Moscow State University to go offline starting from February 8
05.02.2021
Moscow State University will conduct the spring semester as conventional face-to-face instruction, following the order signed by MSU rector Victor Sadovnichiy. While easing the restrictions, the order demands compliance with the precaution measures and specifies the necessity for the universal provision with means of individual protection (masks). Other measures include monitoring social distancing and a ban on large-scale student events. Professors and lecturers over the age of 65 and those with chronic diseases should be individually authorized to conduct offline classes.
To supplement the regulations, the order lists a range of recommendations, such as checkerboard seating and assigning classrooms to certain groups. The introduction of hybrid education, with different groups studying offline by turns is another possible solution which could help minimize the risk.
Foreign students as well as those enrolled on part-time courses are likely to continue their education remotely. The Ministry of Education and science reported earlier that more than 300,000 international students are studying in Russian higher education institutions, roughly a third of which cannot enter the territory of Russia due to the pandemic situation. Victor Sadovnichiy pointed out that distance learning technologies facilitated comfortable education with MSU for students all over the world. This enabled MSU to maintain its high standards and accept just as many students as in the past academic year.
Moscow State University will conduct the spring semester as conventional face-to-face instruction, following the order signed by MSU rector Victor Sadovnichiy. While easing the restrictions, the order demands compliance with the precaution measures and specifies the necessity for the universal provision with means of individual protection (masks). Other measures include monitoring social distancing and a ban on large-scale student events. Professors and lecturers over the age of 65 and those with chronic diseases should be individually authorized to conduct offline classes.
To supplement the regulations, the order lists a range of recommendations, such as checkerboard seating and assigning classrooms to certain groups. The introduction of hybrid education, with different groups studying offline by turns is another possible solution which could help minimize the risk.
Foreign students as well as those enrolled on part-time courses are likely to continue their education remotely. The Ministry of Education and science reported earlier that more than 300,000 international students are studying in Russian higher education institutions, roughly a third of which cannot enter the territory of Russia due to the pandemic situation. Victor Sadovnichiy pointed out that distance learning technologies facilitated comfortable education with MSU for students all over the world. This enabled MSU to maintain its high standards and accept just as many students as in the past academic year.