International Relations have been and remain not only one of the basic academic disciplines, but also one of the main directions of research work at MGIMO. Doing IR is closely intertwined with theory and practice, history and current events, the desire to combine a deep knowledge of the factual material and research-based evaluation in accordance with objective laws found in international life. Training of highly qualified specialists in international relations is impossible without a fundamental knowledge base. MGIMO-University celebrating its 70th anniversary demonstrates the natural combination of teaching and research activities, exercises the unity of education, science and education. The chair of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia (former USSR) plays organizational and coordinating role in the development of scientific school of International relations at MGIMO. Of course, the history of the school is not confined to the work of scientists and teachers of this chair, it includes the study of various aspects of the development of international processes, which isconducted at the chairs of history and politics of Europe and America, Oriental diplomacy, and many others. Combination of historical and contemporaneous studies of international relations is the feature and one of the main strengths of the scientific. The article substantiates the idea that the emergence and development of the national segment of the science of international relations is inextricably linked to the history and contemporary mission of MGIMO University.