Russian Government Scholarship

On January 20 the call for application for a Russian Governmnet Scholarship for foreign citizens begins! Apply at education-in-russia.com and choose UrFU, the Top-10 university in Russia!

Government of Russia annually offers a number of scholarships to thousands international students.

For the first time, foreign citizens and Russians living abroad who want to study in Russia will be able to apply by filling out the electronic form on the website of the state information system "Education in the Russian Federation for Foreigners" (GIS ORFI).

Deadline: March 15, 2021.

GIS ORFI is a new service, a "single window" that will provide a completely transparent process: from filing an application, selection to support, including migration.The selection will take place in two stages.

1. The first stage is carried out by Rossotrudnichestvo representative offices, Russian embassies and foreign missions (registration is done at education-in-russia.com, redirection to the system is possible at edu.rs.gov.ru/ and future-in-russia.com/). Based on the test results, a list of candidates is formed according to the number of scholarships allocated for your country.
2. The second stage of selection is carried out by Russian universities evaluating the applications.

Please note that you must apply through a Russian foreign offices of your home country.

You can find the contacts of all Rossotrudnichestvo offices on the Rossotrudnichestvo website (rs.gov.ru/ru/contacts).

(!) If there is NO Rossotrudnichestvo representatives in your country, the selection is carried out by the diplomatic mission, normally, by the Russian Embassy officials. You can find the contacts of the Russian embassies on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (www.mid.ru/ru/maps).

To inquire about the selection results, please contact Russian officials in your local Rossotrudnichestvo office (Embassy / Consulate General).