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Dear Entrants! Total students at St Petersburg University are over 30,000. One in ten students is a citizen of a foreign country. If you are planning to study at the oldest university in Russia, obtain a top degree for getting hired, receive a first-hand experience of research, have endless opportunities to meet new people and make new friends, live and study at St Petersburg, SPbU is the right choice for you! Undergraduate courses, graduate courses, post-graduate courses, medical residency, and Russian language courses. Admission for international students is now open!

Applying for Russian Government Scholarship in 2018

Create a Personal Account
Fill in an Application Form in your Personal Account
Fill in a Scholarship Application Form
Remember to upload your photograph along with the signed Scholarship Application Form.
Create and Upload a Portfolio to your Personal Account
An Applicant’s Portfolio includes a set of required documents, an essay on a given topic and a motivation letter.
Required documents are listed on the official SPbU website:

For Bachelor & Specialist degree programmes
Requirements for content, structure, and assessment criteria for the documents you submit you can find here
For Master degree programmes
Requirements for content, structure, and assessment criteria for the documents you submit you can find here
For Main Aspirantura Programmes

Applicants who have successfully passed the competition are recommended for the Russian Government Scholarship.

For more information about Regulations for an Open Competition click here

Deadline for Applications in 2018

For applicants for Russian Government scholarship:

February 12 – June 8

Applying on Fee-paying Basis

Create a Personal Account
Fill in an Application Form in your Personal Account
Upload the required application documents to your Personal Account
Required documents are listed on the official SPbU website.
Admission tests
Tests are designed to evaluate your creative (professional) skills and/or knowledge. All admission tests are held in Russian except for programmes taught in a foreign language. Please, note that titles of admission tests are active links to the list of requirements, recommended literature, and, in some cases, sample tests.

for Bachelor & Specialist degree programme
for Master degree programme are in form of competitive selection of documents (portfolios)

Motivation letter;
Essay (topics)
Evaluation criteria for documents and personal achievements

for aspirantura programmes for training research and training staff competitive selection of documents (portfolios)

Motivation letter;
applicant’s description of the prospective research;
A CV containing information on academic (professional) training, research and achievements, professional experience, etc.;
applicant’s thesis abstract.
Evaluation criteria for documents and personal achievements

If you have successfully completed the application process and succeeded in admission tests, sign the Agreement on Education.

For more information please study Regulations for admission: Bachelor Programmes, Specialist Degree Programmes, Master Programmes, Aspirantura Programmes.

Deadline for Applications in 2018

For applicants on fee-paying basis:

February 1 – July 6

International Admissions Office
Location: Universitetskaya Emb., 13B, St Petersburg 199034, Russia
Phone: 007 812 363 66 33
E-mail: admission@spbu.ru

If you want to enroll in Russian language courses to improve your language skills, visit http://russian4foreigners.spbu.ru/

Contacts: Tel: (812) 327-79-55 E-mail: info@rlci.spbu.ru

Online application: http://russian4foreigners.spbu.ru/node/72

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