Curriculum

Degrees awarded by MGIMO and Reading University

CURRICULUM STRUCTURE 

Total degree requirements: 240 ECTS over 4 years

In Years 1 and 2 students reside in Moscow and attend classes at The MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs, in Years 3 and 4 they reside in the UK and are trained at the Reading University Politics and International Relations Department. 

Language training

    1. English is the first foreign language.
    2. Second foreign language taught to B2 level over two years at MGIMO: the choice of French, German, and Italian.

Undergraduate thesis

Final exams at the end of Year 4

Interdisciplinary exam
Foreign language exam

COURSEWORK BY YEAR

Year 1

Core

• Introduction to International Relations and World Politics
• Philosophy
• History
• Microeconomics / Macroeconomics
• International English
• Statistics
• Theory of International Relations
• Personal Safety and Social Responsibility
• Mathematical Methods (Calculus for International Relations Specialists and Quantitative Methods in Economics)
• Russian History
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Academic Skills
• Physical Training

Year 2

Core

• World Economy
• International Economic Relations
• International Law
• Diplomatic and Business Protocol
• Applied Statistics and Introduction to Econometrics
• History of International Relations
• Academic Writing
• Contemporary Russian Politics
• Physical Training

Selective (choose one from each group)

Group 1

• Accounting
• Global Economic and Social Development

Group 2

• Global Politics of Energy
• Power and Institutions in World Politics

Group 3

• Origins of Norms in International Politics and Law
• Russian Economy

Years 3 and 4

Please visit the website of the Reading University Politics and International Relations Department for the up-to-date list of modules available to the Double Degree Program students in their two final years (Years 2 and 3 of the Reading University’s BA Program)