MSU Faculty of Geography
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| Географический факультет МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова | |
| Rector | Viktor Sadovnichiy |
|---|---|
| Dean | Nikolay Kasimov |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | [1] |
MSU Faculty of Geography (Russian: Географический факультет МГУ) is a faculty of Moscow State University, created in 1938 by order #109 dated 23 July 1938. It is the largest collective of geographers in the world:[citation needed] 780 researchers, 1100 students and 200 post-graduates are working at the facility. The faculty consists of 15 departments:
- Physical geography branch
- Department of Physical Geography and Landscape Science
- Department of Geomorphology and Paleogeography
- Department of Geochemistry of Landscapes and Soil Geography
- Department of Biogeography
- Department of Glaciology and Cryolithology
- Department of Hydrology
- Department of Meteorology and Climatology
- Department of Oceanology
- Geoecological branch
- Department of Physical Geography of the World and Geoecology
- Department of Environmental Management
- Mathematical geography branch
- Department of Mapping and Geoinformatics
- Human geography branch
- Department of Geography of World Economy
- Department of Economic And Social Geography of Russia
- Department of Social-Economic Geography of foreign countries
- Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism
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Coordinates: 55°42′00″N 37°31′46″E / 55.70000°N 37.52944°E
