Moscow State University of Psychology and Education

Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE) is a State University. It was established in 1996 on the initiative of the Department of education of the city of Moscow, in the status of the University it exists since 2002. MSUPE is a young university, but its history goes back to the beginning of the 20th century, when the first in Russia (at that time the third in the world) research and educational, psychological Institute was founded(today it is the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education (PI RAE).
Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (MSUPE) is one of Russia's top universities of psychological and psycho-pedagogical studies. Founded under the Moscow Government initiative, the University aims to train highly qualified specialists in the field of education, healthcare, and social protection. Apart from getting a strong theoretical foundation, the university students acquire the necessary practical skills by working in psychological centers and educational institutions. Currently, there are more than 5000 students and Ph.D. students studying at 12 Faculties of the University: Psychology of Education, Social Psychology, Psychological Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Clinical and Special Psychology, Legal Psychology, Extreme Psychology, State and Municipal Management, Foreign Languages, Informational technologies, Social Communication, Social Pedagogy, Distant Learning, and Advanced Training. The University provides a wide range of educational programs, including postgraduate, advanced training, and retraining courses.
MSUPE is actively involved in international collaboration. There are over 100 cooperation agreements signed with partner-institutions of higher professional education and research centers in the EU, Great Britain, USA, Australia, and China. The University offers a wide variety of BA and MA programs, including international double degree programs in psychology. The University UNESCO Chair, "Cultural-historical Psychology of Childhood," has launched a unique international Master's program, "Cultural-historical Psychology and Activity Approach in Education," with experts from Australia, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Lithuania, and Switzerland. MSUPE provides the full complex of facilities and conditions for international students. Academic student and staff mobility programs with European and Asian Universities are implemented.
The University represents a primary resource center of the city psychological service: it manages the work of psychologists in various educational institutions and Moscow's social services. The University provides training for specialists working in different social practice spheres and involved in various psychological work (mainly, emergency and extreme situations). The University provides comfortable conditions and is fully equipped for people with special needs. The educational process of MSUPE Faculty of Distant Learning is fully adapted for students with special needs. The learning materials are specially developed for students by leading university professors and researchers of the Psychological Institute of ASD. Federal Resource Center for Organization of Comprehensive Support to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders with more than 20-years history of providing comprehensive assistance to children with ASD works as a subdivision of Moscow State University of Psychology & Education.
The University provides access to a unique fundamental library with full-text electronic resources in Russian and foreign languages. The library offers electronic textbooks and rare psychological literature. MSUPE is a unique University where fundamental scientific research goes hand in hand with practice-oriented training. The students conduct scientific research and acquire practical skills working in University research-to-practice laboratories and psychological centers: Centre for Neurocognitive Research (MEG-Centre), Center for Psychological and Educational Expertise of Games and Toys, Center for Research and Development of Gifted Children, Center for Experimental Psychology, Center for Emergency Psychological Aid, etc.
MSUPE is actively involved in international collaboration. There are over 100 cooperation Agreements signed by the University with partner-Institutions of higher professional education in the EU, Great Britain, USA, Australia, and China. The University offers a wide variety of BA and MA programs, including double degree programs in the field of psychology with Sapienza University of Rome(Italy), Plovdiv University "PaisyKhilendarski" (Bulgaria), Institute for Applied Research in the social sciences (Germany). The University UNESCO Chair, "Cultural-historical Psychology of Childhood," is launching an international Master's program, "Cultural-historical Psychology and Activity Approach in Education," with leading experts from Australia, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Lithuania, and Switzerland. The program's modules are available in the English language. MSUPE provides the full complex of facilities and conditions for international students. Academic student and staff mobility programs with Universities of Europe and Asia are implemented. MSUPE puts the importance of the development of international cooperation in science and education among the key fundamental lines of University policy for improving bilateral and network relations in the academic environment.