Information for international students

e-mail: admission@rector.msu.ru

Tuition

The academic year at MSU starts in September and ends in June (01.09-30.06.). The tuition for the degree of Bachelor (BSc/BA) 4 academic years; Specialist – 5 (5,5) academic years; Master (MSc/MA) – 2 academic years; Doctor (PhD) – 3 academic years. All the faculties provide the full-time tuition. Post-graduate studies can be either full-time, or part-time. All the courses are given in Russian. The applicants are enrolled according to the results of entrance examinations (interview, test).

If you are interested in the curriculum of a particular course, please use the web-sites of the faculties. You can find the list of the sites at the Centre of International Studies Internet-site at http://www.msu.ru/en/resources/msu-ws1.html. Further information may be requested from the department of international studies of the faculty you are applying to.

The international applicants are supposed to take a test in Russian language or take a course of Russian at MSU Centre of International Studies. If you need to take a course of Russian language, please send all the application documentation to the Centre of International Studies (CIE).

Letter of Invitation

To get the letter of invitation please send (by mail, fax or e-mail) to the department of international studies of the chosen faculty the following documents::

• the application form;
• the photocopy of the first two pages of your passport.

On consideration of your documents you will be sent the letter of invitation. Please find out the details of getting the visa in the Russian Embassy in your country. It takes about 2,5 months to get the letter of invitation, that is why you are recommended to send all the documents not later than 3 months before the beginning of the term.

Concluding the agreement

To conclude the agreement to study at MSU you should submit to the department of international studies of the chosen faculty the following documents:

• Filled application form;
• Academic documentation, equivalent the academic documentation of Russian Federation, with the academic degree, the full list of learned subjects and full list of marks, with a notarized translation into Russian:
  • For Bachelor studies (BSc/BA): school-leaving certificate
  • For Master studies (MSc/MA): Bachelor’s or Specialist’s degree-certificate
  • For Post-graduate studies (Candidate’s degree): Master’s or Bachelor’s certificate
• Transcript (the document showing the list of the subjects with results) with a notarized translation into Russian;
• Evidence of the equivalent of the documentation about the education which was get abroad;
• Certification (reference) showing the results of your test in the Russian language. If you took a course of Russian at MSU Centre of International Studies or in one of the universities of Russian Federation with the national accreditation, the certificate showing the results of your test in the Russian language.
• Medical certificate, confirmed that you haven’t got contra-indications for study in RF and on the faculty you are applying to;
• The AIDS test result, confirmed that you haven’t got AIDS, valid on the territory of Russian Federation;
• Passport with visa and migration card;
• Six photos size 3õ4 cm.

  The translation of the academic documents into Russian must be certified by the Russian Embassy or Consulate in the country where they were issued or notarized in Russia. The AIDS and other medical tests for the medical certificate must be taken in one of the clinics of MSU. The Faculty has the right to require additional information.