Dear students!

The epidemiological situation regarding the incidence of New Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) in the Sverdlovsk region remains unfortunate. The transition from distance to full-time education for students has created additional risks of mass spread of acute respiratory viral infections, community-acquired pneumonia, COVID-19 and requires strict compliance with anti-epidemic regime.

In this regard, the University administration, the rector and the international service, once again remind you of the importance of compliance with the requirements of health legislation and compliance with the rules of personal safety.

Education in 2021

From the second semester of 2020-21 (starts on February 15, 2021) the university comes back to offline. Only lectures with more than 75 in attendance are held online. Still, we are prescribed to instruct you about special Covid safety measures. Starting from late December 2020 we receive 500+ vaccines on a monthly basis.

Going to UrFU

According to the requirements of Rospotrebnazdor, arrival and admission of international students from abroad of the Russian Federation has been amended, as well as the procedure for interaction between universities and foreign students. At the moment, foreign students can arrive in the Russian Federation from 27 states with which air traffic is open, and only by air travel.

The list of foreign states whose citizens and persons holding a residence permit or other document confirming the right to permanent residence in which can enter the Russian Federation from these states through air checkpoints across the State border of the Russian Federation (as of April 1, 2021 ): United Kingdom, Switzerland, Egypt, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Korea, Cuba, Serbia, Japan, Seychelles, Ethiopia, Vietnam, India, Qatar, Finland, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Greece, Singapore, Venezuela, Germany, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka.

We remind you that a foreign student must inform the Ural Federal University about his arrival by filling out a special arrival form. A foreign student, according to the instructions of Rospotrebnazdor and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, must provide a documentation of a negative test result for SARS-CoV-2 (PCR). A proof of a negative COVID-19 test must be issued no later than 3 days before arrival. The results of a negative test can be provided in Russian or in English.

Within 3 days upon arrival in Russia, a foreign student is required to get tested for COVID-19 (PCR) again. Only in the case of a negative result, a student is allowed to start full-time studies. Until the second negative test result is obtained, a student must be in self-isolation.

Opportunities for self-isolating in Yekaterinburg:

Student hostel provided by the Center for Adaptation of Foreign Students (100 rubles / day);
Another place of isolation (hostel, hotel, rented accommodation, etc.)

UrFU International Students Adaptation Center encourages you to take a responsible approach to isolation. Recorded isolation violations, depending on their number, may result in a warning and even expulsion of a foreign student from the university.

Foreign students already in Russia can independently take the SARS-CoV-2 test using the PCR method at any time, and after receiving a negative analysis, start their studies in full-time format.

We remind you of the need for an advance warning of the Ural Federal University (UrFU International Students Adaptation Center) 10 days before arrival about your arrival. When processing documents at the UrFU International Students Adaptation Center, you can issue a medical insurance policy, which includes the cost of the SARS-CoV-2 test. If you have already bought tickets and are going to fly to us, please fill out the arrival form and take the SARS-CoV-2 test!

Arrival form

Contacts of the International Students Adaptation Center:

e-mail: adaptation@urfu.ru
phone: +7 (343) 375-41-93

Sputnik V Vaccination

UrFU welcomes all foreign students and teachers who are temporary residence permits' holders to get vaccinated with the Russian vaccine that is safe and effective. UrFU on a monthly basis receives hundreds of dozes of Sputnik V providing vaccine for all its faculty and students.

University does not urge anyone to get vaccinated. Vaccination is a personal matter and depends on a person's health and willingness.

There are 3 key to-do steps:

Fill out the request form at the Medical Unit Website (in Russian) and receive the invitation to get a vaccine;
Check your documents: you must have your ID (Passport), your insurance policy, and the invitation;
Come to 59b Komsomolskaya str. and get vaccinated swiftly!

March 2020: UrFU Transferred to Distance Learning

Rector on Distance Learning

For us, this situation is a serious challenge. All 36,100 students of UrFU have now been transferred to distance learning. It’s a long time since digitalization processes have been introduced at the university, we are actively engaged in the creation of learning management systems, online courses, electronic educational resources, but it cannot be said that all materials for all courses were fully prepared for remote work. The transition to a new training format on such a large scale does not happen in one click – this is a stressful process, but so far everything is going well.

Besides, the international research and methodological center of the Ural Federal University, which provides courses for teachers of other universities, has switched to the remote work format. Thus all interested teachers can take distance training in these fields at our university.

Visas and Migration Issues

On April 18, Vladimir Putin signed a Presidential Executive Order that freezes visa expiry dates for foreign citizens legally residing, or working in Russia. Visas and migration cards get expiry permit waivers from March 15 until further regulation. Read full announcement: urfu.ru/en/news/31593/