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 processing personal data
Required
Document of education
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 https://education-in-russia.com/ site
Required
Scan of Identity Document
Required
Scan of the education document (if you are still studying — a certificate from the place of study)
Required
Scan with scores
Required
For those applying for residency or graduate school, a motivation letter, a term paper, or an article on the topic of the upcoming research is also required
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.