Dear Friends!

I highly encourage you to participate in the Open Doors Olympiad organized by Global Universities Association and take a degree at UrFU, one of the top Russian universities!

May you reach top results and show your talents at this Olympiad. I am convinced, that priceless experience you gain here would serve as an integral element to your successful future.

I would like to wish all the best to all participants of the Open Doors Olympiad and hope to welcome you at Ural Federal University.

Be persistent in reaching your goals and rise to the top!

Rector Victor Koksharov

Open Doors Olympiad - your chance for early admission to a tuition-free Master's degree or Doctoral program at UrFU, one of the leading universities in Russia! 

Who can participate:

• Foreign citizens
• Stateless persons
• Compatriots living abroad with a Bachelor’s diploma or graduating from undergraduate programs in the academic year 2022/2023

Format of the competition: online in all stages

Registration starts from September 15th, 2022

Participants who score a sufficient number of points after 2 stages and are among 25% of the best participants, fall into the list of winners and prize-winners of the Olympiad.

The winners of the Olympiad have the right to receive granted places for master’s studies in areas corresponding to the profile of the Olympiad.

Prize-winners of the Olympiad can get a similar right at the 2nd stage of the allocation of granted places, if there are winners who have not submitted the necessary documents or refused to study in Russia.

Winners and prize-winners, who gained a granted place, choose a program in English or Russian available for foreign citizens.

• a leading university in Russia, founded in 1920
• an international research & education hub in the heart of Eurasia
• 400+ Bachelor’s, Master’s & PhD programs in Russian and English
• unique location – on the Europe-Asia border in Ekaterinburg, the 4th largest city in Russia, administrative capital of Ural region
• 36 000 students from 110 countries: CIS, Arab world, Africa, Latin America, South and South-East Asia, Europe, North America
• modern campus with all necessary infrastructure: 16 dormitories, 72 research centers, 164 scientific labs (12 international), 19 sport facilities.          

Language of instruction

Russian, English

• Master's Degree programs in Russian
• Master's Degree programs in English

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