Moscow State Institute of Music named after A. G. Schnittke

• Location: Moscow, Russia;
• Age of students: from 15 years;
• Type: mixed;
• Language of instruction: Russian.

The date of foundation of the institute is may 28, 1918. The founder of the Institute is Moscow, whose functions and powers are carried out by the Department of Culture of Moscow. Education at the institute is carried out in full-time form.

The educational process is based on a combination of individual, small-group and group classes, which allows achieving good results in the development of courses.

The Institute has the following divisions:

• Department of Piano Art;
• Department of String-Bowed Art;
• Department of Orchestral Conducting;
• Department of Folk Performing Arts;
• Department of Vocal Art and Opera ;
• Department of Choral Conducting;
• Department of Philosophy, History and Theory of Culture and Art;
• College of Music;
• Children's Music School named after Yu.A. Shaporin, where education is conducted in general development and pre-professional programs of additional music education.

Research activities at the Shnittke Moscow State Medical Institute are carried out in the following areas:

• Modern musical education in the context of the culture of the XX-XXI centuries;
• Musical Culture of East and West: Traditions and Modernity;
• Musical performance: traditions and innovations;
• Musical life and composer's creativity: ways of intersection;
• Vocal traditions in modern performing culture.

Among the employees of the teaching staff of the university and in the administrative building there are only 308 people, of which:

• 10 doctors of science;
• 36 candidates of science;
• 22 professors;
• 30 associate professors;
• 47 employees have honorary titles:
  • Honored Artist of the Russian Federation — 15;
  • Honored Artist of the RSFSR — 1;
  • Honored Artist of the Russian Federation — 1;
  • Honored Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan — 1;
  • Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation — 8;
  • Honored Worker of higher education of the Russian Federation — 1;
  • Honored Artist of the Moscow Region — 1;
  • Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan — 1;
  • People's Artist of the Russian Federation — 5;
  • Honorary Worker of Culture of the City of Moscow — 7;
  • Honorary Worker of Education of the Russian Federation — 1;
  • Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation — 1;
  • Award badge "For excellent success in secondary special education - 1;
  • Award badge "For achievement in the culture of the Russian Federation" — 2;
  • Medal "For Contribution to the Development of Musical Art" – 1.

In 2021, students of the Institute won more than 400 laureate titles.

The hostel of the Institute is designed for 32 places. The Institute helps students in need of accommodation in the dormitories of other educational institutions.

The institute has a catering point that provides free (subsidized) meals.

In the Moscow State Institute of Music named after A.G. Schnittke there are:

• mgim photo and video club;
• music journalism section;
• video editing section;
• sound engineering club;
• creative teams of A.G. Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music:
  • Symphony Orchestra;
  • Chamber Schnittke Orchestra;
  • Opera Studio;
  • Orchestra of Folk Instruments "Moscow";
  • Concert Choir of the Institute;
  • Russian Folk Choir;
  • Brass band.

Cultural activities:

• traditional acquaintance of students with the work of the composer, whose name the institute bears - Alfred Schnittke;
• attending concerts:
  • at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall;
  • The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory;
• Meeting:
  • with representatives of the creative intelligentsia and clergy;
  • combat veterans;
  • veterans of labor. 

The owner of the institute's property is Moscow. The Institute has a sufficient classroom base with premises for rehearsal work of creative educational groups: orchestras, choirs.

The university has modern technical means:

• 4 media projectors;
• 3 interactive whiteboards;
• 144 computers;
• 20 scanners;
• 27 printers;
• 24 MFPs;
• 9 TVs.

There is a recording studio at the concert hall. There is a medical service point, an indoor sports hall. The fund of the library of the Moscow State Institute of Music named after A.G. Schnittke has more than 65,000 copies of books and sheet music, 29 titles of periodicals.

The academic year begins on September 1 and is divided into two semesters, each of which ends with a test-examination session.

Additional expenses of students may include fees for accommodation in dormitories (for non-residents), meals outside the institute, leisure and other expenses.

List of main documents:

• passport;
• certificate or diploma;
• SNILS;
• documents confirming benefits, individual achievements or special rights;
• photography. 

Documents can be submitted in the following ways:

• personally;
• through the institute's website;
• Mail;
• through public services.

When submitting documents in electronic form, documents are scanned or photographed with the provision of machine-readable recognition of its details.

The number of students in full-time secondary vocational education programs is more than 400 people, in full-time higher education programs - more than 300 people.

Graduates of the university already in senior courses are employed in the most prestigious institutions of culture and art in Moscow and in Russia:

• DShI and DMS of Moscow;
• A.G. Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music;
• colleges of art;
• Moscow Musical Theater "Novaya Opera" named after E. Kolobov;
• State Youth Symphony Orchestra;
• Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation;
• Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Russian Army named after A.V. Alexandrov and many others.

Applicants to the institute must meet the following requirements:

• age from 15 years (for college) and from 17 years (bachelor's degree, specialist's degree);
• completed education not lower than secondary general (for college) and not lower than secondary complete general (bachelor's degree, specialist's degree), confirmed by the relevant document;
• successful completion of entrance tests of professional and / or creative orientation.

The minimum number of points according to the results of the Unified State Exam:

• Russian language — 56;
• Literature — 42.

The following types of payments can be assigned to university students:

• state academic scholarship;
• state social scholarship;
• scholarships of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation;
• scholarships;
• scholarships awarded by legal entities and individuals, including those who sent them to study.

In addition, the university provides material support to students who find themselves in a difficult life situation.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision