Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy

RSAU - MTAA offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses through 8 Institutes, which are further subdivided into 79 Departments.

• The Institute of Amelioration, Water Management and Construction provides UG and PG taught and research programs through thirteen Departments: Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Hydraulic Structures, Protection in Emergency Situations, Engineering Structures, Reclamation and Construction Machinery, Organization and Technology of Construction of Environmental Facilities, Labor Protection, Agricultural Water Supply, Sanitation, Pumps and Pumping Stations, Agricultural Construction and Real Estate Expertise, Agricultural Land Reclamation, Forestry and Land Management, Computer-aided Design, Systems and Engineering Calculations, Physics, and Ecology.
• The Institute of Economics and Management in Agribusiness conducts undergraduate and postgraduate programs through eighteen Departments: Bookkeeping and Tax Assessment, Higher Mathematics, State and Municipal Management and Tourism, Foreign and Russian languages, History, World Economy and Marketing, Production Organization, Pedagogy and Psychology of Professional Education, Political Economy, Law Science, Applied Information Science, Public Relations and Speech Communication, Statistics and Cybernetics, Management, Philosophy, Finance, Economy, and Economic safety, Analysis and Audit.
• The Institute of Mechanical and Power Engineering teaches UG and PG courses, and carries out research via its twelve Departments: Automation and Robotization of Technological Processes, Tractors and Automobiles, Engineering and Computer Graphics, Materials Science and Engineering Technology, Metrology, Standardization and Quality Management, Agricultural Machinery, Resistance of materials and Machine parts, Sanitary Engineering, Hydraulics and Power Supply of Enterprises, Technical Service of Machinery and Equipment, Machine and Tractor Fleet Operation and High Technologies in Crop Production, Power Supply and Electrical Engineering, and Animal Husbandry Engineering.
• The Institute of Lifelong Learning provides continuing and advanced education in fields like Agronomy, Animal husbandry, Economics and management, Agrarian chemistry and soil science, and Ecology.
• The Institute of Zootechnics and Biology conducts undergraduate and postgraduate programs through ten Departments: Dairy and Beef Cattle Breeding, Private Zootechnology, Zoology, Veterinary Medicine, Morphology and Veterinary and Sanitary Examination, Horse Breeding, Animal Feeding, Animal Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, Physiology, Ecology and Biochemistry of Animals, and Aquaculture and Beekeeping.
• The Institute of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture provides UG and PG taught and research programs through five Departments: Botany, Selection and Seed Production of Garden Plants, Fruit Growing, Viticulture and Winemaking, Landscape Gardening and Lawn Science, Landscape Design, and Vegeculture.
• The Institute of Food Technology conducts undergraduate and postgraduate programs through four Departments: Processes and Equipment of Processing Productions, Technology of Storage and Processing of Livestock Products, Technology of Storage and Processing of Horticultural and Plant Products, and Quality Management and Commodity Science of Products.
• The Institute of Agrobiotechnology provides UG and PG taught and research programs through ten Departments: Agronomic, Biological Chemistry and Radiology, Genetics, Breeding and Seed Production, Crop Protection, Agriculture and Methods of Experimental Affairs, Meteorology and Climatology, Microbiology and Immunology, Soil Science, Geology and Landscape Science. Plant Growing and Meadow Ecosystems, Plant Physiology, and Chemistry.

International applicants to Bachelor’s degree programs at MTAA must follow these steps:

• Online application through the University website: The form with personal details and academic history must be filled carefully.
• Document upload: According to the list given above, candidates must upload identity proofs in addition to notarized copies of high school certificates and academic transcripts. A set of recent photographs (3 cm x 4 cm) must also be uploaded.
• Shortlisting: Based on the materials submitted, the University chooses a set of students who will apply for the entrance examinations; these are typically scheduled in July or August, based on the Department.
• Entrance examinations: Applicants to UG courses usually have to give three tests. One of them is always a test of Russian Language Proficiency. For most programs, the second is a test of Mathematics skill. However, in courses like Advertising and Public Relations, this is replaced by Social Sciences and History.
• Applicants with no knowledge of Russian are encouraged to enroll for a preparatory course. At the end of such a course, there are further tests in Russian and program specific subjects as a precursor to joining a UG degree.
• Successful candidates are issued a letter of invitation with which they can apply for a visa; once this is done, they can pay the first year’s fees and travel to Moscow.

The admission process for Master’s and PhD programs is similar; the only difference is in the types of documents submitted.