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Doctoral program in Russia – what is it?

According to the Russian educational system, a postgraduate program called aspirantura and is considered to be the third stage of higher education in Russia.
After completing the program, postgraduates defend their thesis (research project) and get granted an academic rank of Candidate of Science. This rank is equivalent to Ph.D. in the United States and the European Union higher education systems.
The duration of a doctoral program in Russia is 3 or 4 full-time years.

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1/6 Mahmoud Mahrous Aref Amery and Amir Salah Hassan Abdel Menaem (Egypt), UrFU doctoral candidates in 'Electro and Heat Power Engineering' with their supervisors Prof. Andrey V. Pazderin and Prof. Vladislav P. Oboskalov
2/6 Basem Atieh (Syria) and Dita Puspitasari (Indonesia), UrFU doctoral candidates in ‘Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies’
3/6 Akram Hamzah (Egypt), an UrFU doctoral candidate in ‘Nuclear, Thermal and Renewable Energy and Related Technologies’
4/6 UrFU doctoral candidates in ‘Economics’ Lu Jiajin (China) and Armine Amiryan (Armenia)
5/6 Ebenezer Agbozo (Ghana), an UrFU doctoral candidate in ‘Computer Science and Computer Facilities’
6/6 Adven Masih (Pakistan) and Haula Kitonsa (Uganda), UrFU doctoral candidates in ‘Computer Science and Computer Facilities’

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The Olympiad is organized by The Association of Global Universities, in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudichestvo).

The winners of the Open Doors are granted a free early admission at any Russian university, without entrance examinations and with tuition fees covered by the Russian Federation. The language of instruction is English or Russian depending on the chosen program and the university.

The Olympiad is held in three rounds for the doctoral track (analogous to Ph.D.). The first round is a competition of portfolios, and the second round is a problem-solving challenge. The third round of the Olympiad involves the selection of a prospective research supervisor for the chosen doctoral program (analogous to Ph.D.) and an interview with him/her.

For 2020-2021 only the following programs are available for PhD studies:

1. Biology & Biotechnology

2. Chemistry & Materials Science

3. Clinical Medicine & Public Health

4. Linguistics & Modern Languages

5. Mathematics & Artificial intelligence

6. Physical Sciences

Registration and detailed information

Application

See more information at Study in Russia website.

List of required documents

Prices marked with * are valid for those applicants who receive the required scores for the entrance test.

Prices differ for Former Soviet Union states citizens. Russian-speaking FSU citizens, please follow this link. Non-Russian-speaking FSU citizens, please contact the managers for more details.

Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Code	Program name	Price (RUB)
		Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4
01.06.01	Mathematics and Mechanics	221 500 (153 100)*	226 220 (144 540)*	176 740 (126 380)*	126 320
02.06.01	Computer and Information Sciences	221 500 (153 100)*	226 220 (144 540)*	176 740 (126 380)*	-
03.06.01	Physics and Astronomy	231 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	191 320 (133 920)*	126 320
04.06.01	Chemical Sciences	231 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	191 320 (133 920)*	126 320
06.06.01	Biosciences	231 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	191 320 (133 920)*	126 320

Engineering & Technical Sciences

Code	Program name	Price (RUB)
		Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4
07.06.01	Architecture	to be confirmed
08.06.01	Civil Engineering Technology	231 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	191 320 (133 920)*	126 320
09.06.01	Computer Science and Computer Facilities	231 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	210 460 (191 320)*	191 260
13.06.01	Electrical and Heat-power Engineering	231 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	210 460 (191 320)*	191 260
14.06.01	Nuclear, Thermal and Renewable Energy and Related Technologies	265 700 (186 800)*	318 320 (176 460)*	262 660 (191 320)*	191 260
15.06.01	Mechanical Engineering	231 500 (162 300)	241 660 (153 320)	210 460 (191 320)*	191 260
18.06.01	Chemical Technology	231 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	210 460 (191 320)*	191 260
22.06.01	Materials Technology	231 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	210 460 (191 320)*	191 260
27.06.01	Management in Technical Systems	231 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	191 320 (133 920)*	126 320

Social Sciences

Code	Program name	Price (RUB)
		Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
37.06.01	Psychological Sciences	221 500 (162 300)*	241 660 (153 320)*	191 320 (133 920)*
38.06.01	Economics	221 500 (153 100)*	226 220 (144 540)*	194 140 (180 000)*
39.06.01	Sociological sciences	221 500 (153 100)*	226 220 (144 540)*	176 740 (123 780)*
41.06.01	Political sciences and area studies	221 500 (153 100)*	226 220 (144 540)*	176 640 (123 780)*

Humanities

Code	Program name	Price (RUB)
		Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
45.06.01	Linguistics and Literary studies	221 500 (153 100)*	226 220 (144 540)*	176 740 (123 780)*
46.06.01	History and Archeology	221 500 (153 100)*	226 220 (144 540)*	176 740 (123 780)*
47.06.01	Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies	221 500 (153 100)*	226 220 (144 540)*	176 740 (123 780)*

Arts and Culture

Code	Program name	Price (RUB)
		Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
50.06.01	Art studies	221 500 (186 800)*	318 320 (176 460)*	262 660 (183 920)*
51.06.01	Cultural studies	221 500 (186 800)*	318 320 (176 460)*	262 600 (183 920)*