How to apply

1. Register for a Personal Account through the SPbU Admissions Committee website
2. Fill in an application for admission to the appropriate educational programme
3. Submit the required documents electronically through your Personal Account

• an application for admission to an educational programme of the appropriate level in the format established by the Admissions Committee

• the original or a copy of your educational credential^[1] and supplements thereto
• a copy of your identity document. Please note that the applicant’s passport should be valid for at least 18 months after the beginning of the planned study period. If you need to get a Russian visa please fill in an application form for visa invitation and submit it to Personal Account.
• 4 (four) photographs 3×4 cm

4. Pass the competitive selection
   
   

 For applicants to bachelor and specialist degree programmes:

• List of educational Bachelor and specialist degree programme. Please note that the admissions test title is an active link by clicking which the syllabus of the admissions test will open.
• You can plan your trip to St Petersburg beforehand using the schedule of admissions tests published on the SPbU official website. If you need to get a Russian visa please fill in an application form for visa invitation and submit it to Personal Account 8 weeks before planned entry.
• Tuition information for 2018/19
  
  

 For applicants to master programmes:

• List of Master degree programme
• Motivation letter
• Essay (topics)
• Requirements to the content and structure of the portfolio documents, evaluation criteria and individual achievements rating
• Tuition information for 2018/19
  
  

 For applicants to aspirantura programmes for training research and teaching staff:

• List of educational aspirantura programmes for training research and teaching staff
• 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
• Requirements to the content and structure of the portfolio documents, evaluation criteria and individual achievements rating
• Tuition information for 2018/19

5. Sign a student contract in case of a positive enrollment decision
   
   

Please note that all applicants are required to create their Personal Accounts.

In 2019, documents from international applicants to places on the fee-paying (contractual) basis will be accepted from February 1, 2019 to July 6, 2019а

Migration documents are to be submitted upon arrival:
 

• a copy of your migration card
• a copy of your Russian entry visa, if any
• a signed copy of the «Rules of Stay in the Russian Federation for Non-Russian Citizens»
  
   

^[1]The educational credentials have to be as follows:

• legalised if required
• recognised in the Russian Federation (to have either a recognition certificate or an equivalence certificate if required)
  
  

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

If you have any question or need additional information, please contact the SPbU Office for International Admissions located at:

13B Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya, St Petersburg, 199034, Russia.

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We'll be happy to welcome you as SPbU students!