The Independent University of Moscow (IUM) () is an educational organisation with rather informal status located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1991 by a group of Russian mathematicians that included

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(chairman) and Sergei Novikov. The IUM consists of the departments of

mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

and

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and the post-graduate school. Anyone can attend lectures and seminars and become a student after passing three exams.. It is a non-governmental educational institution for the training of professional mathematicians, acting by a higher education institution type.

Location

The IUM is located in a building in central Moscow. The address is 11 Bol. Vlasievskii per., a small street near the

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and within walking distance of the

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, the

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, the

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, the

Pushkin Museum The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (, abbreviated as , ''GMII'') is the largest museum of European art in Moscow. It is located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The International musical festival Sviatos ...

, and the

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. In addition to lecture halls and classes, the IUM building has a library, a computer lab, a cafeteria, a small publishing house, and a book shop for math books. IUM is the home of the

Math in Moscow Math in Moscow (MiM) is a one-semester study abroad program for North American and European undergraduates held at the Independent University of Moscow (IUM) in Moscow, Russia. The program consists mainly of math courses that are taught in English. ...

study abroad program, a one-semester course in mathematics and computer science. Students from the United States and Canada are eligible for the program, and courses are taught in English by Russian mathematicians. The

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offers several scholarships each semester to help cover tuition.

History

The Independent University of Moscow was founded in 1991 by a group of academics, professors and mathematics teaching enthusiasts (

, Sergei Novikov, Y.G.Sinai, L.D. Faddeev, V.M. Tikhomirov, R.L . Dobrušin, and others).

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and Robert MacPherson also played roles in the creation of the university, along with N.N. Konstantinov, the teacher and organizer of mathematical olympiads. Since 2000,

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has served as the president of the IUM. Since 2001, the IUM operates a program for foreign students called Math in Moscow. The American and Canadian Mathematical Societies award scholarships for those wishing for a year or a semester to study mathematics at the IUM. The IUM also operates an exchange program with the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and fifth-year graduate students have the opportunity to IUM for a month to study at Ecole Normale, and French students at IUM. In 2002, it opened a joint French-Russian Laboratory (Laboratoire J.-V. Poncelet).

Training

IUM is a structural subdivision of the Moscow Center for Continuous Mathematical Education. IUM offers a free 5-year course of study (student has the right to reduce or increase the actual period of study, based on your personal needs and interests), and (since 1993), post-graduate courses. Education in the IUM is based on the following principles: * There are no entrance exams. * Any person can freely attend the classes. * A non-resident student who successfully passes three exams, becomes a resident student of the university. A resident student must pass at least 3k - 4 courses to complete k-th semester. * To graduate, the student must fulfill all the credits, both for the mandatory and elective courses, and defend a thesis. Many mathematical organizations around the world recognize the university diploma, including, for example,

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and

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References

External links

IUM Site in Russian

Math in Moscow official website
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