Tuition
Fee details
International students · Course 1 · 195,000 ₽ per academic year
What you will study
- Asia and Africa in modern times
- History of culture
- Palaeography and archival studies
- Ethnopolitical development of ancient and early medieval Britain
- Regional and local history
Admission requirements 2026/27
Entrance tests
- For paid bachelor's and specialist places, the university sets its own entrance tests and minimum scores for foreign applicants.
- For bachelor's and specialist programmes taught in Russian, the foreign-applicant test list includes a Russian language test.
- On paid places, the Russian language entrance test for foreign applicants is an interview.
- Other general-subject entrance tests for foreign applicants on paid places are taken as tests designed for foreign citizens.
- Foreign applicants may choose between the tests designed for foreigners and the standard entrance tests.
- Each bachelor's and specialist entrance test is scored out of 100 points.
- The university's own entrance tests are conducted in Russian.
- Foreign applicants may take entrance tests remotely on request, with identity verification.
- Applicants need at least an intermediate level of Russian (TORFL) or a completed pre-university Russian course.
Admission details
Key dates
- Foreign applicants, bachelor's and specialist: documents accepted from
- Foreign applicants: university entrance tests
- Document deadline for programmes with creative or professional tests
- Document deadline for other bachelor's and specialist programmes
- Foreign applicants: competition lists published
- Foreign applicants: deadline for enrolment consent and tuition contract
- Foreign applicants: enrolment order issued
Application and arrival
- Individual insurance account (SNILS) document, if you have one.
- Consent to personal data processing.
- Four 3x4 photographs, if the university requires them from applicants who take its own entrance tests.
- Copies or electronic images are accepted; originals are not needed at submission.
- Foreign applicants may submit documents in person, through the Gosuslugi online admission service, or by post.
- Migration registration at the place of stay is the duty of the receiving party.
- An ordinary student visa is extended by the local migration office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs where the student is registered.
Other rules
- The earlier education document must give the right to continue studies at the next level in the country that issued it.
- Entry to the second or later years is not possible under Russian law; admission is to the first year only.
- Admission route
- International students
Before you apply
Check which documents to prepare before applying.
Passport
General preparation guidance
Prepare your international passport and a clear copy of the page with your photo and personal details.
If you need a Russian study visa, use this passport for your invitation and visa application at a Russian embassy or consulate.
Your passport must be valid for at least 18 months from the start date of your study visa.
Required when applying
Education documents
General preparation guidance
Prepare your school certificate or diploma in its original language, with the supplement or transcript showing your subjects and grades.
Depending on the country that issued it, you may need an apostille or consular legalisation. Some documents are exempt.
Your qualification may also need recognition in Russia. Ask the university which steps apply to your document.
If applicable when applying
Education document; one or several may be submitted.
Qualification recognition
If applicable when applying
A foreign education document comes with a certificate of recognition of foreign education, unless law or a treaty makes recognition unnecessary. Documents issued abroad must be legalised unless an international treaty or Russian law says otherwise.
Russian translations
General preparation guidance
Prepare Russian translations of your passport and education documents.
Have the translations certified by a Russian notary or a Russian consulate in the country of issue.
Education translation
Required when applying
Documents in a foreign language need a notarised Russian translation (including by a consular official).
Russian language certificate
General preparation guidance
TORFL (TRKI) is an official certificate showing your level of Russian.
To get it, pass a Russian language test at an authorised testing centre. The test covers reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar.
A language course can help you prepare. A course completion document is not the same as a TORFL certificate.
Check the level and accepted proof with the university. Some universities accept their own Russian entrance test instead of a certificate.
Already in Russia?General preparation guidance
Prepare copies of your migration card and current registration (proof of where you stay), if these documents were issued to you.
Also prepare your valid visa or residence permit, if you have one.
Before enrolment or changing universities, contact the university’s international office. Tell them why you are in Russia and when your documents expire.
Ask whether your current documents allow you to study and what needs to be updated.
Document information from university admission rules for 2026/27.