Moscow State University of Geodesy
and Cartography (MIIGAiK) was established
in 1779 and it is the center of higher
geodetic education in Russia and the
largest educational institution of this type in
Europe.
Thousands of the University graduates
are taking part in the exploration of the territory
and natural resources of Russia, in
designing its maps, in constructing its
cities, roads and industrial enterprises.
The scientists working at MIIGAiK are
always the avant-garde of geodesy, establishing
and developing it as one of the fundamental
Earth sciences.
The glorious past of MIIGAiK, deep-rooted pedagogical and scientific traditions,
accumulated throughout 225 years of its development, the importance and vitality of
geodetic science and practice for many branches of national economy, a wide range of
specialists being trained at the University - all these assure the leading role of MIIGAiK
as a specialized institution of higher education.
Today, the University is actively participating in the exploration of outer space and
application of the results of this exploration to science, economy, agriculture, geological
prospecting and ecology. MIIGAiK renders great assistance to many countries of the
world in training national scientific and engineering staff for geodesy and cartography
- more than 2,000 foreign graduates from the University are working now in 85 countries
all over the world. Many national geodetic services and topographic enterprises of
different countries have close and mutually
advantageous economic and scientific relations
with the University. Our years of experience
in training specialists and
researchers, highly qualified teachers,
modern laboratories and field bases, vast
contacts with various scientific institutions -
all these guarantee those who study at the
University the highest level of theoretical
and practical training.
MIIGAiK educates researchers by means
of postgraduate courses; eight specialized
academic councils are established for scientific
theses and dissertations to be defended.
The studies that are being conducted in
MIIGAiK embrace almost the whole range of
problems of geodesy, cartography and
cadastre, as well as such specific fields as
precise instrument-making, geoinformatics,
ecology and remote sensing.
A complete list of fields and majors of
training specialists and scientific and
pedagogical workers is given at the end of
the booklet.
