Opportunity Description
The application for the Russian Open Door Scholarship project will open soon for applicants worldwide to 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 interested in enrolling in a Master’s program in Russia for free. Applicants should participate in the 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, 2024
Olympiad rounds period:
- Qualifying round: September 15 – December 10, 2024
- Second (problem-solving) round: January 10 -19, 2024
- First-round result: December 25, 2024
Second-round results: February 2, 2025
Appealing process: February 2-7, 2025
Winner announcement; February 22, 2025 for master degree
Third round for PhD: February 11- March 9, 2025
Third round result: March 14, 2025
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, insurance, and personal expenses.
Who can apply?
Applicants holding a bachelor’s or a specialist degree from any university worldwide except Russia can apply to this program.
How to apply?
Applicants should read the rules, and apply online before December 10, 2025
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
