By order of the Chairman of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, an interstate dissertation council was established at the Dushanbe branch of M. Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2025. This was reported by NIAT Khovar, citing the university.
The Dissertation Council operates in the following specialties: for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the specialty 6D070600 – Geology and mineral exploration (6D070601 – General and regional geology) and 6D091100 – Geoecology and nature management (6D091100.03 – Technical sciences); for the academic degree of Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences in the specialty 25.00.00 – Earth Sciences (25.00.01 – General and regional geology) and Candidate of Technical Sciences in the specialty 25.00.36 – Geoecology (25.00.36.03 – Technical sciences).
The dissertation council will operate for two years. It includes 11 members—leading scientists from the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation.






































