Field of study: "International Relations".
Duration of training: 4 years, 240 credits.
Course delivery language: russian & english.
Basic department: International relations (No. 55), Evgeny M. Morozov, e-mail: EMMorozov@mephi.ru.
The Institute of International Relations was founded in March 1999 on the initiative of the Ministry of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and a number of other ministries and departments to prepare graduates on the specialty "International Relations", specialization "International Scientific and Technological Cooperation.
The basis of the curriculum is the federal educational standard of the educational program of higher professional education on the specialty "International Relations" consisting of 6 educational modules:
- international relations;
- international law;
- special language training;
- natural sciences education;
- business education;
- financial-economic and competitive analysis.
The curriculum includes the study of the first (basic) foreign language (English) for 7 semesters and a second language (at student's option), German, French, Chinese, or Spanish for 6 semesters. Higher mathematics and general physics are studied in the course of 3 semesters.
The educational base for a graduate of the Institute of International Relations of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI guarantees:
- physical, mathematical, and general technical training on perspective directions of modern high technologies;
- a high level of general and special linguistic training on the most important foreign languages;
- deep and extensive knowledge in the field of the theory and practice of international relations, political science, algorithms of political decision-making;
- mastering of methods for situational analysis and research of the competitive environment and systems;
- the ability to effectively use in the practical activity of all modern information and communication tools, complexes and networks.
A graduate of the Institute of International Relations in accordance with the received knowledge can easily realized himself in any of the basic directions of public and international activity, such as:
- the political and social aspects of modern international cooperation in the field of science, engineering, and technology;
- analysis of activity of the most important international organizations and associations;
- organization and support of international projects in the field of high technologies;
- financial-economic and competitive analysis of international markets of facilities of high-tech development.
Under the conditions of expansion of participation of the Russian state and non-governmental organizations in international projects and promotion of their activities on the world market, the role of managers that are capable of choosing the perspective scientific and technical achievements and are professionally engaged in promotion of hi-tech products on foreign markets for the legal, financial and organizational support of projects, as well as the influence of such managers (graduates of our Institute) is becoming the crucial factor of the innovative development.
Teachers, students and magistrates of the Institute take an active part in the realization of the current projects of the nuclear industry. In particular, they ensure the implementation of the decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the preparation of the leading staff for the representative offices of the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom" in key countries, such as the United States, France, Japan, and China. The students of the Institute demonstrated the high quality of their abilities during staying at international schools on nuclear problems in England, the Republic of Korea, and China.