20 000 People Applied for Open Doors Scholarship Project

13:39, January 28, 2019

Participants from 158 countries will compete for the right to complete a tuition-free masters course

The “Global Universities” Association’ Open Doors Academic Competition for graduate students has collected more than 20,000 applications by participants from 158 countries of the world. Online registration will be completed on January 31.

‘The Open Doors Olympiad is held in ten subject areas and is divided into two stages. The qualifying round involves a portfolio competition: over 3,000 participants have already uploaded them. The final stage will be held from February 18 to March 7 online,’ the organizers add.

Olympiad of the “Global Universities” Association  is an international project that provides a chance to win tuition-free education at the best universities in Russia and the world. It was developed by the prominent figures in the Russian higher education system with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and Rossotrudnichestvo. UrFU is one of the universities organizing the Olympiad.

The competition winners and runner-ups will be given an opportunity to choose any of the 500 universities of Russia, including the Ural Federal University, and enroll to a master’s course. Completing the course of the participants’ choice is possible in English or Russian.