Biology

Faculty of Biology

Dean: Professor Michail V. Gusev
International Students Office: phone: +7-095-939-2785, fax: +7-095-939-4309
EMail: adm@adm.bio.msu.ru

General Information

The Lomonosov Moscow State University is one of the major providers of training for the professions associated with Biology. Faculty of Biology was founded in 1930 on the base of Biological Department of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. Nowadays it is a large scientific and research centre comprising all most important areas of modern Biology.

It incorporates 24 departments, 7 problem laboratories, more than 50 research laboratories. The students of the Faculty have at their disposal 2 biological field stations, one of them is located in Zvenigorod near Moscow and another on the White Sea coast. Our students take practical courses in Zoological Muzeum and Botanical Garden. We also maintain a satellite campus in the town of Pushchino-na-Oke where the department of Physico-Chemical Biology and branch of the Molecular Biology Department are set up.

The Faculty of Biology has a longstanding record in environmental science. Specialist teaching divisions are led by active members of the Ecology, Physiology, Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Microbiology recearch groups. Our highly qualified teaching staff includes 12 members and 6 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 50 professors and a large number of tutors holding DSc degree in Biology.

Departments

  • Anthropology
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Biophisics
  • Cell Physiology and Immunology
  • Cytology and Histology
  • Embriology
  • Entomology
  • Genetics
  • Geobotany
  • Higher Plants
  • Human and Animal Physiology
  • Hydrobiology
  • Ichtiology
  • Micology and Algology
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology of Higher Nervous Activity
  • Plant Physiology
  • Theory of Evolution
  • Virology
  • Zoology and Comparative Anatomy of Invertebrates
  • Zoology of Vertebrates and General Ecology

Bachelour and Master Degrees

5 years full time

Directions

  • Anthropology
  • Biochemistry
  • Biophisics
  • Botany Genetics
  • Microbiology
  • Physiology
  • Zoology

General Courses

  • Mathematics
  • Mathematical Methods in Biology
  • Physics
  • General Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Macromolecular Compounds and Colloid Chemistry
  • Cytology
  • Botany
  • Zoology
  • Anthropology
  • Embriology
  • Genetics
  • Human and Animal Physiology
  • Plant Physiology
  • Physiology of Higher Nervous Activity
  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Microbiology
  • Virology
  • Theory of Evolution
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Humanities
  • Environment Protection

Courses of specialisation

Biochemistry

  • Bionergetics
  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Biotechnology
  • Enzymology
  • Immunochemistry
  • Biochemistry of Biomemebranes
  • Biochemistry of Proteins
  • Principles of Structural Organization of Biopolimers
  • Chemistry of Nucleic Acids
  • Gene Engineering
  • Thermodynamics in Biology
  • Experimental Methods of Biochemistry
  • Physical and Chemical Methods in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

Anthropology

  • Anthropogenesis
  • Human Anatomy
  • Somatic and Functional Anthropology
  • Morphology of Human Skeleton
  • Problems of Medical Anthropology
  • Ethnic Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Euroasia
  • Odontology
  • Cerebrology
  • Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates
  • Ethology of Primates
  • Human Ecology
  • Ethnography

Botany

  • Systematics
  • Morphology of Plants
  • Anatomy of Plants
  • Embriology of Plants
  • Morphology of Pollen and Spore and Pollen Analysis
  • Biology of Plant Reproduction
  • Bryology
  • Mycology
  • Algology
  • Lichenology
  • Cultured Plants
  • Plant Immunology
  • General Hydrobiology
  • Ecology of Phytoplancton
  • Analysis of Ecological Data
  • Geography of Plants

Zoology

  • Systematics of Vertebrates and Invertebrates
  • Ecology
  • Embriology
  • Paleonthology
  • Ichtiology
  • Entomology
  • Zoogeography
  • Comparative Anatomy of Invertebrates and Vertebrates
  • Theory of Evolution
  • Medical Zoology
  • Animal Selection
  • Oceanology
  • Physiology of Insects
  • Physiology of Fish
  • Behaviour and Migration of Fish
  • Methods of Field Studies
  • Biology of Vertebrates

Biophysics

  • Molecular Biophysics
  • Biophysics of Radiobiological Processes
  • Biophysics of Receptivity
  • Biophysics of Photobiological Processes
  • Biophysical Genetics
  • Biophysics of Membranes
  • Medical Biophysics
  • Simulation of Biological Processes
  • Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes
  • Methods of Biophysical Studies
  • Ecological Biophysics
  • Biopolymers
  • Conformational Dynamics of Biopolymers
  • Kinetics of Biological Processes

Microbiology

  • Cytology of Microorganisms
  • Industrial Microbiology
  • Antibiotics
  • Genetics of Microorganisms
  • Ecology of Microorganisms
  • General Immunology
  • Bioenergetics
  • Cell Immunology

Genetics

  • Molecular Genetics
  • Gene Engineering
  • General Genetics
  • Genetical Analysis
  • Genetical Bases of Plants and Animals Selection
  • Genetics of Populations
  • Human Genetics
  • Medical Genetics
  • Cytogenetics
  • Mutation Process

Physiology

  • Histology
  • Immunochemistry
  • Immunomorphology
  • Experimental Embriology
  • Morphogenesis
  • Cell Biology
  • Physiology of Metabolism
  • Physiology of Blood Circulation
  • Physiology of High Nervous Activity
  • Physiology of Central and Autonomic Nervous System
  • Neurochemistry
  • Physiology of Sensor Systems
  • Physiology of Analysers
  • Endocrinology
  • Neurophysiology
  • Elektrophysiology
  • Neuropsyhcology
  • Farmacology of Physiologically Active Compounds
  • Plant Physiology
  • Anatomy of Plants
  • Anatomy of Plant Cell
  • Photosynthesis
  • Mineral Nutrition
  • Nitrogen Metabolism
  • Water Metabolism
  • Plant Respiration

Master Degree

2 years full time

Directions

  • Anthropology
  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Botany
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology
  • Physiology
  • Zoology

PhD Degree

3 years full time

Specialities

  • Biophysics
  • Radiobiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Parasitology, Helminthology
  • Botany
  • Microbiology
  • Virology
  • Zoology
  • Entomology
  • Ichtiology
  • Embriology, Histology and Cytology
  • Human and Animal Physiology
  • Plant Physiology
  • Anthropology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Hydrobiology
  • Micology
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Biotechnology
  • Cryobiology

Training of Specialists

Period of training: up to 1 year. The language of instruction is Russian or English.