Doctoral Programmes and Fields of Study

Field of Study (Educational programme)	Scientific specialty	Duration of Study	Campus
1.1. Mathematics and mechanics (Mathematics and mechanics)	1.1.1. Real, complex and functional analysis	4 years	Moscow
	1.1.8. Mechanics of Deformable Solid Bodies		Moscow
	1.1.2. Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics		MoscowNizhny Novgorod
	1.1.3. Geometrics and Topology
	1.1.5. Mathematical Logic, Algebra, Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
	1.1.4. Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics		Moscow Saint Petersburg
1.2 Computer and Information Science (Computer Science)	1.2.1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	3 years	Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Saint Petersburg
	1.2.3. Theoretical Computer Science, Cybernetics		Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Saint Petersburg
	1.2.2. Mathematical modeling, numerical methods and software packages		Moscow Nizhny Novgorod
1.3 Physical sciences (Physics and astronomy)	1.3.1. Space Physics, Astronomy	4 years	Moscow
	1.3.3. Theoretical Physics		Moscow
	1.3.6. Optics		Moscow
	1.3.8. Condensed-matter Physics		Moscow
	1.3.10. Low Temperature Physics		Moscow
	1.3.11. Physics of semiconductors		Saint Petersburg
	1.3.8. Condensed-matter Physics	4 years (Doctoral school of Thechnical Science)	Moscow
	1.3.15. Physics of atomic nuclei and elementary particles, high-energy physics	4 years (Doctoral school of Thechnical Science)	Moscow
1.4 Chemical Sciences (Solid State Chemistry)	1.4.7. High-molecular compounds	4 years	Moscow
	1.4.8. Element-organic compounds
	1.4.15. Solid State Chemistry
1.5 Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology)	1.5.3. Molecular Biology	4 years	Moscow
2.2 Electronics, photonics, instrumentation and communications (Electronics, Radiotechnics and Communication Systems)	2.2.2. Electronic Component Base of Micro- and Nanoelectronics, Quantum Devices	4 years	Moscow
	2.2.3. Technology and Equipment for the Production of Materials and Electronic Devices
	2.2.10. Metrology and Metrological Supervision
	2.2.13. Radio engineering, including TV devices and systems
	2.2.14. Antennas and microwave devices and technologies
	2.2.15. Systems, Networks and Devices for Telecommunications
2.3 Information technology and telecommunications (System Analysis. Math Modeling. Information Technology) (Mathematical and Computer Systems Software) (Information Security)	2.3.1. Systems Analysis, Control Theory, and Information Processing	3 years	Moscow
	2.3.2. Automation and Control of Technological Processes and Production		Moscow
	2.3.3. Computing Systems and their Elements		Moscow
	2.3.5. Mathematical and Software Support for Computing Systems, Complexes and Computer Networks (Mathematical and Computer Systems Software)		Moscow Saint Petersburg
	2.3.6. Methods and Systems of Information Security (Information Security)		Moscow
	2.3.7. Computer Modeling and Design Automation (System Analysis. Math Modeling. Information Technology)		Moscow
	2.3.8. Informatics and information processes		Moscow
5.3 Psychology (Psychological Studies)	5.3.1 General Psychology, Psychology of Personality, History of Psychology	3 years	Moscow
5.3 Psychology (Psychological Studies)	5.3.5 Social Psychology, Political and Economic Psychology	3 years	Moscow
5.2 Economics (Economics) (Management) (Public administration)	5.2.4 Finance	3 years	Moscow Nizhny Novgorod
	5.2.3 Regional and Sectoral Economy		Moscow Perm Saint Petersburg
	5.2.1 Economic Theory		Moscow
	5.2.5 World Economy		Moscow Saint Petersburg
	5.2.2 Mathematical, Statistical and Instrumental Methods of Economics		Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Saint Petersburg
	5.2.6 Management		Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Saint Petersburg
	5.2.7. Public Administration and Sectoral Policies		Moscow
5.4 Social Sciences (Sociology)	5.4.1. Theory, Methodology and History of Sociology	3 years	Moscow
	5.4.2. Economic Sociology
	5.4.3. Demography
	5.4.4. Social Structure, Social Institutions and Processes		Moscow Saint Petersburg
5.1 Law (Law)	5.1.1. Theoretical and Historical Legal Sciences	3 years	Moscow
	5.1.5. International Legal Sciences
	5.1.4. Criminal Law Sciences
	5.1.3. Private Law (Civilistic) Sciences		Moscow Saint Petersburg
	5.1.2. Public Law (State Law) Sciences		Moscow Nizhny Novgorod
5.5 Political Science (Political Science) (International Relations and Regional Studies)	5.5.1 History and Theory of Politics	3 years	Moscow Saint Petersburg
	5.5.2 Political Institutions, Processes and Technologies	3 years	Moscow Saint Petersburg
	5.5.4 International Relationships (International Relations and Regional Studies)	3 years	Moscow
5.8 Education and Pedagogical Studies (Education)	5.8.1 Pedagogy, History of Pedagogy and Education	3 years	Moscow
	5.8.2 Theory and Methodology of Training and Education
	5.8.7 Methodology and Technology of Professional Education
5.9 Philology (Linguistics and Literature Studies) (Modern Languages) (Communications and Media) (Languages and literatures of the countries and peoples of the East and Africa)	5.9.1. Russian Literature and Literature of the Peoples of the Russian Federation	3 years	Moscow Nizhny Novgorod
	5.9.2. Literature of the peoples of the world
	5.9.3. Literary theory
	5.9.4. Folklore
	5.9.5. Russian language. Languages of the peoples of Russia		Moscow
	5.9.6. Languages of Peoples of Foreign Countries (Modern Languages)		Moscow
	5.9.8 Theoretical, Applied and Comparative Linguistics		Moscow Nizhny NovgorodSaint Petersburg
	5.9.9. Media Communications and Journalism (Communications and Media)		Moscow
	5.9.2. Literature of the peoples of the world		Moscow
	5.9.6. Languages of Peoples of Foreign Countries (Modern Languages)		Moscow
5.6 Historical Studies (Historical Studies and Archeology) (Historical Studies) (Domestic Politics and International Relations in the Contemporary Era) (The history of the countries and peoples of the East and Africa)	5.6.1. Russian History(Historical Studies and Archeology)	3 years	Moscow
	5.6.1. Russian History (Historical Studies)		Saint Petersburg
	5.6.2 General History (Historical Studies and Archeology )		Moscow
	5.6.2 General History (Domestic Politics and International Relations in the Contemporary Era)		Moscow
	5.6.2 General History (The history of the countries and peoples of the East and Africa)
	5.6.3. Archeology		Moscow
	5.6.4. Ethnology, Anthropology and Ethnography (Historical Studies)		Moscow Saint Petersburg
	5.6.5. Historiography, Source Studies and Methods of Historical Studies		Moscow
5.7 Philosophy (Philosophy)	5.7.1 Ontology and Epistemology	3 years	Moscow
	5.7.2 History of Philosophy
	5.7.4 Ethics
	5.7.5 Logic
	5.7.6 Philosophy of Science and Technology
	5.7.7 Social and Political Philosophy
	5.7.8 Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Culture
	5.7.9 Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies
5.10 Fine and Applied Arts and Architecture (Cultural studies) (Art and Design)	5.10.1. Theory and History of Culture and Art	3 years	Moscow
	5.10.3. Types of Art	3 years	Moscow
5.12 Cognitive Sciences (Cognitive Sciences)	5.12.1 Interdisciplinary studies of cognitive processes	3 years	Moscow