hosted the fifth International scientific and practical conference “Romance Studies in the Age of Multilingualism”.

Visit to the Embassy of Vietnam
On October 1, the Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow hosted a friendly meeting of academic and management staff and students of Russian universities where the Vietnamese language is studied. The Embassy organized such an event for the first time.

Online Summer School for Students of Gutenberg University
From August 16 to September 10, Moscow State Linguistic University hosted online Summer School for students of Johannes Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany) mastering Russian. During the programme, the students attended classes Russian as a foreign language of MSLU professors, had online excursions to the sights of Moscow, as well as practiced their language skills in sessions of the Russian speaking club.

MSLU is a new member of the Association of Russian and Japanese universities
The III General Assembly of the Association of Universities of Russia and Japan and the IX Forum of Rectors of Russian and Japanese Universities took place on September 16 online. MSLU became a new member of the Association of Russian and Japanese universities. Our rector Irina Krayeva thanked the Assembly for the honour.Thus, the Association numbers 63 universities, namely 33 Russian and 30 Japanese higher education institutions.

Arrival in Russia by Foreign Students

Starting September 1, 2021, students from ALL countries are permitted to enter Russia for on-site learning with the purpose of "УЧЕБА” (studies), regardless of whether or not Russia has resumed air traffic with the student's home country.

MSLU among Top Ranking Universities of the World
On August 31, 2021, the Three University Missions Moscow International University Ranking (MosIUR, or the Moscow ranking) released a list of top 1650 universities in the world, with MSLU ranking within the 1201-1300 band. Among Russian universities MSLU entered the ranking within the 51-62 range.

MSLU Online Summer School of Russian Language and Culture 2021
From 2 to 15 August, students from Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, China, France, South Africa attended MSLU Online Summer School of Russian Language and Culture.

MSLU participates in the terminology project of the European Parliament
In January 2021 MSLU started cooperation with the Terminology Coordination Department of the Directorate General of the European Parliament.

MSLU at Translation Forum Russia
From 30 July to 1 August, 2021 one of the biggest European translation forums “Translation Forum Russia” was held in Nizhniy Novgorod. In the Russian translation industry the forum became one of the most anticipated events of 2021, especially due to the fact that it was held offline.

Summer Russian-Austrian language school “Tandem-2021”
From July 19 to 30, 2021 an online summer language school “Tandem-2021” was successfully hosted by Moscow State Linguistic University. It was organized in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland with financial support from the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research of Austria.

UN — MSLU Memorandum: Meeting with the UN coordinator
On July 27, 2021, Anna Uspenskaya, UN coordinator of Training Programme for Candidates for the Competitive Language Examinations under the Memorandum of Understanding between the UN and MSLU, met with Larisa Petruchak, interim rector, vice-rector for education, and Irina Shokina, head of International cooperation and internationalization department, head of MSLU Training Programme for Candidates for the Competitive Language Examinations.