Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences

Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences
NicknameSHANINKA
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
FounderTeodor Shanin
TypeUniversity
FocusLaw, Economic, Humanities
Location
  • Moscow, Russia, Gazetnyy Lane, 3-5
Area served
Russia
Rector
Maria Sigova[1]
Websitemsses.ru

The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) (Russian: Московская высшая школа социальных и экономических наук) is a non-state university founded in 1995 by Teodor Shanin, a renowned sociologist, peasant studies researcher, historian, and professor at the University of Manchester. Since 2011, the Rector of MSSES is Sergey Zuev.

MSSES comprises 8 departments that implement 35 educational programs for bachelor's degree, master's degree, and professional retraining. Around 1000 people study in MSSES every year. The average admission score for undergraduate programs is 80.6 points. MSSES ranks 6th among public and private universities in the quality of admission process for fee-based programs.[2]

  1. ^ "В Шанинке подтвердили назначение нового ректора". newizv.ru (in Russian). 2023-03-09.
  2. ^ "The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences". www.msses.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-21.