Faculties, departments and certification

There are 8 faculties at the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS). At each faculty there are department(s) corresponding to the specialisation of students' training. Besides, there are 9 inter-faculty departments to provide students with all-round education in the theatrical arts and the humanities.

Upon a completion of the full-time GRADUATE COURSE at a chosen faculty the student receives a diploma of the higher education at the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS) .

 

FACULTY OF ACTING

DEPARTMENT OF ACTING,
Head of the Department – Professor Vladimir Andreev.
Qualification awarded: "actor of the dramatic theatre and cinema" (term of study 4 years; enrollment: regular, extension (correspondence) courses).

Dean of the Faculty – Vladislav Dolgorukov
Dean's Office, phone +7(495)690-31-53

 

FACULTY OF DIRECTING

DEPARTMENT OF DIRECTING OF THE DRAMATIC THEATRE,
Head of Department – Professor Sergey Zhenovatch
Qualifications awarded:
"actor of the dramatic theatre and cinema" (term of study 4 years; enrollment: regular);
"director of the dramatic theatre" (term of study 5 years; enrollment: regular, extension (correspondence) courses).

DEPARTMENT OF DIRECTING OF CIRCUS,
Head of the Department – Professor Maximilian Nemtchinsky
Qualification awarded:
"director of circus" (term of study 5 years; enrollment: regular, extension (correspondence) courses).

Dean of the Faculty – Mikhail Feygin
Dean's Office, phone +7(495)690-52-15

 

FACULTY OF THE MUSICAL THEATRE

DEPARTMENT OF DIRECTING AND ACTING OF THE MUSICAL THEATRE
Head of the Department – Professor Dmitry Bertman
Qualifications awarded:
"actor of the musical theatre" (term of study 5 years; enrollment: regular)
"director of the musical theatre" (term of study 5 years; enrollment: regular)

Dean of the Faculty – Timofey Sopolev
Dean's office, phone +7(495)915-34-66

 

FACULTY OF THEATRE HISTORY AND CRITICISM

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF THE WORLD THEATRE
Head of Department – Professor Alexey Bartoshevitch
Qualification awarded:
"theatre historian and critic" (term of study 5 years, enrollment: regular, extention (correspondence) courses).

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN THEATRE
Head of Department – Professor Boris Lubimov
Qualification awarded:
"theatre historian and critic" (term of study 5 years, enrollment: regular, extention (correspondence) courses).

Dean of the Faculty – Natalia Pivovarova
Dean's office, phone +7(495)690-51-78

 

BALLET-MASTER FACULTY

DEPARTMENT OF CHOREOGRAPHY
Head of Department – Professor Eugeny Valukin
Qualifications awarded:
"director choreographer" (term of study 5 years, enrollment: regular, extention (correspondence) courses);
"teacher choreographer" (term of study 4 and a half years, enrollment: regular, extention (correspondence) courses).

Dean of the Faculty – Andrey Kruzhalov
Dean's office, phone +7(495)623-65-04

 

FACULTY OF VARIETY THEATRE

DEPARTMENT OF VARIETY ARTS
Head of the Department – Mikhail Borisov
Qualifications awarded:
"actor of variety theatre" (term of study 5 years, enrollment: regular, extention (correspondence) courses);
"director of variety theatre" (term of study 5 years, enrollment: regular, extention (correspondence) courses).

Dean of the Faculty – Anna Odinokova
Dean's office, phone +7(495)915-74-17

 

FACULTY OF THEATRE MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCING

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS
Head of Department – Professor Iury Orlov
Qualification awarded:
"theatre manager, producer" (term of study 5 years, enrollment: regular, extention (correspondence) courses)

Dean of the Faculty – Elena Ptitsyna
Dean's office, phone +7(495)690-57-08

 

FACULTY OF SET DESIGN

DEPARTMENT OF SET DESIGN
Head of Department – Professor Stanislav Morozov
Qualification awarded:
"set designer" (term of study 5 years, enrollment: regular, extention (correspondence) courses).

Dean of the Faculty – Oksana Akelieva
Dean's office, phone +7(495)915-31-73.

 

 INTER-FACULTY DEPARTMENTS

 

DEPARTMENT OF VOICE AND SPEECH TRAINING
Head of the Department – Professor Irina Promptova

DEPARTMENT OF VOCAL TRAINING
Head of the Department – Professor Tamara Sinyavskaya

DEPARTMENT OF DANCE TRAINING
Head of the Department – Professor Ludmila Talankina

DEPARTMENT OF MOVEMENT TRAINING
Head of the Department – Nikolay Karpov

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF ARTS
Head of the Department – Dr Elena Korotkevitch

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND THEORY OF MUSIC, AND MUSCAL PERFORMANCE ARTS
Head of the Department – Professor Rimma Kosatchova

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE
Head of the Department – Professor Andrey Yastrebov

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Head of the Department

DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Head of the Department – Natalia Plusnina