The Admission Rules of Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Orel State University named after I.S.Turgenev” for learning on educational programs of higher education – Bachelor’s, Specialist’s and Master’s degrees for 2023/2024 academic year. 

XIII. Special aspects of admission for foreign citizens and stateless persons.

101. Foreign citizens and stateless persons can get higher education due to budgetary provisions in accordance with international agreements of the Russian Federation, federal acts or educational quotas, established by Government of the Russian Federation for foreign citizens and stateless person (hereafter – educational quota for foreign citizens), and due to resources of private and legal persons in accordance with for-profit education services agreements.

102. The admission within educational quotas for foreign citizens is carried out according to program tracks of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The admission within educational quotas for foreign citizens is carried out by a separate university order (orders).

103.Foreign citizens who enroll for training on the basis of international treaties, in addition to the documents specified in paragraph 44 of the Rules, provide documents confirming their assignment to the number of persons specified in the relevant international treaties

104. Foreign citizens and stateless persons, who are compatriots and live abroad according to the section 17, Federal act №99-FA "State policy of the Russian Federation in regard to compatriots, who live abroad" (hereafter - Federal act №99-FA) during the admission should provide not only documents, noticed in the item 43 of these Rules, bur also original documents or their copies, covered by the section 17, Federal act №99-FA. 

Compatriots are not subject to special rights when enrolling in undergraduate and specialty programs provided in accordance with Federal Law No. 273-FZ, unless otherwise provided by an international treaty of the Russian Federation.

105. During the admission of foreign citizens and stateless persons for training under the specialty programs 31.05.01 General Medicine, 31.05.02 Pediatrics, 31.05.03 Dentistry, 33.05.01 Pharmacy on places under contracts for the provision of paid educational services the university establishes a separate list of entrance examinations, allocates the number of places for foreign citizens and stateless persons and holds a separate competition for these places.

The list of entrance examinations, the number of places on contracts for the provision of paid educational services for admission for training of foreign citizens and stateless persons under specialty programs 31.05.01 General Medicine, 31.05.02 Pediatrics, 31.05.03 Dentistry, 33.05.01 Pharmacies are presented in Appendix 4 to these Rules.

Foreign citizens and stateless persons can, at their choice, enroll in training based on the results of entrance examinations established for foreign citizens or based on the results of entrance examinations specified in paragraphs 11-13 of the Rules.In the application for consent to enrollment, the applicant indicates in accordance with the results of which competition he wants to be enrolled.

106. During submission of documents for admission a foreign citizen or a stateless person marks information about his/her passport in the request for admission or about other ID documents, that certify the identity of that foreign citizen or stateless person in the Russian Federation according to the section 10, Federal act of July 25, 2002 №115-FA "Legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation" (hereafter - the foreign citizen's ID) and provides an original or a copy of the foreign citizen's passport, ID or certification of naturalization, according to the item 44, subitem 1 of these Rules.

107. The admission of foreign citizens and stateless persons on educational programs, which provide national security information, can be only within educational quotas for foreign citizens and should satisfy requirements, marked at the laws of the Russian Federation.

Appendix  4

The list of entrance examinations, the number of places on contracts for the provision of paid educational services for admission to study on specialty programs 31.05.01 Medical treatment, 31.05.02 Pediatrics, 31.05.03 Dentistry, 33.05.01 Pharmacy of foreign citizens and stateless persons to Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev

Admission requirements for international students

FOR SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATES
Required Documents:

1. ORIGINAL Scholarship Application completed in English with a picture in the upper right corner (3×4 cm, colour or black and white on matte paper) signed by the applicant.

2. Scanned copy of your education document (secondary school certificate), as well as related notarized Russian translations.

3. Standard general medical certificate COPY confirming that you are medically fit. The document must be translated and certified by an official notary/translation service.

4. Medical certificate COPY indicating HIV test results. The document must be translated and certified by an official notary/translation service.

5. Passport COPY you will use when applying for your Russian visa. The document must be translated and certified by an official notary/translation service. Your passport must be valid at least until 1st March 2023.

FOR FEE-PAYING CANDIDATES
Required Documents:

In accordance with Russian legislation and the Admission Rules, candidates for studying at the University must submit the following documents:

Personal application for admission to study indicating the chosen direction of training (specialty);
Questionnaire (filled in directly when submitting documents);
A copy of the identity document of a foreign citizen, which will be used to enter the territory of the Russian Federation (passport). The period of validity of the identity document of a foreign citizen on the day of entry into the Russian Federation must be at least 18 (eighteen) months;
A duly certified translation into Russian of a document proving the identity of a foreign citizen;
The original document on the education of a foreign citizen and its appendix(s) indicating the disciplines studied and the grades or points obtained in them, issued by a foreign state, recognized as equivalent to a state-recognized document on education in the Russian Federation and legalized in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, or with an apostille (except for cases when, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and (or) an international treaty, legalization and affixing of an apostille are not required);
Translation into Russian of a document on education of a foreign state and annex(es) to it, certified in the prescribed manner (at the choice of the document holder: by a Russian notary, the consulate of the Russian Federation in the country of issue of the document on education or the consulate in the Russian Federation of the country in which it was issued document on education; by a foreign notary in the presence of an appropriate international agreement));
The original medical report, certified by the official health authority of the country of permanent residence of a foreign citizen, about the absence of socially dangerous diseases and contraindications for studying and living in the Russian Federation;
Translation into Russian of a medical report on the absence of socially dangerous diseases and contraindications for studying and living in the Russian Federation, duly certified;
A document from a medical institution in the country of permanent residence of a foreign citizen, confirming the absence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS;
Translation into Russian of a document of a medical institution of the country of permanent residence of a foreign citizen, confirming the absence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS disease, duly certified;
Voluntary medical insurance policy valid on the territory of the Russian Federation;
6 photos 3x4 in size;
All documents of a foreign citizen executed in a foreign language must be translated into Russian and certified in the prescribed manner (at the choice of the document holder: by a Russian notary, the consulate of the Russian Federation in the country of issue of the document on education or the consulate in the Russian Federation of the country in which the document on education was issued ).

The Procedure of Recognition and Equivalence of Education

Foreign citizen must go through the procedure of recognition and equivalence of education of its instrument, without which it is impossible to get further training at "OSU named after I.S. Turgenev."
"Recognition" - the consent of state authorities (the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Education and Science) for the presence of legal validity of the documents on the territory of the Russian Federation.
This procedure is carried out a Main State Center for Education Evaluation, located at the address:  Lyusinovskaya Street, 51, Moscow, Russia, zip: 119049. Glavekspertcentre. Tel .: +7(495) 317-17-10, +7 (495) 665-00-15; e-mail:  secretary.fgbu@glavex.ru
The list of documents required for the implementation of procedures for the recognition and equivalence
• The original of the document on education (including annexes), legalized in the established order.
• Translation of a document on education and annexes to the Russian language, certified by a notary.
• Translation of the passport into Russian, notarized.
• Receipt of payment of state fees for the issuance of a certificate of recognition and equivalence in the Russian Federation of foreign documents on education (is issued upon receipt of the documents, or sent by e-mail).
For more information on the recognition of foreign education documents can be viewed on the website Main State Center for Education Evaluation.
A set of documents sent by a foreign citizen in the Main State Center for Education Evaluation entrusted with the work on the examination of documents. Subsequently Federal Service For Supervision In Education And Science (Rosobrnadzor) decides on the recognition of the documents in question on education.
In the affirmative answer Rosobrnadzor issues a letter confirming the right of a citizen to study in higher educational establishments of the Russian Federation.
Typically, the procedure takes about 4 - 6 months, so if you decide to enter the first year of university, you need to send documents immediately upon arrival in Russia.