International University in Moscow

International University in Moscow

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Motto	Pro Bono Publico
Type	Private University
Established	1991
President	Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov
Rector	Sergey N. Krasavchenko
Location	Moscow , Russia
Website	http://www.interun.ru

The International University in Moscow was established in 1991 by Mikhail Gorbachev and President George H. W. Bush, and was the first private university in Russia.

In August 1991, President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and President Bush launched a joint educational project: a Soviet-American University, which in documents signed later by Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, was named the International University in Moscow.

The president of the University, Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov, is a well-known Russian economist, a prominent politician, and the first Mayor of Moscow. The Rector of the University, Sergey N. Krasavchenko, is a renowned economist and politician, 1990-1999 member of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, first deputy head of the presidential administration and advisor to the Russian President.

The university's main campus is located at 17 Leningradsky Prospect in central Moscow.

Mission

The mission of the University is to train highly qualified specialists who are able to work in today’s national and international business environment. IUM is liberal in orientation. Among its basic principles are democracy, human and multicultural values, focus on the modern world, comprehensive training, and care and attention to students. IUM also supports a superior quality of teaching. Among its lecturers there are renowned academics, qualified professors and specialists, and recognized visiting international professors. The most effective and advanced methods of teaching are applied. The university has solid partnerships with several educational institutions abroad. Currently about one in every eight students is international. Regular conferences, seminars and round tables at IUM bring up new ideas and develop creative thinking and thus improve both teaching and research activity.

FACULTIES

The institute has following faculties:

• Faculty of Management

• Faculty of Major Cities

• Faculty of Entrepreneurship in Culture

• Faculty of Foreign Languages

• Faculty of Law

• Faculty of Journalism

Partners

• Washington & Jefferson College (Pennsylvania, United States)
• North Park University (Chicago, United States)
• University of Mississippi (Mississippi, United States)
• University of Western Ontario (Canada)
• Akita International University (Japan)
• Institute of administration and management at the Higher school of Commerce (Paris/Nice, France)
• University of León (León, Spain)
• Zagreb School of Economics and Management (Zagreb, Croatia)

Honorary Doctors

• Paul Davenport - The 9th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario (Canada)
• Mikhail Gorbachev - President of the Soviet Union
• Daisaku Ikeda - President of Soka Gakkai (Japan)
• Kim Hak-Su - Under Secretary of the United Nations Executive Secretary of ESCAP
• Kreg Kohan - First General Director of "Coca-Cola Refreshments Moscow"
• Hermenegildo Lуpez Gonzalez - Professor of the University of León (Spain)
• Yuri Luzhkov - The 2nd Mayor of Moscow
• Dennis Meadows - Director of the Institute of Politics and Social Research at University of New Hampshire (United States)
• Victor Meskill - President of Dowling College (United States)
• Kalman Mizhei - UN Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, Director
• Timothy O'Connor - Vice-President of American Councils for International Education; The University of Northern Iowa
• Vyacheslav Trushin - Art director of Chamber Orchestra "Rossijskaya Kamerata"
• Klaus-Heinrich Standke - President of "East-West" Economic Academy (Germany)
• Joan Wheeler - John Davis Foundation (United States), Trustee

External links

• Official website in Russian