University Is Ready to Begin the Admissions Campaign

09:50, June 20, 2023

Applicants may expect more state-funded places and increased scholarships

On June 20 the admission campaign at the Ural Federal University started. Admission will be held in the main educational building of the Ural Federal University in Ekaterinburg (Mira Street, 19), as well as in four branches of the university - in Nizhny Tagil, Kamensk-Uralsky, Verkhnyaya Salda, and Krasnoturyinsk. It is possible to submit the documents in electronic form through the portal of the state services or through the personal account of the applicant, as well as by post.

"We have everything ready for the start of the admissions campaign," said Elena Avramenko, Deputy Head for Educational Activities at the Ural Federal University, at an Interfax press conference. - We invite applicants to our university, where they can talk to students and faculty, so that they can make the right and informed choice. The Ural Federal University is still the leader in Russia in terms of the number of state-funded places - this academic year it will be 9,876. That's 434 more than last year."

As for Bachelor's and Specialist's degrees, the highest number of state-funded places is in Engineering - 3317, followed by Information Technology (1454), Social Sciences and Technology (1361), Natural Sciences and Mathematics (491), and Economics, Management and Law (130). Also this year the number of state-funded places in Master's programs has increased by 140 - to 1179. In addition, the university is ready to accept about 5,000 students on a contract basis.

"For Bachelor's and Specialist's degrees there will be admission to 130 areas of training and 163 educational programs," Avramenko said. - For Master's degrees there will be 90 fields of education and 195 educational programs. This year we have several new programs - "Pharmacy" in the Specialty and two new programs in the Master's program - "Technosphere Safety" and "Law".

Elena Avramenko added that talented first-year students can count on increased scholarships from 10 thousand to 30 thousand rubles. The maximum scholarship of 30 thousand rubles will be awarded to winners and medalists of the All-Russian Olympiad of Schoolchildren, as well as members of national teams at international competitions. Scholarships in the amount of 20 thousand rubles will be granted to the winners and medalists of the listed Olympiads of schoolchildren who have been admitted to the university without an entrance examination. Scholarships in the amount of 10 thousand will be granted to the holders of high results of USE.

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office. 
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