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中文 I’m from India. I’m interested in applying for the Preparatory course for Oct. 2025 AY. I want to know more about working while studying. And all of the required documents need to notarized translated into Russian?
The answer of Aleksandr Babich, Vice‑Rector for Youth Policy and Admissions:
For international applicants who are interested in further studying in Russian at SPbU, university offers an Additional educational programme “Preparatory Course (for foreign citizens)”.
St Petersburg University offers preparatory courses for international applicants to higher education institutions in the following fields of study:
- natural sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry);
- engineering sciences (and technology) (mathematics, physics and informatics);
- humanities (social science, history and literature);
- economics (social science, history and mathematics);
- medicine and biology (chemistry, biology and physics).
To submit your documents, you are required to make a personal account at our website “Personal Account. Preparatory Course” and fill in a questionnaire and an application form, print and sign your application for admission.
To take part in admission you have to attach in your personal account:
— your application for admission from Personal Account;
— a copy of your identity document;
— your educational credential and supplements thereto;
— a document issued by a medical institution in the country of the applicant’s residence confirming the absence of medical contraindications for studying, including confirmations from a psychiatrist and narcologist.
Take a note, educational documents must be legalized in order to be officially accepted in Russia. This can be done through Apostille or Russian Consulate legalization, depending on the country where the official educational document was issued.
As for work, please note that the preparatory department has a very rich program. Your classes will be held 5 days a week for 4–5 academic hours. Teachers will also provide homework and additional materials for self-study. The opportunity to work in such a schedule is possible only after obtaining permission from the teacher and the administration of the preparatory department.
Preparatory course is fee-paying program, financial support is not provided for Preparatory course. The 2024/25 tuition fee for offline Preparatory course was 272,000 Rubles per year. The cost is expected to increase this year.
The 2025/26 admission for offline and online Preparatory course is held from 03.02.2025 till 25.08.2025.
If you have any other questions, feel free to contact Preparatory course of the University by e-mail: precourses@spbu.ru.