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Bachelor's and specialist’s degrees

Bachelor's degree is the primary stage of the Bologna higher education system, joined by Russia in 2003. Before that, universities taught speciality programmes. Acceptance of the Bologna system made it easier for international applicants to enter Russian universities.

Today, Russian education consists of three stages: bachelor's, master's and PhD studies. The exceptions are medical and some technical fields still using speciality programmes. You should definitely pay attention to this while choosing a suitable programme.

Bachelor and specialist studies

The two main differences between bachelor’s and specialist degrees are programme duration and academic opportunities after graduation.

Bachelor programmes are four years long and include both the study of fundamental disciplines and specialized subjects of the chosen filed. Besides, Russian universities adjust the education process of a bachelor's degree to fit subjects’ choice, building an individual educational trajectory. In their final year, students write their final qualifying work and defend it. A bachelor's degree allows you to continue your studies for a master’s but not a PhD.

Specialist programmes lead students toward more practice-oriented education in their chosen field. The programmes are from 5 to 6 years long. Based on the state exams results and a qualifying work defence, graduates are issued a specialist diploma. It gives the right to continue their studies in a magistracy or postgraduate study.

How to apply for a bachelor's or specialist's degree in Russia?

You can always find the most up-to-date information on the admission rules in our detailed guide – Apply to a Russian university in 5 easy steps.

You can apply for bachelor and speciality degrees after graduating from school or college. Choose a profession, a university and a programme that fits best you.

In Russia, you can either pay tuition or apply for a Russian Federation state scholarship. Many are available to international applicants.

Most of the programmes are taught in Russian, but the number of programmes entirely in English grows every year. Please note that the cost of Russian-language programmes is usually lower in comparison with English-language ones. Before applying to a bachelor programme, you can first complete a Russian language course at the preparatory department available at any university.

After successfully passing the entry exams, all international students receive a Russian study visa. Since 2020 they also have the right to be officially employed from the very first year. Find out more in this article.

Russian universities offer programmes in more than 50 areas of education: architecture and history to nuclear energy. Below you'd find a selection of popular bachelor’s and speciality programmes in various fields.

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University is located in the westernmost region of Russia, in Kaliningrad. IKBFU has the honorary status of a federal university of the Russian Federation and spreads the best practices of Russian science in Europe. The university offers international applicants more than 120 programmes of different degrees and directions, both technical and in humanities: biology, graphic design, land management and cadastres, computer science and practices programming, history, computer electronics and information technology, world economy, multimedia design and animation, linguistics and philology, political science, psychology, sociology, chemistry. One of the popular programmes is Finance and Investment Management. Graduates become experts in the business financial flow management and go on to work in leading Russian and international financial organisations. You can also receive a medical degree at IKBFU: the training centre has a speciality programme in General Medicine. The programme is for 6 years long and taught in both Russian and English. Students study more than 70 disciplines, including biology, biochemistry, anatomy, histology, physiology, pharmacology, obstetrics and gynaecology, therapy, surgery, paediatrics, neurology, psychiatry, rehabilitology and others.

Among more than 300 educational programmes of the Far Eastern Federal University, the English-language bachelor programme Molecular Biotechnology is a very popular one. Students study microbiology, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Graduates find employment as specialists in private and public biomedicine research projects.

Kazan Federal University, one of the oldest universities in Russia, founded in 1804, offers international citizens a wide range of education fields from chemistry to linguistics and anthropology. Among the most popular bachelor programmes is the Russian-taught Russian Regional Studies. The programme studies Russian regions and their geographic, socio-political, economic and political characteristics. Students undergo internship in governmental organizations, study English and Chinese.

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology is widely renowned both in Russia and abroad. The university produces highly qualified specialists and researchers in physics, mathematics and engineering. MIPT offers more than 60 different educational programmes for international applicants. Among them is the Russian-language speciality programme Security of Distributed Computer Systems. Students learn to develop and modernize instruments and systems for protecting information in computer systems and ensure protection from malicious software and technical influences.

The National Research University Higher School of Economics offers a wide range of education directions. One of the most popular bachelor programmes in 2020 is Economics. It was chosen by 200+ international students. Almost half of them have taken internships in Europe, and many continue their education abroad. Another popular HSE University programme is Software Engineering. Here theory and practice are connected. Many internships during the programme help graduates get a job in leading Russian and international IT corporations.

One of the leading technological educational centres in Russia was founded in 1918 by the National University of Science and Technology MISIS, offers international applicants more than 200 programmes of various educational levels. More than 120 of them are bachelor and speciality. One of the most popular is the Russian-language programme of the Mine Surveying speciality. Students learn Earth's interior structure, geophysics and geotechnology, mining enterprise activities, the rational use and protection of natural resources. MISIS graduates always in demand among geological exploration enterprises, construction companies, businesses in metallurgy, mining, nanotechnology, economics and IT.

The National Research Tomsk State University, founded in 1878, offers over 200 general educational programmes to international applicants. Among them are 80 bachelor and specialist programmes. One of the most popular is the Tomsk International Science Programme, an English-language bachelor programme. The education process is built according to an individual trajectory, students do not need to decide on the curriculum in advance. In the choice of disciplines, they are assisted by academic advisors focused on the personal needs of the students. Another in-demand university programme is Software Engineering. Students in their first year, create their own computer game, master data science, web development and information security.

Founded in 1896, the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University is the oldest technical educational centre in Russia. It offers international applicants more than 80 basic educational programmes. Six of them are specialist programmes, such as the Russian-language programme Nuclear Power Plants: Design, Operation and Engineering. Students examine the design and operation of nuclear power plants, the principles of ensuring safe operation there, study methods of system analysis, master the primary skills of nuclear reactor control, gain experience in studying the neutron-physical and thermal-hydraulic characteristics of the core of a research reactor.

Novosibirsk State University, founded in 1959 in the Novosibirsk Academgorodok, is one of the leading educational and scientific centres in Russia today. NSU runs about 250 programmes for international applicants, more than 60 of them are bachelors and specialists. In addition to technical specialities, the university also has a humanities profile: programmes in history, linguistics, sociology, psychology, philosophy and other disciplines. Consider the bachelor programme in Journalism, one of the most dynamic and modern educational programmes at NSU. Future journalists learn to write texts of different genres, voice stories, take photos and videos. Within the framework of this programme, there are several specializations: television journalism, radio journalism and print journalism.

The oldest medical university in Russia, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, is known for its traditions and fundamental education. As all educational centres in medicine, Sechenov University teaches speciality programmes. The educational institution works in many directions with seven departments: The Department of Medicine, which trains specialists in general medical profiles, the department of Medicine and Prevention, which trains future sanitary doctors, the Department of Pharmacy, which provides training in the field of bioengineering, the department of Higher Nursing Education, the Department of Pre-University Education as well as Dental and Paediatric.

Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" is one of the best technical universities in Russia. It's more than a hundred years old. It offers international applicants more than 150 educational fields. Software Engineering is a bachelor programme in Russian that includes student internship with Google. Graduates become highly qualified programmers in industrial software development for various information and computing systems. Another programme, Electrical Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering allows graduates to work as software engineers, designers and developers of electrical systems and facilities in the electric power industry, oil and gas industry, metallurgy, mechanical engineering and other fields.

Siberian Federal University offers international applicants more than 220 programmes of different directions and forms of education. One of the most popular among applicants is the Russian-language bachelor programme in Electric Power Systems and Networks. Students learn to create and use hardware and software controls for energy conversion processes in industrial complexes. The programme includes internships in Finland and Germany. Graduates are in demand in the electric power industry, oil and gas industry, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, and energy. Another popular programme among international applicants is Foreign affairs policy. Students of the programme study global and regional international relations, English and a second foreign language of their choice (Spanish, French, German or Chinese). Students get the opportunity to intern at partner universities in Europe and Asia. After receiving a diploma, they go on to work in public and private organizations, developing international relations.

The renowned Russian technical educational centre Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University offers 400 educational speciality programmes for international citizens. Among them, more than 130 bachelor programmes and 11 specialist programmes in various fields: business informatics, state and municipal administration, design, international regional studies, publishing, innovation, info-communication technologies and communication systems, computer science and computing, linguistics, mathematics and computer science, mechanical engineering, management, applied informatics and others. One of the most popular bachelor programmes at SPbPU is Construction. It trains specialists in the design and construction of hydraulic structures, industrial, civil buildings. They learn to operate these structures, manage construction and economics, including management of investment and construction objects.

An educational organization with almost a century-long history and the first university in the Tyumen region, today University of Tyumen graduates highly qualified specialists in 170 areas of training. More than 40 bachelor programmes are available to international applicants in biology, geography, state and municipal management, records management and archival science, journalism, international regional studies, information security, art and humanities, history, cartography and geoinformatics, linguistics, mathematics, media communications, management, psychology, sociology, tourism, physics and others.

Double degree programmes

One of the fastest-growing areas in Russian education today is double degree programmes, implemented jointly with international universities. During 4 years of the bachelor programme, you will be able to gain deep expertise in your professional field and gain unique experience in the international academic environment, as well as bring your foreign language proficiency to a whole new level. Depending on the programme, graduates receive diplomas from both partner universities or a diploma and certificate.

Career and further academic activities

A bachelor's degree and a higher education diploma are awarded to students who have mastered the educational programme and successfully defended their dissertation. Graduates can directly proceed to work in their speciality or go on to the second stage of higher education – master studies. With a master's degree, it becomes possible to start an academic career and apply to PhD school.

In Russia, after completing a specialist degree, graduates receive a specialist diploma and may enrol in PhD school directly. In this case, a master's degree is not a mandatory step.

To continue education abroad, it will be easier with a bachelor's degree, as it already matches the international standards of the Bologna system.