The Ministry of Higher Education of Russia has announced the awarding of a number of free scholarships for those interested in studying in Russia for master’s and doctoral degrees under the title of Open Doors scholarship, which is as follows.

Details

• Scholarship Name: Open Doors Scholarship of Russia
• Scholarship awarding country: Russia
• Scholarship provider authority: Ministry of Higher Education of Russia
• Grade: Master’s Degree | Ph.D. degree
• Gender: Male and Female
• Availability: International
• Number of scholarships: 300
• Eligible countries: Nationals of all countries including Iran and Afghanistan
• Teaching language: English and Russian
• Deadline: 10.12.2023

University of study: selected universities for the Open Doors scholarship in Russia:

• Higher School of Economics (HSE)
• Tomsk state university
• ITMO University
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
• Novosibirsk State University
• National Research Nuclear University
• National University of Science and Technology MISIS
• Ural Federal University
• Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI)
• Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
• Peter the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU)
• Tomsk Polytechnic University
• Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
• People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)
• University of Tyumen
• Far Eastern Federal University
• Kazan University
• Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (UNN)
• Samara National Research University
• Siberian Federal University
• South Ural State University

Fields and academic trends offered:

38.04.02 Management
38.04.03 Human Resource Management
38.04.04 State and Municipal Administration
38.04.05 Business Informatics
38.04.08 Finance and credit
38.04.09 State audit
38.04.07 Commodity science
38.04.10 Housing and Utility Infrastructure

Engineering & Technology

07.04.01 Architecture
07.04.04 Urbanistics
08.04.01 Construction
11.04.03 Design and technology of electronic means
11.04.04 Electronics and Nanoelectronics
12.04.01 Instrument engineering
13.04.01 Heat-Power Engineering and Heating Engineering
13.04.02 Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering
14.04.02 Nuclear Physics and Technologies
15.04.01 Mechanical Engineering
15.04.04 Technology Processes and Productions Automation
15.04.06 Mechatronics and robotics
22.04.01 Materials Science and Technology
27.04.04 Management in Engineering Systems

Biology & Biotechnology

06.04.01 Biology
19.04.01 Biotechnology

Linguistics & Literary Studies

45.04.01 Philology
45.04.02 Linguistics
45.04.03 Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
45.04.04 Intelligent systems in the humanitarian sphere

Politics & International Studies

41.04.01 Foreign Regional Studies
41.04.04 Political Science
41.04.05 International Relations
46.04.01 History
39.04.01 Sociology
41.04.02 Russian regional studies

Clinical Medicine & Public Health

32.04.01 Public health

Computer & Data Science

09.04.01 Informatics and Computer Engineering
09.04.02 Information systems and technologies
09.04.03 Applied Informatics
09.04.04 Software engineering
10.04.01 Information security

Chemistry & Materials Science

04.04.01 Chemistry
18.04.01 Chemical Technology
18.04.02 Energy-Conservative and Resource-Saving Processes in Chemical Technology, Petrochemistry and Biotechnology
19.04.01 Biotechnology
19.04.02 Food products from vegetable raw materials
19.04.03 Food products of animal origin
20.04.01 Technosphere Safety
22.04.01 Materials Science and Technology
22.04.02 Metallurgy
28.04.03 Nanomaterials

Cognitive Neuroscience & Psychology

37.04.01 Psychology
37.04.02 Conflict resolution

Earth Sciences

05.04.01 Geology
05.04.02 Geography
05.04.04 Hydrometeorology
05.04.06 Ecology and Nature Management
15.04.02 Technological Machinery and Equipment
20.04.01 Technosphere Safety
20.04.02 Nature management and water use
21.04.01 Oil and Gas Engineering
22.04.02 Metallurgy

Mathematics and artificial intelligence

01.04.01 Mathematics
01.04.02 Applied Mathematics and Informatics
01.04.03 Mechanics and mathematic simulation
01.04.04 Applied Mathematics
02.04.01 Mathematics and Computer Sciences
02.04.02 Fundamental Informatics and IT
02.04.03 Mathematical support and administration of information systems
03.04.01 Applied Mathematics and Physics
10.04.01 Information security
27.04.03 System analysis and control
01.04.05 Statistics

Economics & Econometrics

38.04.01 Economics
38.04.06 Trade
38.04.08 Finance and credit

Physical Sciences

03.04.01 Applied Mathematics and Physics
03.04.02 Physics
03.04.03 Radio Physics
04.04.02 Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanics of Materials
12.04.02 Optical Engineering
12.04.03 Photonics and Optical Informatics
12.04.05 Laser Engineering and Laser Technology
13.04.01 Heat-Power Engineering and Heating Engineering
14.04.01 Nuclear Power Engineering and Thermal Physics
14.04.02 Nuclear Physics and Technologies
15.04.03 Applied Mechanics
16.04.01 Applied Physics
16.04.02 High-Tech Plasma and Power Plants
20.04.01 Technosphere Safety
16.04.03 Refrigerating, Cryogenic Engineering, and Life Support Systems
28.04.02 Nanoengineering

Education

44.04.01 Pedagogy
44.04.03 Defectologic education
44.04.02 Psychological and Pedagogical Education
44.04.04 Professional education (by industry)

Scholarship benefits:

• Exemption from paying 100% tuition
• Monthly salary payment (depending on the university)
• Conducting Russian language courses
• No need for a Phi application

Keep in mind that other expenses such as accommodation, food and insurance are the responsibility of the student

Required Documents :

• Translation of the last degree with transcripts
• Passport
• Picture
• motivation letter
• Work history (if any)
• Presentation of articles and other honors obtained (if any)
• English or Russian language certificate (not required)

How to Apply

How to register: To register for this scholarship, first enter the reference site and after carefully studying the conditions of each field, you can apply for it.

Note: The Open Doors scholarship is different from the Russian government scholarship. Click here to learn the details of the government scholarship