angelinakalugin Foreign languages and area studies, public administration, arts, world politics, global processes, Higher school of translation (faculty) , physical and chemical, Graduate school of public administration (faculty) , graduate school of management and innovations (faculty) , additional education (including Centre of retraining of scientific-pedagogical personnel) , military training, and the Institute of Asia and Africa, Moscow school of Economics, Institute of retraining and improvement of professional skill of teachers of humanitarian and social Sciences, Department of physical education and sport. Branches: Pushchino, Moscow (Chernogolovka) , Black Sea (Sevastopol) , Kazakhstan (Astana) .
In 1804 Charter was adopted, according to which the University was granted substantial autonomy. The University has directed the primary and secondary schools in the Central provinces of Russia. The rector and deans were elected from among the professors: the first elected rector was Professor of history and literature H. A. Chebotarev. The Board of professors decided all matters of University life, awarded degrees. Students were trained for 3 years at one of the 4 faculties (departments) : of moral and political Sciences, physical and mathematical Sciences, medical Sciences and verbal Sciences. In the 19th century when the University was formed the first scientific society of naturalists, the history and antiquities of Russian, of Russian literature lovers. A fire during the war of 1812 caused great damage to the Moscow University: burned buildings, killed library, archive, Museum, equipment. The University soon recovered, and by 1820, there were already trained more than 500 students. In the first quarter of the 19th century, the University operated student groups of future Decembrists: the Cretan brothers, V. G. Belinsky, A. I. Herzen and N. P. Ogarev.