Deadline: December 10, 2021
Opportunity Description
Application is open for the Russian Open Door Scholarship project for applicants from around the world pursue their master’s degree at a leading university in Russia.
Global Universities Association has offered Open Door Russian Scholarship Project in collaboration with the ministry of education and Science of the Russian Federation for international students who are interested in enrolling in a Master’s program in Russia for free. Applicants should participate online Olympiad (competition) in two rounds including:
- Portfolio competition
- Problem-solving round
Other program partners:
- the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs,
- Compatriot Living Abroad and
- International Humanitarian Cooperation.
Study: in any university in Russia
Medium of instruction: based on the program
- English or
- Russian
Competition organizers:
- Higher School of Economics (HSE)
- Tomsk state university
- ITMO University
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Novosibirsk State University
- National Research Nuclear University
- National University of Science and Technology MISIS
- Ural Federal University
- Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI)
- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
- Peter the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU)
- Tomsk Polytechnic University
- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
- People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)
- University of Tyumen
- Far Eastern Federal University
- Kazan University
- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (UNN)
- Samara National Research University
- Siberian Federal University
- South Ural State University
Deadline: December 10, 2021
Olympiad rounds period:
- Qualifying round: September 15 – December 10, 2021
- Second (problem-solving) round: January 15 -30, 2022
- First-round result: December 25, 2021
Second-round results: February 10, 2022
Appealing process: February 11-18, 2022
Winner announcement; February 22, 2022
Third round for PhD : March 1, 2022
Third round result: March 23, 2022
Subjects/areas of study:
- Biology
- Computer and Data Science
- Mathematics & Artificial Intelligence
- Business & management
- Politics & International Studies
- Psychology
- Physics
- Linguistics & Modern Languages
- Chemistry
- Economics
- Engineering & Technology
Scholarship benefits:
- Free early admission
- No Entrance Examination
- Tuition fee exemption
Note: the Russian federation does not cover Travel, accommodation, and insurance, and personal expenses.
Who can apply?
Applicants holding a bachelor’s or a specialist degree from any university around the globe except Russia can apply to this program.
How To Apply
Applicants should read the rules, and apply online before December 10, 2021
Required documents:
- Academic Transcript
- Academic diploma
- Motivation letter: includes
- Research interests
- Personal goals
- professional achievements
- Reasons for choosing a specific olympiad subject
- Reasons for studying in Russain
- notarized translation in Russian or English
Supporting documents:
- Work experience
- Report conference
- Online Study courses related to the subject area
- Patent for an Invention/scientific Discovery
- Published Book/Textbook
- Other publications related to the field
- Awards for competitions participation
- Participation in projects
- Other awards and certificates
