Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanitie

Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities or Moscow State University for Humanities was founded in 1951 as Moscow Pedagogical Institute for Correspondence Studies. Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities bears an honorary name of Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov - a Russian writer who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1965. In 2002 Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities was ranked by Russian Ministry of Education among 10 best pedagogical universities in Russia. It also ranked Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities among 14 best pedagogical and linguistic universities in Russia in 2005 (out of 78 rated).

Faculties and departments:

• Speech pathology - Special speech pathology education
• Design - Design
• Journalism - Journalism
• Fine and visual arts - Ornamental-applied arts and national trade
• Foreign languages and international communications - Tourism and linguistic
• History - Pedagogical education
• Culture and musical arts - Pedagogical education, Musical instrumental arts, Vocal arts, Science of music and musically applied arts.
• Pedagogic - Psycologic-Pedagogical education, pedagogical education
• Psycology - Organization of work with young people, pedagogical education
• Exact sciences and innovation technologies - Management in technical systems, pedagogical education
• Language and literature department - Pedagogical education
• Ecology and exact sciences - Ecology and nature management, pedagogical education
• Law department - political science, jurisprudence

Chairs:

• Foreign languages
• Informatics and mathematics
• History and culturology
• Economy
• Psychological and pedagogical education
• Physical education
• Philosophical and social and political disciplines
• Natural science