{{Infobox university | name = Moscow State Textile University | native_name = Московский государственный текстильный университет имени А. Н. Косыгина | image = Московский государственный текстильный университет имени А. Н. Косыгина (июнь 2013).jpg | established = 1919 | type = Public university | rector = | doctoral = | students = | coordinates = {{coord|55.720183343|N|37.601472232|E|source:ruwiki_region:RU|format=dms|display=title,inline}} | address = 1 Malaya Kaluzhskaya str. | city = Moscow | country = Russia | language = Russian | website = {{URL|https://rguk.ru|rguk.ru}} | logo = }}
'''Kosygin Moscow State Textile University''' (formerly '''Moscow State Textile Institute''') was formed in 1919. It is one of the oldest and institutes for higher studies in textiles in Russia.
== History == thumb In 1981, the institute was named in honor of Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin,<ref name="mnru">{{cite web |url=http://www.mathnet.ru/php/organisation.phtml?option_lang=eng&orgid=3308 |title=Moscow State Textile University named after A. N. Kosygin, Moscow, Russia |publisher=Math-Net.Ru |access-date=26 February 2016}}</ref> who died the previous year and whose profession was in the textile industry. The institute was upgraded to "Academy" in 1990. It was renamed to A. N. Kosygin Moscow State Textile Academy. Nine years later, the Academy was approved as University and renamed as the A. N. Kosygin Moscow State Textile University in 1999.{{fact|date=April 2023}}
== About == The university maintains a dedicated complex comprising eight buildings situated in the center of Moscow, Russia.
The teaching staff at the university is above 560, with 110 of them are Ph.D. and Professors.{{fact|date=April 2023}}
The university has the following major departments: *Technology and Production Management *Chemical Technology and Ecology *Weaving, Information Technology *Automation and Energy *Economics and Management *Fashion Designing
The university offers specialization, masters and bachelors in 18 different categories. University has 41 departments, where it offer studies to almost 6700 students. The university has 110 laboratories and 100 auditoriums. The university has its own sports hall, club and three hostels.{{fact|date=April 2023}}
The University has served as a center of education for students from Russia and from all over the world. Students from China, Pakistan, Morocco, Iran, Ghana and India have completed their higher education at the university. The university has a one-room mosque which was built by Muslim students of the university in the hostel at Shablovskaya.{{fact|date=April 2023}}
==Alumni== {{See also|Category:Moscow State Textile University alumni}} * Denis Simachev * Grisha Bruskin * Larisa Sergeeva * Olga Tolstikova * Slava Zaitsev * Victoria Gres *Alvina Shpady
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080916174141/http://www.msta.ac.ru/web2/index_eng.aspx Moscow State Textile University Official Website]
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