Registration for the Open Doors International Olympiad has started. Foreign citizens - master's and postgraduate students - can try their hand at intellectual competitions. Winners and runners-up will have the opportunity to study for free at the best Russian universities.

Foreign citizens — master's and postgraduate students — can try their hand at intellectual competitions. Winners and prize winners will have the opportunity to study for free at the best Russian universities.

Foreign citizens with higher education or completing their studies in 2024 can take part. Registration is open on the project website until December 10.

You can test your knowledge in 14 broad profiles:

• Business and Management;
• Biology and Biotechnology;
• Engineering and Technology;
• Clinical Medicine and Public Health;
• Computer Science and Data Science;
• Linguistics and Modern Languages;
• Earth and Environmental Sciences;
• Education and Psychology;
• Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence;
• Political Science and International Relations;
• Physical and Technical Sciences;
• Chemistry and Materials Science;
• Urban Studies and Civil Engineering;
• Economics and Econometrics.

Each profile has two tracks: for master's students and postgraduate students. Participants can choose several profiles and one or both tracks. All tests are conducted online in Russian or English. The competition is held in two stages for masters and in three stages for postgraduates.

At the first stage, participants present their achievements and a motivation letter, and also take an entrance test for the selected profile. At the second stage, they complete tasks in proctoring mode: the process is recorded via a webcam and allows you to monitor compliance with the Olympiad rules. The postgraduate track at the third stage provides for an online meeting of participants with representatives of the organizing universities.

Winners and prize-winners can choose educational programs of Russian universities for training that correspond to the profile and track of the Olympiad.

The Open Doors Olympiad is organized by the Global Universities Association with the support of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and Rossotrudnichestvo. It is held as part of the national project "Science and Universities".

The competition has been held since 2017. Over the course of six years, more than 300,000 young people from 197 countries took part, and about 4,000 people received the right to study at the best Russian universities. In the 2022 Olympiad, more than 1,700 citizens from 81 countries became winners and prize-winners, including 289 people in the postgraduate track.

Source: https://minobrnauki.gov.ru/press-center/announcements/72972/