MCU

Sources

• Basic information https://www.mgpu.ru/sveden/common/

  The official page confirms the full Russian name of Moscow City University, the GАОУ ВО МГПУ abbreviation, and the Moscow address.

  Used to identify the new catalog record and its base location.

• MCU Brand Guidelines https://en.mgpu.ru/brand/

  The official English page gives the full name Moscow City University and the abbreviation MCU.

  Used for the catalog entry's English full and short names.

• Information on educational programs https://www.mgpu.ru/sveden/education/

  The official section discloses programs, profiles, study modes, program descriptions, curricula, syllabi, and calendars through public d.mgpu.ru cards.

  Checked bachelor's and specialist rows show predefined fields and profiles, for example 44.03.05 Pedagogical Education with two profiles, 37.03.01 Psychology, 54.03.01 Design, and 52.05.01 Acting.

  Used as the main map of active curricula and as negative evidence against programChoice above 0: no regular choice of another main program after a common core was found in the curricula.

• Bachelor's and basic higher education admissions 2026 https://www.mgpu.ru/bakalavriat-i-spetsialitet/

  The official admissions page, updated in May 2026, links to 2026-2027 admission places for bachelor's and basic higher education programs.

  The checked admissions document lists concrete programs with field, level, duration, study mode, and seats; durations include 4 years, 4 years 6 months, and 5 years.

  Programs with an additional qualification and basic higher education were treated as separate fixed admission programs, not as a post-enrollment minor.

• Educational organization documents https://www.mgpu.ru/sveden/document/

  The documents section contains the regulation on transfer, dismissal, and readmission in higher education and the regulation on university-wide elective modules.

  The separate transfer regulation was treated as evidence that changing the main program is an administrative procedure, not a built-in major choice.

  The university-wide elective-module regulation was used together with the student page and curricula for courseChoice = 3.

• Electives https://student.mgpu.ru/elektivnye-kursy/

  The official student page explains that since 2016 MCU has implemented university-wide elective modules and courses for bachelor's programs, and since 2023 elective courses have been introduced in master's programs.

  It states that there are more than 300 elective courses and modules and describes a bachelor's module as three courses taken by all full-time students from years one to three.

  Students choose independently through the personal account by ranking priorities; the right to choose is given to all students regardless of performance or academic debt, and after enrollment the module becomes a mandatory part of the educational program.

  This is the main source for courseChoice = 3: it confirms a broad university-wide pool embedded in the required study trajectory.

• Curriculum for 44.03.05 Pedagogical Education with two profiles, History and Social Studies profile https://d.mgpu.ru/plan/public/view?id=2362

  The public curriculum card confirms fixed 44.03.05 Pedagogical Education with two profiles, History and Social Studies profile, full-time mode, and a 5-year duration.

  The syllabus page for this plan shows professional program-specific electives, elective physical education, and a large Elective Modules block with thematically diverse modules such as geography and tourism, stress management, interviews, modern art, psycholinguistics, and others.

  The plan demonstrates a fixed main program combined with open university-wide course choice.

• Curriculum for 37.03.01 Psychology, Personality and Counseling Psychology profile https://d.mgpu.ru/plan/public/view?id=2409

  The public curriculum card confirms fixed 37.03.01 Psychology, Personality and Counseling Psychology profile, full-time mode, and a 4-year duration.

  The syllabus page contains a separate Elective Modules block with interdisciplinary modules covering geography, communication, art, psycholinguistics, psychology, and pedagogy.

  This plan was checked as a non-teacher-education bachelor's example: university-wide electives remain present, but no main-program choice or minor was found.

• Curriculum for 52.05.01 Acting https://d.mgpu.ru/plan/public/view?id=2613

  The public specialist curriculum card confirms fixed 52.05.01 Acting, Drama and Film Actor profile, full-time mode, and a 4-year duration.

  The specialist check provides another fixed main-program example with no mechanism for choosing another main field of study after admission.

• Elective modules/courses https://www.mgpu.ru/educational_program/n-a-n-a-elektivnye-moduli-kursy/

  The official Elective modules/courses object page was published in 2026 and links elective modules to bachelor's, specialist, and master's education.

  On the staff and discipline page, this object appears alongside different educational programs, confirming the interprogram nature of the elective pool.