Russian universities are praised for their best price-to-value ratio. Tuition costs vary from 1000 to 6000 US dollars per year and depend on the city, chosen programme and university. In any case, Russian universities tuition fees are lower than in Europe or America. Most Russian universities offer the option of paying for tuition by terms. One can visit https://studyinrussia.ru/en/study-in-russia/programs/ to see the tuition fees in target fields of study in Russia

Yes, this is an advantage of study in Russia. Leading Russian universities normally offer Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree programmes in English. You can choose to study Russian at the university's international student pre-school or Russian language courses.

Government scholarships are awarded to the most talented students on the basis of their academic merit. The commission looks at your secondary school marks if you apply for a Bachelor’s programme, or at your academic excellence during undergraduate studies if you apply for a Master’s programme. If you wish to take part in the competition you need to prepare yourself: to enquire about the procedure, to collect all necessary documents, to enrol into Russian language courses at your country. You don’t have to speak Russian to get funding, but language skills will give you an advantage and will help to adapt easily to a new environment.

Yes, international students can work at the university (or at its organizations) on their free time. Sometimes universities’ International Offices help students find employment such as contract work. In this case you don’t need to take the relevant permit from the General Administration for Migration Issues of the Interior Ministry of Russia. In other cases a permit is required. Permits are issued only to students on full-time courses at state-accredited universities. Students can work only according to the profession specified in the permit, and in the region (city) where their university is located.

If you are a contract student, you can enrol at any Russian university after completing pre-university training. Scholarship students who have passed strict competitive selection cannot easily change their university. Scholarships are distributed based on your country’s requirements for specialists in certain areas. Before your trip to Russia, your country’s education authorities will refer you to the Russian university having the required preparatory and basic programmes. Quota students’ requests to transfer from one university to another or change the major (during or after preparatory course) are reviewed by Interdepartmental Commission under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.