Some categories of foreigners, compatriots living abroad, and immigrants can apply for state-funded places in Russian universities on an equal basis with citizens of the Russian Federation. To do this, you need to pass a competitive selection (pass the exam or entrance exams). In addition, every year the Government of Russia allocates a guaranteed number of state-funded places (state scholarship) for foreigners to study in higher educational institutions of the country (in 2021, 18,000 places were allocated).
The state scholarship includes: *free training for the entire period in the chosen specialty; *monthly stipend (during the entire period of study, regardless of the success of the candidate); *provision of a dormitory (subject to the availability of premises at the university).
The state scholarship does not include: *Payment of travel to the university; *Living expenses; *VHI (voluntary medical insurance) policy.
Foreign students (with higher education) undergoing internships under programs of additional professional education (professional retraining or advanced training) are not paid a monthly stipend, but a place is provided in the dormitory of the educational institution. The selection of foreign applicants is carried out by Rossotrudnichestvo through its network of representative offices, as well as through Russian embassies abroad.
To find out which path of admission to a budget place is optimal for you, you need to contact the university of your choice. Write a detailed letter to the representatives of the international department - they will answer your questions
HOW TO TAKE PART IN THE COMPETITION FOR A STATE SCHOLARSHIP
Study the information about the recruitment of foreign applicants on the Studyinrussia.ru website.
Announcements about the beginning of the selection, as a rule, are published on the websites of the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo (“Appendix 1.pdf”) or the Embassy of the Russian Federation in your country (“Appendix 2.pdf”).
2. Contact a single operator in your country and check with him about the availability of budget places and available areas of study.*
* A single operator in a foreign country is: representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo; if not, then a representative of Rossotrudnichestvo at the Embassy of the Russian Federation. if not, then the embassy of the Russian Federation.
3.Register, fill out the online document collection form and apply.
In the questionnaire, specify:
*Personal data (full name, date of birth, country of residence, e-mail address and current contact phone number – to receive information about the progress of consideration of your application);
*Profession, specialty or direction of training (you can change the chosen one before passing the qualifying tests);
*The level of their education.
*Degree of proficiency in the Russian language.
You can choose up to 6 universities in which you would like to study (from those that are available within the quota), but no more than three in one federal district, and in Moscow and St. Petersburg – no more than two in each city. First, indicate the university that you like the most, then – in descending order of preferences.
You will also need:
*a copy of the passport (valid for at least 18 months from the date of the planned arrival in the Russian Federation) or birth certificate.
*Copies of documents on education and (or) qualifications obtained in a foreign country. All of the above can be provided in paper form to a single operator.
4. Wait for the invitation to participate in the selection tests.
Depending on the country, a single operator can publish a test schedule on its website, or make a mailing list. Check the information at the office of your single operator.
The tests are carried out by a working group. Based on the results, a general sheet of selection tests is formed, containing information about all participants and their results.
5. Find yourself in the list of candidates (it is formed based on the results of qualifying tests).
The information is published on the official website of a single operator in your country or can be sent to applicants (check the method of obtaining at the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo).
Applicants who do not know Russian sufficiently to study in their chosen specialty are enrolled in the preparatory faculty. During the year, they study the Russian language, as well as several general education disciplines (mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, etc.), depending on the chosen specialty. In case of successful completion of the final exams, applicants receive the right to continue their studies in the chosen specialty. If the exams are not passed, the student loses the right to free education in Russia.
6.If you are on the list of candidates, prepare the remaining documents:
*A medical certificate of the established form, confirming the absence of contraindications for training in the Russian Federation with the results of an HIV test;
* Copies of documents certified by a notary and translated into Russian.
Independently enter the documents in electronic form or transfer them in paper form to a single operator.
The applicants' data are sent to the central office of Rossotrudnichestvo in Moscow, and from there they go to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, whose employees upload them to the information database. Applicants receive a registration number by e-mail to access the Russia-edu.ru information system in order to track the status of their application.
7. Wait for the notification of admission to the university and instructions on how to proceed.
The information will be reported by a representative of a single operator in your country, he will also give detailed instructions on further actions.*
*In some cases, applicants applying for training in the areas of training “Art and Culture” need to pass additional entrance creative tests directly in educational organizations. Then the selected candidate must come to them on a tourist visa, the question of his enrollment will be decided after a creative competition.