The Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences (hereinafter – IIRPS) was established on December 28, 2024, based on the Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Foreign Regional Studies (FIRPSFRS, established in December 2015) of the Historical and Archival Institute of the Russian State University for the Humanities.

The Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences includes:

• Faculty of International Relations;
• Faculty of Political Science;
• Department of Foreign Languages;
• University Educational and Scientific Russian-German Center;
• University International Center for South Asian Studies;
• University Center for the Study of Benelux Countries and
• University Russian-Afghan Center

IIRPS provides education at three levels:

Bachelor's degree –

1. "Foreign Regional Studies" (profiles "Asian Studies", "American Studies", "European Studies");
2. "International Relations" (profiles "World Politics and International Business", "International Security: expertise and forecasting");
3. "Political Science" (profile "Public Policy and Management; political management";
4. "History" (History of international relations and Foreign policy of Russia);

Master's degree programs –

• "Foreign Regional Studies" ("Countries and regions of the World in World Politics and Business» program);
• "International Relations" ("Analysis and expert commentary of international processes" program);
• "Political Science" (Ethnopolitics and Migration in modern Russia" program);
• "Political Media Communication in a Digital Society"); "History" ("History of International Relations and Foreign Policy" program);

Postgraduate studies

5.6."Historical Sciences" (focus 5.6.7 – History of international relations and foreign policy);

• 5.5. "Political Science" (focus 5.5.2 Political institutions, processes and technologies);
• 5.5.3. Public administration and sectoral policies;

5.5.4. International Relations;

Contacts:

IIRPS Director Dr. Prof. Vasily S. Khristoforov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; acting Dean of the Faculty of International Relations;

IIRPS Deputy Director P. Anisimov

Dean Faculty of Political Science Dr. Prof. Nikolay A. Borisov

Moscow, Miusskaya sq., 6

Director’s office bld.7 room 271а

Dean’s office bld.5, room 1105

Tel. +7 (495) 250-63-95

+7 (495) 250-63-78

+7 (495) 250-66-76

imo.ipn@rggu.ru