Rules for admitting foreign applicants
Detailed information about various methods of admission to a Russian university for foreign citizens. Choose the appropriate option and familiarize yourself with the necessary documents.
Admission as part of a general competition
Standard admission procedure for foreign citizens on general grounds. Admission occurs based on the results of entrance tests or on the basis of education documents.
Required documents:
Application for admission to study
Required
Consent to the processing of personal data
Required
Education document
Required
Identity document
Required
Quota receipt
Admission within the quota of the Government of the Russian Federation for foreign citizens. The number of places is limited, selection is conducted on a competitive basis through Rossotrudnichestvo.
Required documents:
Application on the website https://education-in-russia.com/
Required
Scan of identity document
Required
Scan of your education document (if you are still studying, a certificate from your educational institution)
Required
Scan of grades
Required
Applicants to residency or postgraduate study are also required to submit a motivation letter, an essay, or an article on the topic of their planned research.
Required
Important information
All documents must be translated into Russian and notarized if the document is not duplicated into Russian. Addresses of the Translation Bureau and Expert Centers for Document Evaluation: On the territory of St. Petersburg, notarized translations of documents into Russian can be arranged at the Legal Center "Usstaniya 6" (Ploshchad Vosstaniya, 6 (Mayakovskaya metro station, Ploshchad Vosstaniya), tel.: +7 (812) 660-06-06). The analysis of education documents is carried out at: - The Training and Consulting Center "Expert Center for the Evaluation of Education Documents" (email: dept.cec@unecon.ru). - The Center for the Expertise of Foreign Education Documents at FGAOU VO "SPbPU" (Grazhdansky Prospekt, 28 (Academic metro station), office 515; tel.: +7 (812) 290-99-67; email: odo@spbstu.ru). On the website of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosakredit Agency," you can check in advance the need for document legalization and the procedure for recognizing a foreign entity.
