Text 4 Moscow State University
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Moscow State University is the oldest, autonomous, self-governing and state-supported institution of higher learning, founded in 1755 by the scientist Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov. Located in Moscow, the university is composed of faculties of biology, chemistry, computational mathematics and cybernetics, economics, foreign languages, fundamental medicine, geography, geology, history, journalism, law, mechanics and mathematics, physics, psychology, sociology, and soil sciences, as well as an institute of Asian and African Studies. Several museums, colleges, and a number of institutes are affiliated with Moscow University, and a preparatory faculty teaches the Russian language and other subjects to foreign students.
Except for the science faculties and some of the arts faculties—which are situated in south-western Moscow— the remainder of the faculties are located in the older university buildings in the centre of the city. A diploma in a given field of study is awarded after five or five and a half years of study. After three additional years and the completion of a thesis, the kandldat nauk degree is awarded. The highest degree, the Doctor of Sciences, may be attained upon completion of a thesis based on independent research.
Ex.1. Answer the questions.
When was Moscow State University founded?
What faculties is it composed of?
When, according to the article, the degree of kandldat nauk is awarded?
When of Sciences degree can be attained?
Text 5 The College Building and Halls of Residence
The college building contains the following rooms: the Assembly Hall capable of seating over 1,000 people, modern Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Physics laboratories both for teaching and research purposes, a gymnasium with changing rooms and shower baths, a room for modern dance, a large hall has a well equipped stage for drama performances, a refectory (to seat 300), lecture rooms and classrooms and three common rooms for the use of the staff and students. Libraries, reading-halls, administrative rooms, such as the dean’s and vice-dean’s offices, committee rooms and debating halls adjoin the common rooms and games rooms.
The object of the College is not only to train scientists and technologists but also to form a base for education in its broadest sense. This can best be fulfilled by the students mixing among themselves and the academic staff in debate, in common rooms and refectories.
Two adjoining buildings are reserved for residential purposes and have been acquired by the College primarily to provide much-needed Halls of Residence for its students. The existing Halls cannot accommodate more than a very small part of the growing number of students and the College hopes to provide 480 new study-bedrooms. The new hostels will have accommodation for permanent residents in single and double rooms as well as temporary dormitory accommodation.
Men and women live in different hostels, but they mix in their academic work, in sport, and socially. All resident students and day students are recommended to have their mid-day meal in College. The refectories and canteens are intended for the use of both students and teachers.