HED magazine № 8 (19) 2022

Let's look at the aspects of admission, studying and adaptation of international students at Russian universities considering an example of North-Eastern Federal University.

Altai State University is a leading research and education center in the Altai Territory, the region's only university participating the Priority 2030 federal project.

The university trains top-class specialists in natural sciences, humanities, engineering sciences, pedagogy, and medical sciences. While studying, students are engaged not only in research but also in commercial projects.

Banzarov Buryat State University is one of the largest state higher education institutions in the Far East, one of the leading specialized centers for training personnel in a wide variety of fields.

To quickly familiarize international first-year students with the environment, society and local culture, Russian universities have developed and successfully apply various adaptation programs for international students.

Every year a lot of international students come to study at Russian universities. Russian education is especially popular among students from the CIS countries – 85% of students come from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan.

The university provides training in all areas of the oil and gas industry: from exploration, extraction, transportation, processing of oil and gas, creation of technology and information support for engineering processes to studying economic and internatio

Orenburg State University trains professionals in machine building, civil engineering, biotechnologies, power engineering, IT and nanotechnologies, manufacturing of hi-tech equipment and mechatronic facilities, road and bridge construction.

Pirogov RNRMU is a leading medical university in the Russian Federation that trains physicians, pharmacists, clinical psychologists, social workers, and research staff.

Olga Filonova, Head of the Russian House in Astana, talks about what makes higher education in Russia attractive to students from Kazakhstan, about admission opportunities and assistance in choosing a university.

Russian education for students from Kyrgyzstan Albert Zulkharneev, Head of the Russian House in Bishkek, talks about Kyrgyz school students' interest in Russian higher education and training highly qualified specialists for Kyrgyzstan economy.

Ivan Ivanov, Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo representative office in Tajikistan, talks about how the representative offices of Rossotrudnichestvo in Tajikistan help students prepare for admission to Russian universities and what applicants should know.

Yulia Zaytseva, a Rossotrudnichestvo representative in Turkmenistan, talks about how applicants are selected for Russian universities and how to prepare for an interview.

The first engineering transport university in Russia. It provides advanced engineering training in many key areas, such as heavy haul and high-speed traffic control, magnetic levitation transport, development of digital technologies, energy saving.

All international students enrolled in state-funded places at the Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering get academic scholarships.

SUAI is one of Russia's and the world's leading academic organizations in the field of aerospace systems, control systems, state-of-the-art educational technologies. The university trains specialists in various areas of engineering.

SevSU is ranked among the leading universities in the South of Russia and has the highest research and innovation and technology potential in Crimea.

SibMed is one of the first medical universities in Russia. Thanks to the teachers' extensive experience and competence, SibMed students get world-class high-quality education.

Volga State University of Water Transport trains highly qualified personnel to work on river and maritime transport and at the water transport infrastructure facilities.

Students come to Russia to get high-quality and sometimes more affordable education. Many of them even manage to earn a degree for free. Every year state-funded places for foreign citizens are allocated – 23,000 were allocated in 2022.

Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University trains specialists in the following areas of knowledge: engineering and technology , natural sciences, humanities, medicine, law, economics, pedagogy.