Admission for foreign citizens


SUBMIT DOCUMENTS
Dear applicant! To submit documents, write a letter to foreign@mpgu.su.

The letter should contain the following information:
1. Your primary email address
2. Surname and first name (patronymic, if any) according to a notarized translation of the passport
3. Date of birth

In the reply letter, you will receive a link, login and password for the applicant’s personal account.

ИНСТРУКЦИЯ, КАК ЗАПОЛНЯТЬ ЛИЧНЫЙ КАБИНЕТ

个人账户填写指南

THE PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION TO THE MOSCOW PEDAGOGICAL STATE UNIVERSITY FOR BACHELOR'S, MASTER'S AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Step 1

Choose an educational program

Перечень образовательных программ и вступительных испытаний для иностранных граждан и лиц без гражданства (на русском и английском языке) (2024) / List of educational programs and entrance examinations for foreign citizens and stateless persons (2024)

Step 2

To get acquainted with the cost of education

The cost of undergraduate and graduate studies

The cost of postgraduate education

*The cost of education for citizens of the EAEU countries, Abkhazia, South Ossetia in the 1st YEAR of educational programs for training scientific and pedagogical personnel in bachelor’s, master’s and postgraduate studies in the 2024/2025 academic year is set equal to the cost of education for citizens of the Russian Federation in the appropriate direction and profile of major in the appropriate form of studying

Step 3

Apply for admission

  1. Prepare scans of the following documents:
  • passport page with photo;
  • translation of the passport into Russian, certified by a notary;
  • a document on previous education with legalization/apostille/ (the need for recognition can be checked on the website https://nic.gov.ru/ru/proc/lega) and a notarized translation into Russian;
  • photo 3×4
  1. Upload documents to the applicant’s Personal account
  1. If you have any questions or difficulties with registration in your Personal Account, write to the mail: foreign@mpgu.su
  1. Send additional documents
    The following applicants should be sent by e-mail foreign@mpgu.su additional materials:
  • MUSICIANS enrolled in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs:
  • portfolio: specify where you studied music and which musical instrument you play
  • video recording of the performance of a creative number, duration: 5-8 minutes
  • ARTISTS enrolled in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs
  • portfolio with creative works
  • POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS in all fields of study:
  • CV in Russian with a list of available publications (if available)
  • an essay on the chosen focus on the topic of the future specialty, volume: 10-15 pages. The requirements for the abstract correspond to the requirements for the Introduction to the master’s thesis
Important: In the letter, specify the subject: “additional materials”, as well as your last name and first name

Step 4

To wait for an official response from the MPGU confirming that the documents have been accepted.

Step 5

Further steps depend on the type of financing

Coming through Rossotrudnichestvo

Contact your faculty and start studying

Incoming under the contract

  • take the entrance tests. Exams are held in July and August. Notification of the exam dates is sent to the email specified in the questionnaire. The passing score for admission is 50.
    Attention! The results of the Unified State Exam are accepted as entrance tests.
  • to conclude a contract after successfully passing the entrance tests
  • pay for the education
  • contact the faculty, start studying
    IMPORTANT: Tuition must be paid no later than September 01.
LIST OF CURATORS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING WITH FOREIGN STUDENTS

INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY:

Address: Moscow, st. Kibalchicha, 6, building 2, 2nd floor, rooms 214-217 (to the left along the corridor all the way).

+7 (495) 683-16-07,  bio@mpgu.su

Curator: Bochkareva Alla Gennadievna, ag.bochkareva@mpgu.su

 

FACULTY OF PRIMARY EDUCATION:

Address:Moscow, Vernadsky Avenue, building 88, room 403

+7 (495) 438-18-15, fno@mpgu.su

Curator: Svetlana Vasilievna Zotova, sv.zotova@mpgu.su

 

DEFECTOLOGY FACULTY:

Address: Moscow, Vernadsky Avenue, building 88, room 719

+7 (495) 438-17-81, def@mpgu.su

Curator: Zemskova Lyudmila Vladimirovna, lv.zemskova@mpgu.su

 

INSTITUTE OF PHILOLOGY:

Address: Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya street, 1/1, room 302 (3rd floor)

+7 (499) 246-57-12, fil@mpgu.su

Curator: Zablotsky Georgy Omarovich, go.zablotckii@mpgu.su

 

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS:

Address: Moscow, st. Malaya Pirogovskaya, house 29/7, building 1

+7 (915) 188-15-67, +7 (499) 246-18-70, +7 (499) 246-58-86; iftis@mpgu.su

Curator: Kovineva Maria Vladimirovna, mv.kovineva@mpgu.su

 

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPORTS AND HEALTH:

Address: Moscow, Vernadsky Avenue, building 88 (KGF) — to the gym

+7 (495) 438-07-81, ifksiz@mpgu.su

Curator: Ananin Makar Sergeevich, ms.ananin@mpgu.su

 

INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION:

Address: Moscow, Vernadskogo Avenue, building 88 (KGF), 8th floor, room 801/office 502 (5th floor)

+7 (495) 438-18-45, +7 (495) 438-17-06; isgo@mpgu.su

Curator: Minyazhev Timur Rifatovich, tr.minyazhev@mpgu.su

 

FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY:

Address: Moscow, Kibalchicha street, building 16

+7 (495) 683-14-30, ev.filatova@mpgu.su / geo@mpgu.su

Curator: Artyom Yurievich Ezhov, ayu.ezhov@mpgu.su

 

INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND POLITICS:

Address: Moscow, Vernadskogo Avenue, building 88 (KGF), 3rd floor, office 303

+7 (495) 438-18-40, hispol@mpgu.su

Curator: Shapovalov Vladimir Leonidovich, vladshapovalov@mail.ru

 

INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATION SCIENCE:

Address: Moscow, st. Krasnoprudnaya, 14, (metro station «Komsomolskaya»)

+7 (499) 264-25-56, math@mpgu.su / math@mpgu.edu

Curator: Kovalev Evgeniy Evgenievich, ee.kovalev@mpgu.su

 

FACULTY OF MUSICAL ARTS:

Address: Moscow, Novospassky lane, building 3, building 3 (Taganskaya metro station (radial))

+7 (495) 912-45-84, muz@mpgu.su

Curator: Elena Viktorovna Kalchenko, ev.kalchenko@mpgu.su

 

FACULTY OF ART AND GRAPHICS:

Address: Moscow, Ryazansky prospect, building 9

+7 (499) 170-04-67, xgf@mpgu.su

Curator: Savina Anna Vladimirovna, av.savina@mpgu.su

 

FACULTY OF PRESCHOOL PEDAGOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY:

Address: Moscow, Gospitalny Val street, 4 (metro station «Semenovskaya»)

+7 (499) 787-04-85, dpp@mpgu.su

Curator: Bakhotskaya Maria Aleksandrovna, ma.bakhotskaya@mpgu.su

 

INSTITUTE OF PEDAGOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY:

Address: Moscow, Maly Sukharevsky lane, building 6

(Metro station “Sukharevskaya”, metro station “Trubnaya”, metro station “Tsvetnoy Bulvar”)

+7 (495) 608-20-08, fpp@mpgu.su

Curator: Bataeva Maria Dmitrievna, md.bataeva@mpgu.su

 

UNIVERSITY OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES:

г Address: Moscow, Vernadskogo Avenue, building 88 (KGF), 3rd floor, office 754

+7 495 438 18 59, in@mpgu.edu

Curators: Braion Tatyana Stepanovna, ts.braion@mpgu.su

Efimova Alexandra Dmitrievna, ad.efimova@mpgu.su

INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION:

Address: Moscow, Vernadskogo Ave., 88 (KGF), 3rd floor, office 355

+7 (495) 438-19-07, imo@mpgu.edu

Curator: Morozovska Miroslava Pavlovna, mp.morozovska@mpgu.su

 

INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM, COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA EDUCATION:

Address: Moscow, st. Verkhnyaya Radishchevskaya, 16/18, (metro station «Taganskaya»)

+7(495) 915-50-30, dekanat219@mpgu.su

Curator: Svetlana Yuryevna Ermolaeva, syu.ermolaeva@mpgu.su

 

CENTER FOR PRE-UNIVERSITY TRAINING OF FOREIGN CITIZENS IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE (PREPARATORY FACULTY):

Address: Moscow, Usacheva street, building 64, room 419

podfak_rki@mpgu.su

Curator: Ryauzova Olga Yurievna, oyu.ryauzova@mpgu.su

THE PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION TO THE MPGU CENTER FOR PRE-UNIVERSITY STUDY OF FOREIGN CITIZENS IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

The tuition fee for the 2024/2025 academic year is 375,000 rubles (two semesters). Payment is allowed for semesters: the first time upon admission and the second time after the New Year.

The one-year course (2 semesters) runs from October to July.

Upon completion of the studying, students receive a certificate indicating the level of proficiency in Russian (from A2 to B2)

 

Submission of documents for admission

Step 1

Prepare documents (a scan of a valid passport, its notarized translation, a document on recent education (school certificate, bachelor’s degree, etc.), its notarized translation) and fill out a questionnaire.

Step 2

Send the documents and the completed questionnaire to the post office of Daria Georgievna Popova (dg.popova@mpgu.su).

Step 3

Wait for a response confirming that the documents have been accepted

Step 4

For applicants through Rossotrudnichestvo: write to the faculty podfak_rki@mpgu.su and start learning.

For applicants under the contract:

  • To receive an agreement and a receipt for tuition fees by e-mail;
  • It is MANDATORY to sign the contract (in electronic form in Word format or print, sign and scan). If there is no signature or a poor-quality scan of the contract, the transfer will NOT be carried out;
  • Pay for the studying;
  • Send an email to Daria Georgievna Popova dg.popova@mpgu.su a signed contract and a receipt for tuition fees;
  • Write to the faculty podfak_rki@mpgu.su and start learning.

 

THE PROCEDURE FOR TRANSFER TO THE MPGU AND RECOVERY AFTER EXPULSION

All transfers and recoveries are possible but not guaranteed..

– for the fall semester: during the period after the summer session until September 1.

– for the spring semester: after the winter session until February 7.

For a contractual transfer:

It is necessary to write to the post office of Daria Georgievna Popova (dg.popova@mpgu.su), indicate where you want to enroll (course, faculty, field of study, form of study) and attach the following documents:

  • passport, visa and notarized translation of the passport;
  • certificate of the period of study (with a list of completed disciplines);
  • extract from the record book;
  • letter of consent for transfer from the university where you study (if you transfer from another university);
  • certificate that you are a student.

Next, wait for the documents to be filled in by mail.

For restoration on a contractual basis

It is necessary to write to the post office of Daria Georgievna Popova (dg.popova@mpgu.su), indicate where you want to enroll (course, faculty, field of study, form of study) and attach a passport, visa and a notarized translation of the passport.

Next, wait for the documents to be filled in by mail.

ATTENTION: RESTORATION THROUGH THE STATE LINE IS IMPOSSIBLE.

 

To familiarize yourself with the order on the cost of studying. Translation and restoration

 

If you are studying under the quota of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation (Rossotrudnichestvo program), then the possibility of transferring while maintaining the quota is considered on an individual basis.

It is necessary to write to the post office of Daria Georgievna Popova (dg.popova@mpgu.su) and attach a set of documents:

  • application for transfer (in free form);
  • a letter of consent for the transfer from the Embassy of your country;
  • letter of consent for transfer from the university where you study (if you transfer from another university);
  • passport, visa and notarized translation of the passport;
  • extract from the record book;
  • certificate of the period of study (with a list of completed disciplines);
  • a certificate stating that you are a student.

Next, wait for the documents to be filled in by mail.

ВИЗОВЫЕ СТРАНЫ
А  —  Австралия , Австрия , Албания , Алжир , Ангола , Андорра , Антигуа и Барбуда , Аргентина , Афганистан

Б  —  Багамы , Бангладеш , Барбадос , Бахрейн , Белиз , Бельгия , Бенин , Болгария , Боливия ,

Босния и Герцеговина , Ботсвана , Бразилия , Бруней , Буркина-Фасо , Бурунди , Бутан

В — Вануату , Ватикан , Великобритания , Венгрия , Венесуэла , Вьетнам

Г — Габон , Гаити , Гайана , Гамбия , Гана , Гватемала , Гвинея , Гвинея-Бисау , Гондурас , Гренада, Греция , Грузия

Д — Дания , Демократическая Республика Конго , Джибути , Доминика , Доминиканская Республика

Е — Египет

З — Замбия , Зимбабве

И – Израиль , Индия , Индонезия , Иордания , Ирак , Иран, Ирландия, Исландия , Испания , Италия

Й — Йемен

К — Кабо-Верде , Камбоджа , Камерун , Канада , Катар , Кения , Кипр , Китай , КНДР , Колумбия , Коморские острова , Конго , Коста-Рика , Кот-д’Ивуар , Куба , Кувейт

Л –  Лаос , Латвия , Лесото , Либерия , Ливан , Ливия , Литва , Лихтенштейн , Люксембург

М — Малайзия , Мали , Мальдивы , Мальта , Марокко , Мексика , Мозамбик , Монако , Монголия , Мьянма

Н – Намибия , Науру , Непал , Нигер , Нигерия , Нидерланды , Никарагуа , Новая Зеландия , Норвегия

О – Объединённые Арабские Эмираты , Оман

П – Пакистан , Палау , Палестина , Панама , Папуа — Новая Гвинея , Парагвай , Перу , Польша , Португалия

Р — Республика Корея , Руанда , Румыния

С —  Сальвадор , Самоа , Сан-Марино , Сан-Томе и Принсипи , Саудовская Аравия , Северная Македония , Сейшелы , Сенегал , Сент-Винсент и Гренадины , Сент-Китс и Невис , Сент-Люсия , Сербия , Сингапур , Сирия , Словакия , Словения , Сомали , Судан , Суринам , США , Сьерра-Леоне

Т — Таиланд , Тайвань, Китай , Танзания , Того , Тонга , Тринидад и Тобаго , Тувалу , ТунисТуркменистан , Турция

У — Уганда , Уругвай

Ф — Фиджи , Филиппины , Финляндия , Франция , ФРГ

Х — Хорватия

Ц — ЦАР

Ч — Чад , Черногория , Чехия , Чили

Ш – Швейцария , Швеция , Шри-Ланка

Э – Эквадор , Экваториальная Гвинея , Эритрея , Эсватини , Эстония , Эфиопия

Ю — ЮАР , Южный Судан

Я — Ямайка , Япония

 

Более подробная информация:

https://www.kdmid.ru/cons/visas/conditions-of-entry-foreign-citizens-in-russian-federation/

БЕЗВИЗОВЫЕ СТРАНЫ (БОЛЕЕ 90 ДНЕЙ)

A –

Абхазия — без виз по всем видам паспортов (включая внутренние);

Азербайджан  — без виз по всем видам паспортов;

Армения  — без виз по всем видам паспортов;

 

Б –

Белоруссиябез виз по всем видам паспортов (включая внутренние);

 

К –

Казахстан — без виз по всем видам паспортов (включая внутренние),

Киргизия — без виз по всем видам паспортов (включая внутренние),

 

М –

Молдавиябез виз по всем видам паспортов;

 

Т –

Таджикистанбез виз по всем видам паспортов;

 

У –

Узбекистан — без виз по всем видам паспортов;

Украинабез виз по всем видам паспортов (включая внутренние);

 

Ю –

Южная Осетиябез виз по всем видам паспортов (включая внутренние)

 

Более подробная информация:

https://www.kdmid.ru/cons/visas/conditions-of-entry-foreign-citizens-in-russian-federation/

THE PROCEDURE FOR ENTRY INTO THE TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

FOR STUDENTS OF VISA COUNTRIES (VIETNAM, CHINA, MONGOLIA, SYRIA, TURKEY and others, see the full list above)

 

STUDYING UNDER THE MPGU CONTRACT

For applicants from visa countries studying on a contractual basis, entry to the Russian Federation is possible only after official enrollment in the students of the MPGU.

An invitation to the Russian Federation is issued only after the Passport and Visa Department of the MPGU receives documents confirming enrollment — this is the «Agreement on the provision of paid educational services» and the «Enrollment Order».

INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVITATION OF THE MPGU: https://mpgu.su/ob-mpgu/mezhdunarodnaya-deyatelnost/pasportno-vizovyj-otdel/priglashenie-v-mpgu/

After submitting an application for the production of an invitation from the MPGU and receiving an invitation by e–mail specified in the questionnaire, please read our step-by-step instructions for citizens of visa countries on our website: https://mpgu.su/rossiju-studentov-vizovyh/

There is also an instruction in PDF-format with a translation into Chinese:

INSTRUCTIONS ON ENTRY TO RUSSIA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OF THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY (VISA COUNTRIES)

EDUCATION THROUGH ROSSOTRUDNICHESTVO (THROUGH THE STATE LINE)

Applicants from visa countries who apply through Rossotrudnichestvo (https://education-in-russia.com/), you need to check the readiness of the visa instruction in your personal booth on the portal  https://education-in-russia.com/

If, for a good reason, you were unable to use the visa instruction sent to you and you need to issue a secondary visa instruction to enter Russia, then write to our employee of the Department for Work with Foreign Students:

Lokteva Valeria Vitalievna  vv.lokteva@mpgu.su

How to apply:

— Send an email to the employee about issuing a visa instruction in your name (be sure to specify your details: Last name, First name, passport number)

— Attach the following documents: a copy of your passport (first page, photo spread), a copy of the last Russian visa (if you have already been to Russia)

— Be sure to indicate in the letter where you want to receive a visa instruction. A visa instruction is issued only upon receipt in those cities of your country where there is an Embassy or Consular Department of the Russian Federation..

To find out about the exact location Embassies or Consular departments of the Russian Federation/span>, select your country from the link https://www.kdmid.ru/docs/ , , then select «Russian Consular offices» in the panel on the right. There you will see the contacts (addresses and phone numbers) of the representative offices of the Consulates General, Embassies, Consular departments of the Russian Federation in your country.

In order to obtain a visa to Russia (single-entry, purpose of travel: STUDY) by invitation sent by us, you will need to collect documents at the request of the Embassy/Consulates of the Russian Federation.

You can get information about the visa instruction on the portal  https://education-in-russia.com/

After completing the application, the Ministry will produce a visa instruction for you.

After obtaining a visa, please read the instructions for entry to Russia on our website: https://mpgu.su/rossiju-studentov-vizovyh/

There is also an instruction in PDF format with a translation into Chinese:

INSTRUCTIONS ON ENTRY TO RUSSIA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OF THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY (VISA COUNTRIES)

 

FOR STUDENTS OF VISA-FREE COUNTRIES (AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA, BELARUS, UZBEKISTAN, UKRAINE and others, see the full list above)

 

TRAINING UNDER THE MPGU CONTRACT

For students of visa-free countries studying on a contractual basis, entry to the Russian Federation is possible only after official enrollment in the students of the Moscow State University.

Please read our step-by-step entry instructions for citizens of visa-free countries on our website: https://mpgu.su/rossiju-studentov-bezvizovyh/

 

Dear applicants, we remind you that there are always two mandatory exams:
1) Russian language (as a foreign language)
2) subject specialty

Applicants who enter the Institute of Philology pass:

1) Russian Russian (as a foreign language)
(the date, time, and link to the online interview can be found below in the «RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE» drop down list. INTERVIEW»)

2) subject specialty
(the date, time, link to the online interview can be found below in the «SPECIALTY INTERVIEW» drop-down list)

Applicants who enroll in other institutes institutes (for example: Institute of Social and Humanitarian Education, Institute of Fine Arts: Faculty of Music, Institute of Fine Arts: Faculty of Art and Graphics) pass:

1) Russian (as a foreign language)
(the date, time, and link to the online interview can be found below in the «RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE» drop-down list. INTERVIEW»)

2) subject specialty
(you will be contacted by email)

RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. Interview
SPECIALIZATION INTERVIEW
The schedule of the interview in the specialty

Examples of questions to prepare:
Russian Language Teaching Master’s degree «Modern Paradigm»
Master’s degree «Russian Language in the Context of Russian Culture»
Bachelor’s degree «Russian Philology»

CONTACTS:

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK WITH FOREIGN STUDENTS

On issues of study and admission, transfers within and from another university:

SUB-FACULTY/BACHELOR’S/MASTER’S DEGREE

Daria Georgievna Popova –  dg.popova@mpgu.su  

Lokteva Valeria Vitalievna  – vv.lokteva@mpgu.su

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

Ekaterina Vladimirovna Kanishcheva – ev.tega@mpgu.su

Lyulchak Yulia Alexandrovna – yua.lyulchak@mpgu.su

VISA INSTRUCTION

Daria Georgievna Popova – dg.popova@mpgu.su

Contact information of the Department for work with foreign students
Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station, 88 Vernadsky Avenue (KGF), 3rd floor, office 342
+7 499 4000248 (ext.691) 11:00-15:00 (Mon. — Fri.)

vv.lokteva@mpgu.su