07.05.2025
State Final Certification (ГИА) of graduate students: admission requirements and stages
Dear PhD students,
Please be advised that only postgraduate students who have successfully passed their interim assessments, have no academic debts, and have settled all tuition payments are eligible to participate in the State Final Certification (ГИА). Kindly ensure that your individual study plan reports are completed and approved for all semesters.
To be admitted to the ГИА, all postgraduate students must submit the text of their scientific qualification work (dissertation) to the Commission for Preliminary Review of Dissertations, ГИА Admission, and Preparation of Organizational Conclusions. The schedule of commission meetings is published on the Postgraduate Department website; you can access the schedule via the provided link. Please note that at least three working days before the commission meeting, you must upload your dissertation text to the ISU system for verification in the Antiplagiat system. This step is mandatory for admission.
Please verify that the topic of your dissertation matches the topic listed in your ISU personal account. This is critical for the correct issuance of your postgraduate diploma. If there is a discrepancy, promptly update your dissertation topic in your personal account to match the topic you will present at the ГИА. To do this, obtain an extract from the minutes of the Mega-Faculty Academic Council confirming the topic approval, and notify the Postgraduate Department so we can re-approve your individual plan with the new topic.
The ГИА consists of two sequential stages:
- State Examination in Pedagogy:
- Pedagogical project: course syllabus, interactive lesson scenario, or video lecture fragment; the project must be prepared in advance and accompanied by your supervisor’s review.
- Solution of a pedagogical case; the specific case will be randomly selected during the exam from the list available on the Postgraduate Department website.
- Presentation of the Scientific Qualification Work (Dissertation) Results:
- Dissertation text;
- Scientific report based on the dissertation;
- Supervisor’s review of the dissertation;
- Internal review of the dissertation;
- External review of the dissertation.
No later than 7 days before each ГИА stage, you must upload all required documents to your ISU personal account (ГИА tab in the “Individual Plans” section).
Postgraduates who have completed the ГИА must submit a request for academic leave to the Postgraduate Department within one week after the commission meeting.
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