Moscow State Institute of International Relations

The Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) is a public university in Moscow, Russia, that is run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and specialised in diplomacy and world affairs.莫斯科国立国际关系学院（简称 MGIMO）是俄罗斯莫斯科的一所公立大学，由俄罗斯联邦外交部主管，以外交与国际事务为专长。

Founded on 14 October 1944 by a decree of the Soviet government, MGIMO grew out of the School of International Relations of Lomonosov Moscow State University.该校由苏联政府于 1944 年 10 月 14 日发布命令创办，其前身是莫斯科国立罗蒙诺索夫大学的国际关系学院。

It enrols about 8,000 students from 74 countries and teaches a record 53 foreign languages full-time, a tally recognised by the Guinness World Records.该校在校生约 8000 人，来自 74 个国家，全日制教授的外语达 53 种，这一数字获吉尼斯世界纪录认可。

History

• MGIMO was created on 14 October 1944 by a special decree of the Soviet government, building on the recently established School of International Relations of Moscow State University.莫斯科国立国际关系学院于 1944 年 10 月 14 日依苏联政府特别命令设立，其基础是此前不久建立的莫斯科国立大学国际关系学院。

• Its first director was Ivan Udaltsov, a noted Soviet economist and former rector of Moscow State University, while its first 200 students were veterans of the Second World War.首任院长为伊万·乌达尔佐夫，这位知名苏联经济学家曾任莫斯科国立大学校长，学校的第一批 200 名学生则是二战老兵。

• By the early 1950s MGIMO had grown into three schools, as the original School of History and International Relations was joined by the School of International Law and the School of International Economic Relations.到 1950 年代初，该校已发展为 3 个学院，原有的历史与国际关系学院之外增加了国际法学院与国际经济关系学院。

• In 1955 the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies, the successor of the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages founded in 1815, was integrated into MGIMO.1955 年莫斯科东方学研究所并入该校，该所是 1815 年创办的拉扎列夫东方语言学院的继承者。

• In 1958 the Institute of Foreign Trade was incorporated, and MGIMO became the country's leading centre for international relations teaching and expertise.1958 年对外贸易学院并入，该校由此成为全国国际关系教学与研究的领军中心。

• The School of Journalism was added in 1967, widening the institute's scope from diplomacy and economics into international media and communication.1967 年增设新闻学院，使学院的研究范围从外交与经济拓展到国际媒体与传播。

• In 1989 MGIMO began admitting students on a commercial fee-paying basis, and the first students from Western countries arrived at the institute.1989 年该校开始以缴费方式招生，首批来自西方国家的学生也在这时入学。

• In 1991 the MGIMO Alumni Association was founded under Rostislav Sergeyev, an ambassador and one of the institute's first graduates.1991 年在罗斯季斯拉夫·谢尔盖耶夫的主持下成立校友会，他是该校最早一批毕业生之一，日后成为大使。

• In 1992 the School of International Business and Business Administration was created, responding to the sweeping changes then reshaping the Russian economy.1992 年创设国际商务与工商管理学院，以回应当时重塑俄罗斯经济的深刻变革。

• In 1994 MGIMO was granted full university status and established the International Institute of Administration to train managers for state and public administration.1994 年该校获授正式大学地位，并设立国际管理学院，为国家和公共行政培养管理人才。

• A Department of Politics introduced in 1994 within the School of International Relations evolved into the separate School of Political Science in 1998.1994 年在国际关系学院内设立的政治学系，于 1998 年独立为政治学院。

• In 2000 two further divisions opened, the Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy and the School of Applied Economics and Commerce.2000 年又增设两个教学部门，即能源政策与外交研究所以及应用经济与商学院。

• The European Studies Institute was established on the MGIMO basis in 2005, following a resolution of the Russia-EU Summit, to train officials in European politics, economics and law.2005 年依据俄罗斯-欧盟峰会决议，在该校基础上成立欧洲研究所，为官员讲授欧洲政治、经济与法律。

• In 2006 MGIMO created a Board of Trustees chaired by the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and the following year it set up Russia's first university endowment fund.2006 年该校成立理事会，由外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫出任主席，次年设立俄罗斯首个大学捐赠基金。

• In 2013 the School of Governance and Global Affairs opened as the first Russian school to train international students in English at bachelor's level.2013 年治理与全球事务学院开办，成为俄罗斯首个以英语为国际学生提供本科教育的学院。

• The Odintsovo branch, MGIMO's first campus in the Moscow suburban region, was established and officially opened in 2016 under the university's strategic development plan.2016 年，作为该校在莫斯科郊区的第一处校区，奥金佐沃分校依学校战略发展规划设立并正式启用。

• In 2017 the International Institute of Administration and the School of Political Science were merged into a new School of Governance and Politics.2017 年国际管理学院与政治学院合并为新的治理与政治学院。

• In 2019 the advisory board of the Association of MBAs accredited MGIMO's MBA and Executive MBA programmes, and the university joined the European Foundation for Management Development.2019 年工商管理硕士协会顾问委员会认证了该校的 MBA 与高级工商管理硕士项目，学校同时加入欧洲管理发展基金会。

• In 2020 MGIMO began implementing a development strategy drawn up for it by the global consulting firm Boston Consulting Group.2020 年该校开始实施由全球咨询公司波士顿咨询集团为其制定的发展战略。

• After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 the university's rector was suspended from the European University Association, and several Western universities suspended academic collaboration with MGIMO.2022 年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后，该校校长被欧洲大学协会暂停资格，若干西方大学也中止了与该校的学术合作。

• In 2022, according to CNN, some 1,200 students, faculty and staff signed an open letter protesting Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, one of the few such acts at a Russian state university.据美国有线电视新闻网报道，2022 年该校约 1200 名学生、教师与职员联署公开信，抗议俄罗斯对乌克兰的全面入侵，这在俄罗斯国立大学中属少有的举动。

Academics

• The university comprises thirteen schools together with a Lyceum, a pre-university professional training college and a Business School.学校由 13 个学院，以及一所中学、一所大学前职业培训学院和一所商学院构成。

• Its schools cover international relations and regional studies, politics, governance, diplomacy, world economy, law, journalism, foreign trade and management, energy affairs, linguistics and environmental studies.其学院涵盖国际关系与区域研究、政治、治理、外交、世界经济、法学、新闻、外贸与管理、能源事务、语言学与环境研究等领域。

• MGIMO offers 18 areas of study across undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as PhD, MBA, Executive MBA and pre-university programmes.该校设 18 个学科方向，覆盖本科与研究生学位，并提供博士、MBA、高级工商管理硕士及大学前课程。

• Its language teaching is its signature strength, with 53 foreign languages delivered full-time, from English, French and German to Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.语言教学是其标志性优势，全日制开设 53 种外语，从英语、法语、德语到阿拉伯语、中文、日语与韩语。

• The tally of languages taught earned MGIMO a Guinness World Records entry, which recorded that it taught 54 full-time languages every academic term in 2019.授课语种之多使该校载入吉尼斯世界纪录，纪录显示 2019 年它每个学期全日制教授 54 种语言。

• Its faculty-to-student ratio stands at about one to four, with more than 1,500 professors and lecturers teaching in small groups and tutorial-type seminars.该校师生比约为 1 比 4，逾 1500 名教授与讲师以小班和研讨式教学授课。

• The faculty includes some 20 fellows of the Russian Academy of Sciences, about 250 full professors and more than 700 holders of doctoral degrees.教师队伍包括约 20 名俄罗斯科学院院士、约 250 名正教授以及逾 700 名博士学位获得者。

• Each year MGIMO invites more than 100 international visiting professors, among them Robert Legvold and William Wohlforth.该校每年邀请逾 100 名国际访问教授，其中如罗伯特·莱格沃尔德与威廉·沃尔弗斯。

• It operates 19 corporate departments created with Russian companies and agencies, such as Rosneft, Transneft, Gazprombank, Russian Railways and the Federal Antimonopoly Service.学校设有 19 个与俄罗斯企业及机构共建的企业教研室，如俄罗斯石油公司、俄罗斯石油管道运输公司、俄罗斯天然气工业银行、俄罗斯铁路公司与联邦反垄断局。

• The Institute of International Studies gathers twelve research centres that together cover the university's scholarly output on world affairs.国际研究所汇集 12 个研究中心，共同承载该校在世界事务领域的学术产出。

• Its Business School was accredited by the Association of MBAs in 2019, placing it among a small group of Russian institutions with internationally accredited management programmes.其商学院于 2019 年获工商管理硕士协会认证，跻身少数拥有国际认证管理项目的俄罗斯院校之列。

• The university awards dual and triple degree programmes with more than 30 partner universities in Europe, America and Asia, taught in several foreign languages.该校与欧洲、美洲和亚洲的 30 多所伙伴大学开设双学位与三学位项目，以多种外语授课。

• As of 2019 MGIMO held cooperation agreements with more than 170 foreign partners from 57 countries, including universities, diplomatic academies and research centres.截至 2019 年，该校与来自 57 个国家的 170 多个外国伙伴缔结合作协议，涵盖大学、外交学院与研究中心。

• Its library grew out of the collections of the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages and today holds more than one million printed books in 62 languages.其图书馆源自拉扎列夫东方语言学院的藏书，如今收藏逾 100 万册、涵盖 62 种语言的纸质图书。

• Alongside print holdings the library provides more than 2,220,000 e-books and e-journals for its students and researchers.除纸质馆藏外，图书馆还为师生提供逾 222 万册电子书与电子期刊。

• Since 2016 MGIMO has recorded and published its distance courses on Coursera, which by 2020 hosted some 20 courses and micro-masters by its faculty.自 2016 年起，该校把远程课程录制并发布到 Coursera，到 2020 年该平台已收录其教师的约 20 门课程与微硕士项目。

• Its oldest schools, the School of International Economic Relations and the School of International Law, date from the institute's first decade in the 1940s and 1950s.其最早的学院——国际经济关系学院与国际法学院——可追溯至该校 1940 至 1950 年代的第一个十年。

• MGIMO is a member of the International Studies Association, the European Consortium for Political Research and the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, and a founding member of the Russian International Studies Association.该校是国际研究协会、欧洲政治研究联合会与国际事务专业学院协会的成员，也是俄罗斯国际研究协会的创始成员。

Campus

• MGIMO operates three campuses, in Moscow, in the Moscow Region at Odintsovo and in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, along with an educational centre in Geneva and a base in Marbella, Spain.该校运营三处校区，分别位于莫斯科、莫斯科州奥金佐沃以及乌兹别克斯坦塔什干，另在日内瓦设有法律教学中心、在西班牙马贝拉设有教学基地。

• The main Moscow campus stands at 76 Vernadsky Prospekt in the south-west of the city, the address long associated with the institute.莫斯科主校区位于该市西南部的韦尔纳茨基大道 76 号，这一地址长期与该校联系在一起。

• In Moscow the university maintains five dormitories, two of which are located on the main campus itself.在莫斯科，学校拥有 5 座宿舍楼，其中两座就位于主校区内。

• The Odintsovo campus in the Moscow Region provides on-campus accommodation at the MGIMO Hotel, serving the branch established there in 2016.位于莫斯科州的奥金佐沃校区以校内「MGIMO 酒店」提供住宿，服务于 2016 年在此设立的分校。

• The Tashkent campus extends the university's teaching into Central Asia, while the Geneva centre specialises in law studies and the Marbella centre supports parts of its international degrees.塔什干校区把教学延伸至中亚，日内瓦中心专攻法学，马贝拉中心则支持其部分国际学位项目。

• The university's recorded geographic position is latitude 55.75204 and longitude 37.61781, placing it in south-western Moscow.学校登记地理坐标为北纬 55.75204、东经 37.61781，位于莫斯科西南部。

• Its sports and fitness facilities include swimming pools, gyms, football, volleyball and basketball fields, a tennis court, a boxing ring and an acrobatic hall.其体育与健身设施包括游泳池、健身房、足球场、排球场、篮球场、网球场、拳击台与技巧训练馆。

• MGIMO runs its own medical centre that serves both students and faculty, adding to the self-contained character of the Moscow campus.该校自设医疗中心，服务学生与教职工，进一步强化了莫斯科校区自成体系的特征。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, the edition to which this entry belongs, MGIMO is placed 639th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，也就是本条目所属的榜单版本，该校列全球第 639 位。

• The university does not appear in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings main table, nor in the 2026-2027 US News Best Global Universities list.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名主榜，也未出现在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学榜单中。

• It is likewise absent from the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the main ARWU list for that year.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜同样未收录该校。

• In the 2022 QS World University Rankings the university was placed 345th in the world, its highest recent position in that table.在 2022 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校列全球第 345 位，是其近年在该榜单中的最高位次。

• MGIMO was awarded five stars in the QS Stars audit, becoming the first university in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and among the BRICS countries to receive that rating.该校在 QS 星级评估中获五星，成为俄罗斯、中欧与东欧、中亚以及金砖国家中首所获此评级的大学。

• In the 2020 UN-commissioned Pennsylvania survey of think tanks it was ranked the 8th best university-affiliated policy think tank in the world and 73rd among best-managed think tanks.在 2020 年联合国委托宾夕法尼亚大学的智库调查中，该校位列全球最佳大学附属政策智库第 8 位、最佳管理智库第 73 位。

• In the QS Graduate Employability Ranking it scored 100 out of 100 in the graduate employment rate indicator, reflecting the high proportion of graduates in work within a year.在 QS 毕业生就业能力排名中，该校的毕业生就业率指标得分 100 分（满分 100），显示其毕业生在一年内就业的比例很高。

• Research output recorded by OpenAlex amounts to about 16,662 works with more than 30,529 citations, concentrated in political science and international relations.OpenAlex 记录的科研产出约 16662 件作品、被引逾 3 万次，集中于政治学与国际关系领域。

• The university's endowment, founded in 2007, is the largest university endowment fund in Russia and supports student projects and overseas internships.该校 2007 年设立的捐赠基金是俄罗斯规模最大的大学捐赠基金，用以资助学生项目与海外实习。

• Among the more than 60,000 graduates are three presidents, eight prime ministers, twelve foreign ministers and more than 1,200 ambassadors of Russia and other countries, a record unmatched by any other Russian university.在逾 60000 名毕业生中，有 3 位总统、8 位总理、12 位外长以及俄罗斯与其他国家的 1200 余名大使，这一纪录为俄罗斯其他大学所不及。

Student life

• The university does not publicise a single formal Latin motto, while its identity centres on its founding date of 1944 and its status as the diplomatic school of the Russian state.该校未公开单一正式拉丁校训，其身份认同主要系于 1944 年的创办年份与作为俄罗斯外交学府的地位。

• MGIMO's Cultural Centre organises classes and events ranging from ballroom and modern dance to a choir named PROXENOS and an orchestra named SYMPHONY.该校文化中心组织各类课程与活动，既有交谊舞与现代舞，也有名为 PROXENOS 的合唱团与名为 SYMPHONY 的乐团。

• A Literary and Poetry Club, the MGIMO Theatre and a Painting Club round out the cultural programme available to students.文学与诗歌社、MGIMO 剧院与绘画社则补足了提供给学生的文化活动。

• The Volunteer Centre, established in 2011, trains nearly 1,000 students who have worked at events including the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.2011 年成立的志愿者中心培训近 1000 名学生，他们曾服务于 2018 年世界杯以及奥运会与残奥会等活动。

• International students organise national clubs within the International Students Association, arranging National Gourmet Days and celebrating their own national and religious holidays.国际学生在国际学生协会内组织本国社团，筹办「国家美食日」并庆祝各自的国家与宗教节日。

• The Moscow International Model United Nations, renamed in 2017 after the diplomat Vitaly Churkin, is among the best-known student-run activities.莫斯科国际模拟联合国大会于 2017 年以已故外交官维塔利·丘尔金之名重新命名，是最知名的学生自办活动之一。

• Every April and November the university hosts Careers Days that draw more than 3,000 students and graduates and involve numerous employers.该校每年 4 月与 11 月举办招聘日，吸引逾 3000 名学生与毕业生参加，并有众多雇主参与。

• Student life unfolds in Moscow, a city of more than 13 million residents, where the campus sits on Vernadsky Prospekt near the Sparrow Hills and the city's academic quarter.校园生活以莫斯科为背景，这座逾 1300 万人口的大城中，校区坐落在韦尔纳茨基大道，靠近麻雀山与城市学术区。

• The MGIMO Alumni Association numbers more than 45,000 members and runs alumni clubs in nearly 40 countries around the world.MGIMO 校友会拥有逾 45000 名会员，并在全球近 40 个国家设有校友俱乐部。

• The International Students Association operates on the principles of openness, equality, voluntary participation and independence, helping students from 74 countries settle into campus life.国际学生协会秉持开放、平等、自愿参与与独立的原则，帮助来自 74 个国家的学生适应校园生活。

Notable people

• Ivan Udaltsov, the economist and former rector of Moscow State University who served at Soviet embassies, was MGIMO's first director from 1944.经济学家、曾任莫斯科国立大学校长并在苏联使馆任职的伊万·乌达尔佐夫，是该校 1944 年的首任院长。

• Anatoly Torkunov, a political scientist and full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has been rector of MGIMO since 1992.政治学家、俄罗斯科学院正式院士阿纳托利·托尔库诺夫自 1992 年起担任该校校长。

• Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, is an alumnus and has chaired the university's Board of Trustees since 2006.俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫是该校校友，并自 2006 年起担任该校理事会主席。

• Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan, both studied at MGIMO.阿塞拜疆总统伊利哈姆·阿利耶夫与哈萨克斯坦总统卡西姆若马尔特·托卡耶夫均曾就读于该校。

• Irina Bokova, former Director-General of UNESCO, is counted among the university's international alumni.联合国教科文组织前总干事伊琳娜·博科娃被列入该校的国际校友之列。

• Maroš Šefčovič, a Vice-President of the European Commission, is another prominent graduate of the institute.欧盟委员会副主席马罗什·谢夫乔维奇也是该校的知名毕业生。

• Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, a former president of the World Chess Federation, and the diplomats Miroslav Lajčák and Eduard Kukan are also alumni.前世界国际象棋联合会主席基尔桑·伊柳姆日诺夫，以及外交官米罗斯拉夫·莱恰克与爱德华·库坎，同为该校校友。

• Russian business figures who studied at MGIMO include the billionaires Alisher Usmanov, Vladimir Potanin, Dmitry Mazepin and Patokh Chodiev.曾就读于该校的俄罗斯商界人士包括亿万富豪阿利舍尔·乌斯马诺夫、弗拉基米尔·波塔宁、德米特里·马泽平与帕托赫·乔迪耶夫。

• More than 60,000 people have graduated from MGIMO, among them more than 12,000 foreign citizens from over 80 countries.该校毕业生逾 60000 人，其中包括来自 80 多个国家的 12000 余名外国公民。

• Among the university's honorary doctors are the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the former European Commission President Romano Prodi and the former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.该校荣誉博士包括法国前总统尼古拉·萨科齐、欧盟委员会前主席罗马诺·普罗迪以及智利前总统米歇尔·巴切莱特。

• Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Thierry de Montbrial, president of the French Institute of International Relations, have also received honorary doctorates from MGIMO.摩纳哥亲王阿尔贝二世以及法国国际关系研究所所长蒂埃里·德蒙布里亚尔，亦获该校荣誉博士学位。

• Rostislav Sergeyev, an ambassador and one of the institute's first graduates, founded the MGIMO Alumni Association in 1991.大使、该校最早一批毕业生之一的罗斯季斯拉夫·谢尔盖耶夫于 1991 年创立 MGIMO 校友会。

• Vitaly Churkin, Russia's long-serving ambassador to the United Nations who died in 2017, is commemorated by the student model-UN that was renamed in his honour.长期担任俄罗斯常驻联合国代表、2017 年去世的维塔利·丘尔金，由以其之名重新命名的学生模拟联合国大会所纪念。