The Moscow State University Materials Science Department (russian: Факультет наук о материалах МГУ) is a faculty of

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

, founded in 1991 at the base of Faculty of Chemistry,

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and Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics. Former name of a structure was High School of Materials Science (''Высший колледж наук о материалах''). As of 2010 about 150 students studied at the faculty. Although the faculty is relatively small, the faculty includes members of

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(RAS) among its members. The educational program of the faculty includes mathematics, physics, chemistry and mechanics, and also number of practical courses. The faculty annually accepts 25 new students. The education lasts 5.5 years (11 semesters) for

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, or 4 years for

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and 2 more years for

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. The 1st dean and founder of the department is Yury Dmitrievich Tretyakov.

External links

Official site (Russian)
{{authority control Materials Science Education in Moscow Materials science institutes