Lomonosov Moscow State University History Lhistoire Lomonosov MSU

Lomonosov Moscow State University

History L’histoire • Lomonosov MSU foundation: 1755 • Faculty of Geography was founded in 1938

The Faculty of Geography • More than 1200 BSc and MSc students • 180 Ph. D students • 860 employees, including 100 Professors/Doctors of Science 280 ph. D associated professors

Structure of the Faculty of Geography Structure de la Faculté de Géographie Education and research Étudés et recherches 15 departments Research Recherches 15 chaires administration 7 research laboratories 7 laboratoire d'essais 4 field stations 4 stations de terrain

15 Departments 15 chaires • • • • Biogeography Geomorphology and Paleogeography Landscape Geochemistry and Soil Geography Cryolithology and Glaciology Nature Management and Geoecology Physical Geography and Landscape Studies Physical Geography of the World and Geoecology; Economic and Social Geography of Russia Economic and Social Geography of Foreign Countries Geography of World Economy Land Hydrology Meteorology and Climatology Oceanology Cartography and Geoinformatics Recreational Geography and International Tourism

Fundamental research of high priority Les recherches fundamentals • Structure, Dynamics and Evolution of Natural Geosystems • Anthropogenic Changes and Contemporary Landscape Processes • Natural Resources: Management and Conservation. Problems of Sustainable Development. • Geography of Socio-Economic and Political Development of the World, Foreign Countries and Russia. • Dynamics and Interaction of the Atmosphere, Hydrosphere and Lithosphere. • Geographical Cartography, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing • Scientific Foundations of Geographical and Geoecological Education

Departments 1. Environmental Biogeography Theoretical geography, bioindication, medicine geography, biosphere resources. Geomorphology and Paleogeography exogenous processes; placer mining prediction; stratigraphy of Neozoic; paleogeography Landscape Geochemistry and Soil Geography – hazardous chemicals and wastes; geochemical assessments of landscapes; oil and gaz geoecology; environmental mapping Cryolithology and Glaciology Glaciers; snow avalanches; mud flows

Departments 1. Environmental Nature Management and Geoecology – environmental risks; sustainable development; natural management; population safety Physical Geography and Landscape Studies – regional studies; environmental prediction and forecasting; environmental impacts Physical Geography of the World and Geoecology– – environmental risks; sustainable development; global changes

2. Applied Research Decision Support Systems Runoff and erosion

Departments 3. Social-economic Geography of World Economy Economic and Social Geography of Foreign Countries Economic and Social Geography of Russia

Departments 2. Hydrometeorological Land Hydrology – Water resources and water runoff; water quality; lakes and reservoirs regime; fluvial and mouth processes Meteorology and Climatology – Climate change; Global climate models; satellite, tropical and urban meteorology; pollutants migrations; Oceanology – Ocean-atmosphere interactions; geochemistry, ecology of oceans. physical oceanology and marine

3. Applied Research Social and Economical Geography Investment climate of Russian regions Socio-infrastructural development models Demographic estimates and forecast

Departments 4. Cartographical Cartography and Geoinformatics Mapping; Remote sensing in environmental studies; GIS-technologies

Maps and atlases 4. Applied Research Ethno-economic settlements National Atlas of Russia Permafrost Ugra (Khanty-Mansi) District Regional Atlas “Ecological Atlas of Russia” Kaliningrad District Atlas: Medical Situation HIV infection

4. Applied Research Remote sensing projects • forecast and monitoring of floods and damage assessment; • crop yield forecasts; • hydraulic structures condition monitoring of the multi-reservoir systems; • forest logging dynamics and condition monitoring; • environmental monitoring; • forest fires damage and consequences assessment; • oil spills detection and monitoring; • channel pattern dynamics study; • weather and natural hazards forecasts.

Departments 5. Tourist Recreational Geography and International Tourism region tourist potential,

6. Research laboratories ØRenewable Energy Sources ØGeoecology of the Northern Territories ØComplex Mapping ØRecent Deposits and Pleistocene Palaeogeography ØRegional Analysis and Political Geography ØSnow Avalanches and Debris Flows ØSoil Erosion and Channel Processes ØSustainable Development of Territories

6. Applied Research Environmental impact assessment Sulphur Oil Urban geochemistry Space activities Pipelines in permafrost regions

6. Applied Research Avalanches and debris flows

Field Stations and Field Practice Faculty Field Stations Places of student’s practice Tracks of student’s practice

Research equipment at the Faculty Under the support of Russian Fund of Basic Research, various international research programmes the strong equipment base of the Faculty was created: - Geological and sedimentological survey: oil products analyzers, fluriometers, adsortptive spectrometers, fluorescent analyzers, spectrophotometers, element analyzers etc - Geodesic survey: 3 -d dimensional scanners etc. - Hydrological survey: Doppler velocity-discharge profilers (ADCP), current meters, etc. - Meteorological survey: Doppler acoustic atmospheric locator

Satino station, Kaluga region, Oka river Basin Founded in 1968. Located at the area of mixed and deciduous forests, on the Protva river bank. Complex environmental studies. Elbrus station, Caucasus mountains, Kabardino-Balkaria rep. Located inside the protected area (zapovednik) on the flink of the Elbrus. Complex environmental studies

Krasnovidovo station, Moscow region Located on the bank of Mojaisky reservoir of the Moscow river. Studies on hydrology (esp. limnology) Hibini station, Murmansk region Founded in 1948. Complex environmental studies

Education Main directions Geography Meteorology Hydrology Oceanology Geography and mapping Geoecology Environmental management Tourism

Education Hydrometeorological education Where do graduates work? Hydrology Meteorology (hydrology, hydroecology) (meteorology, hydrometeorology) 1. RAS institutes (of water management, geography, oceanology, atmosphere physics etc) 2. Field research institutes 3. State Meteorological Office 4. Research centers and laboratories in water management, water quality etc. Oceanology Up to 80 % of the graduates work in the field of hydrometeorology

Education ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (DIPLOMA SPECIALIZATIONS) NATURE MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (PROBLEMS OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT APPLIED ECOLOGY GEOECOLOGY (INTERACTION OF NATURAL SPHERES AND HUMAN ACTIVITY) (FUNCTIONING OF ECOSYSTEMS UNDER ECONOMY STRESSES AND ORGANIZATION OF THEIR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) ECOLOGY (INTERACTION OF BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT)

Part-time courses/ Continuing education Part-time courses (continuing education) aim to upgrade students’ qualification, to enlarge professional attainments and experiences. This education include practical trainings, master classes, lecture courses. Those courses focuses on the most relevant topics, such as ecology, sustainable development, urbane geography, efficient natural management, tourism and information technologies. • The most distinctive features of part-time courses, that are offered by the faculty, are as follows: • Complex approach to education • Presence of both theoretical and practical courses • Compilation of individual schedule of training • Organization of practical trainings and masterclasses • Availability of international certificates • Assistance of placing in a job • Ramped payment of education

International cooperation Main goals: - participation in the international research programmes, contribution to the contacts with EU, USA, Asian countries, developing countries - promotion of Russian science to the World -Involvement and motivation of foreign students to study at Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov MSU

International cooperation State-of-theart Agreements for joint research and friendly relationship with European Universities Main projects and parners: -UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) - National Geographic Society -WWF - MEGAPOLI (Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric POLution and climate effect, and Integrated tools for assessment and mitigation)

Participation of the Faculty personnel at research projects and conferences at 2008 -2009 in different countries