Modern Trends in History of Russia and China: Comparative Approach

Profession

A graduate of the master’s programme in Modern Trends in History of Russia and China: Comparative Approach is a historian, political scientist, diplomat, economist, lawyer, linguist rolled into one. A good knowledge of a foreign language, economics, geography, history, demography and culture of the region allows a sinologist-historian to find employment in various fields of activity. A sinologist-historian can engage in specialized translation, participate in the development of international relations, draw up investment projects, conduct statistical research, and advise on the problems of the region. Sinologist-historians analyze historical, natural resource, ethnic, religious, environmental, political, intra- and interregional factors of the subject of the problem.

Educational Process

Students study a full range of general theoretical, historical and applied disciplines related to China and East Asia. Particular attention is paid to the cycle of historical disciplines in geography and history, economics and finance, politics and law, culture and religion, foreign policy and international relations of the region under study.
Among the teaching staff are leading experts from RUDN University, MGIMO University and Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Institute of Asian and African Countries of Moscow State University, Institute of the Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences, practitioners from the Russian Foreign Ministry and Rossotrudnichestvo.

Practice

Students study a full range of general theoretical, historical and applied disciplines related to China and East Asia. Particular attention is paid to the cycle of historical disciplines in geography and history, economics and finance, politics and law, culture and religion, foreign policy and international relations of the region under study.
Among the teaching staff are leading experts from RUDN University, MGIMO University and Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Institute of Asian and African Countries of Moscow State University, Institute of the Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences, practitioners from the Russian Foreign Ministry and Rossotrudnichestvo.

Career

The main jobs in which graduates of the department are employed include diplomat, expert in historical sciences, analyst, regional studies journalist, regional studies lawyer, regional studies economist, regional studies manager. The range of positions held is quite wide: from a bank teller to the first secretary of an embassy. Graduates of the department work in the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Rossotrudnichestvo, MIA Russia Today, ITAR TASS, diplomatic institutions of a number of foreign states, international organizations, commercial organizations, research centres, higher educational institutions in Russia and abroad.