The Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and Rossotrudnichestvo annually announce the admission of foreign citizens, stateless persons and compatriots living abroad to study at educational institutions of higher education at the expense of the federal budget, within the quota established by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated December 18, 2020 No. 2150 "On the establishment of a quota for the education of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation".
 
The selection of foreign citizens to study in the Russian Federation at the expense of the budget allocations of the federal budget is carried out in three stages.
 
STAGE I. The selection in the countries of candidates for training is carried out by Rossotrudnichestvo with the participation of representatives of state educational authorities of the host country, Russian embassies and foreign missions.
 
A foreign candidate is given the right to independently choose from one to six educational institutions as the place of his future study (no more than two in each federal district).
 
Sets of documents of foreign citizens recommended for training are submitted to Rossotrudnichestvo within the period specified on the official website of the Ministry of the Russian Federation or on the website of Rossotrudnichestvo of your country until a certain date, which then transfers them to the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. The list of documents is presented on the websites of Rossotrudnichestvo and the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
 
STAGE II. The selection of foreign citizens recommended by the country for education is carried out by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia together with Russian educational organizations on the basis of the submitted documents of foreign citizens selected at the first stage of selection, using the Information and Analytical System for Forming and Distributing the Admission Quota for Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons, including number of compatriots living abroad.
 
STAGE III. The Ministry of Education and Science of Russia sends information about the results of consideration of each submitted candidate to Rossotrudnichestvo, which brings it to the attention of Russian and foreign embassies and its foreign missions.
 
Documents of foreign candidates that are not translated into Russian, with translations not certified by a notary, not completed in accordance with the requirements, as well as independently submitted by citizens of the host country, are not accepted for consideration.
 
Foreign citizens who do not speak Russian well enough enjoy the right to study at preparatory departments, preparatory faculties, educational organizations under additional general education programs that provide training for the development of professional educational programs in Russian, at the expense of the budgetary allocations of the federal budget with the payment of scholarships to these citizens (in throughout the entire period of study, regardless of academic success). The term of study at the preparatory faculty, preparatory department is one academic year and is not included in the term of study for the main professional educational programs.
 
Payment of transportation costs of foreign citizens to the place of study is carried out at the expense of their own and (or) sponsorship funds.
 
More detailed information about the rules for submitting documents on the official website.