Шолохова) was founded in 1951 as Moscow Pedagogical Institute for Correspondence Studies (Russian: Московский заочный педагогический институт).

The university was evaluated on twelve criteria on a 5-point scale where higher score is better:[3] 355 members of the faculty hold Kandidat degree, 311 have appointments as Docents.

Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities offers graduate degrees of Kandidat Nauk in 15 fields of study: Physics and Mathematics; Biology; History; Economics; Philosophy; Philology (Linguistics); Geography; Education; Art (Art History); Architecture; Psychology; Sociology; Political Science; Cultural Studies; Geoscience (Earth Science).

Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities offers graduate degrees of Doktor Nauk in 3 fields study: History; Philology (Linguistics); and Education.

[5] University have a branches in following localities:[6] See also: Category:Graduates of M. A. Sholokhov Moscow State University Abyzov, Mikhail Anatolyevich — Russian entrepreneur, statesman and public figure, Minister of the Russian Federation, responsible for organizing the work of the Government Commission for Coordinating the activities of the "Open Government" (since May 21, 2012).

Pavlenko, Veronika Evgenievna (pseudonym Tsarevna Budur) is a textile artist, teacher, curator, gallery owner.

Plekhanov, Yuri Sergeevich — Soviet party and statesman, lieutenant General, member of the State Emergency Committee.