Universities in Russia (2027): Fees, Deadlines, Requirements

Foreign citizens need a visa to enter Russia unless an agreement allows visa-free entry, and a study visa is applied for at the Russian consulate where the applicant permanently lives, with an original invitation issued by a territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a passport valid for at least one and a half years and an HIV-free certificate valid for 3 months. The Consular Department says the visa fee is charged on a reciprocity basis and points to each consulate's tariff, without stating an amount. Verified university examples: HSE University's Moscow master's tuition table runs from 390,000 to 950,000 rubles per year, RUDN University's English-taught General Medicine costs 12,000 US dollars per academic year, and Sechenov University charges 1,300,000 rubles per year for General Medicine.