Results of Admission Campaign

12:22, September 5, 2014

UrFU Rector, Victor Koksharov, summarized the results of the admission campaign

9786 students from 62 Russian regions were enrolled this year in Ural Federal University. This figure was announced today by the Rector Victor Koksharov.

The requirements for the school-leavers rose: the average score of the applicants enrolled in the first course on the budget basis this year is 212.

The university continues to implement the support program for talented freshmen: the university accepted 247 school-leavers on the engineering and natural science majors (the applicants passed their exams with scores above 250) and on humanitarian and socio-economic majors (the applicants passed their exams with scores above 290). During the first semester, they will receive higher scholarship in the amount of 10 thousand rubles.

The most popular major this year was "Economic Security" (27 applicants per one place). The other leading areas of training included advertising and public relations, economics, international relations, tourism, design, psychology and journalism.

Among the engineering areas of training “Buildings of unique constructions and structures” is the most popular. Competition remains high for all the majors related to information technologies.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.