Applying for Master’s Programmes

1 Choose Programmes 2 Submit an Application Form 3 Application Evaluation 4Prepare Your Documents 5 Enrolment

Step 5: Arrival and Enrolment

1. Recognition of international qualifications

2. Visa application

3. Housing for international students

4. Enrolment

5. Submission of documents upon arrival in Nizhny Novgorod

After you arrive in Nizhny Novgorod, you should contact the International Office.

Please be ready to present the following documents:

For students admitted to government-funded places:

- your passport and a copy of your passport with a notarized Russian translation (if necessary);

- original certificates of education (diploma + transcript) with respective copies of a notarized Russian translation (if necessary);

- your migration card received upon the crossing of the border of the Russian Federation (in the airport or any other border checkpoint in Russia) or a copy of your entry visa.

IMPORTANT! Please make sure to state the purpose of your visit as Study (Учеба) in your migration card.

- 4 (four) 3x4 photographs (matte paper);

- an original health certificate (issued not earlier than 6 (six) months before your arrival in Nizhny Novgorod), and an HIV-negative certificate.

Please note that your health certificate remains valid for 6 months, and your HIV-negative certificate – for 3 months.

- voluntary health insurance policy (VHI), if any.

You must have a valid VHI policy during the entire period of study. You can purchase a VHI policy from any insurance company at your discretion within 5 (five) days after you arrive in Nizhny Novgorod.

Please see more details about VHI policies available to international students here.

For students admitted to fee-paying places:

- your passport and a copy of your passport with a notarized Russian translation (if necessary);

- original certificates of education (diploma + transcript) with respective copies of a notarized Russian translation (if necessary);

- a copy of the education agreement signed by the “Customer” side;

- a confirmation of payment for Semester 1 of the current academic year;

IMPORTANT! Upon arrival for studying, the contract will be signed personally by the “Customer” and the “Contractor”. If the “Customer” under the contract is a legal entity or one of the student's parents, it is necessary to provide 3 (three) copies of the contract with the personal signature of the “Customer”.