Postgraduate education is designed for those who plan to pursue an academic career in teaching and research. Postgraduate programmes at MCU are aimed at developing research, academic and analytical skills required to write and defend a PhD thesis and acquire a PhD (Candidate of Sciences) degree.
MCU has established a continuous educational system that allows graduate students to proceed with their research in 12 different fields choosing from 39 specializations. There are 10 boards for doctoral and postdoctoral thesis defence at MCU.
| Ph.D. programme | Field of Study | Institute |
| Mathematical logic, algebra, and number theory | Mathematics and Mechanics | Institute of Digital Education |
| Management in social and economic systems | Information Science and Computing Technology | |
| Mathematical and software support of computer systems and networks | ||
| Theory and methods of physical education, sports training, health-promoting and adaptive physical culture | Physical Education and Sports | Institute of Natural Sciences and Sports Technologies |
| Theory and history of law and state | Law | Institute of Law and Management |
| Constitutional law, constitutional legal procedures, municipal law | ||
| Civil law, entrepreneurial law, private international law | ||
| Criminal law, criminology; criminal executive law | ||
| Criminal procedure | ||
| Information law | ||
| Political institutions, processes, and technologies | Political Science and Regional Studies | |
| Management of the national economy | Economics | |
| Educational psychology | Psychology | Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education |
| Correctional psychology | ||
| Sociology of management | Social Sciences | |
| Social philosophy | Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Studies | Institute of Humanities |
| Philosophy of anthropology and culture | ||
| History of philosophy | ||
| History of Russia | History and Archaeology | |
| World history | ||
| Theory and methods of teaching History | Education and Pedagogical Sciences | |
| Theory and methods of teaching foreign languages | Institute of Foreign Languages | |
| Theory and methods of teaching arts | Institute of Culture and Arts | |
| Theory and methods of teaching music | ||
| Theory and methods of arranging social and cultural activities | ||
| Theory and methods of teaching (digitalization of education) | Institute of Digital Education | |
| Theory and methods of teaching computer science | ||
| Theory and methods of teaching mathematics | ||
| Theory and methods of teaching Russian | Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education | |
| General pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education | ||
| Theory and methods of professional education | ||
| Correctional pedagogy | Institute of Special Education and Psychology | |
| Russian literature | Languages and Literature | Institute of Foreign Languages |
| Russian language | ||
| German languages | ||
| Literature of foreign countries | ||
| Comparative studies and typology in linguistics | ||
| Theory of language | Institute of Humanities |
Contacts
For more information regarding the PhD programmes offered by the MCU institutes, please contact the Department for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research:
Tel.: +7 (499) 181-06-89, +7 (499) 181-69-59
Email: aspirantura@mgpu.ru
Address: 4 Vtoroy Selskohoziajstvenny proezd, Moscow, 129226
Rooms 153, 154, 158, 3511