About the School
The School of Asian Studies is one of Russia’s leading centers of East Asian and Middle Eastern studies. The school promotes a comprehensive approach to the study of Eastern countries, and its most important mission is to provide initial training in the fundamental principles of East Asian and Middle Eastern studies, followed by specialisation in the historical, cultural, religious, socio-economic, and political development of the traditional and modern East, as well as Russia’s interaction with Eastern countries. The school offers an intensive programme of both classical and modern Eastern languages, combining the teaching of the academic fundamentals of Eastern studies with practical skills for working with countries in East Asia and the Middle East.