Russian State Agrarian University - Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy

About Russian State Agrarian University - Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy

The Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU–MTAA) is a state university for agriculture in Moscow, Russia. It is also called the Timiryazev Academy. It was founded in 1865 as the Petrovskaya Agricultural and Forest Academy and is named after the plant physiologist Kliment Timiryazev. The official date of creation is 27 October 1865. The founder is the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. The address in the official information section is 49 Timiryazevskaya Street, Moscow 127434. The university's English pages give the academic building and international offices at 58 Timiryazevskaya Street.

Institutes and research

The university has eight institutes: agrobiotechnology; animal science and biology; land reclamation, water management and construction (named after A.N. Kostyakov); mechanics and power engineering (named after V.P. Goryachkin); continuing education; horticulture and landscape architecture; economics and management of the agro-industrial complex; and technology. It also has a technological college and a branch in Kaluga. Fields of study include agronomy, veterinary medicine, food technology, agricultural engineering, land management, information technology, and economics and management.

Students

According to the Russian page about the university, it has more than 18,000 students, including more than 11,000 full-time students.

For international applicants

All programmes listed on the English pages are taught in Russian. The university runs a foundation programme, a year of Russian before degree study. It is full-time, lasts two semesters and has 1,080 hours. Its tracks are economics, engineering and technology, natural sciences, and medical and biological subjects. Applicants can send documents by email, online through the RuID app or the Gosuslugi portal, or in person. Students under the Russian Government quota are selected on education-in-russia.com. The Council of International Students (Intersovet) helps new students settle in.

Housing

The official information lists 13 dormitories. The university's English pages say that academic buildings and more than ten dormitories stand on one campus. Students can move in no earlier than the enrolment order. Check-in is on weekdays only.