Andrey Rudskoy, Rector of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
If you studied at the Faculty of Engineering, say, you'll find it quite challenging to enter a Master's degree to major in law because you don't have knowledge of basic subjects. But changing majors is possible within the area of technology and engineering. Basic education can be unified, allowing students to change their major within their field of study or switch their field of study, for example, from metallurgy to power engineering, and pass some lacking exams after the second year of Bachelor's degree (it's a 2+2+2 principle). After completing their Bachelor's degree, students will be able to choose a different profession for Master's studies – switch from power engineering to electrical or nuclear engineering. Certainly, everybody will have to take additional exams in other subjects.
This decision must be well thought out and, most importantly, based on abilities, knowledge, and inclinations. To that end, we will also consider current academic performance. If, for example, a student has bad grades in math and physics and wants to switch from electrical engineering to engineering physics, they will have to prove it. We will not forbid it, but they will have to resit and take additional exams in basic subjects that would allow them to complete their studies in the new field of study comfortably.