asking about the fees for the prep course if it can be paid installments and can also be done online
Answer of Andrey Lesin, the Director of the Center for Language Testing at St. Petersburg State University:
Thank you for your interest in additional educational programs of St Petersburg University.
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 (final diploma) and supplements thereto (transcript of records);
• 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.
Online training format is available upon request subject to the group recruited.
The 2024/25 tuition fee for offline Preparatory course is 272,000 Rubles per year. The 2025/26 tuition fee is expected to be 302 000 Rubles with the final cost to be announced later.
Tuition fee can be paid in two installments in several ways:
• through the online payment system of St. Petersburg State University;
• at the box office of St. Petersburg State University;
• in any bank office in Russia;
• through online banking.
The 2025/26 admission for offline and online Preparatory course will be held from 03.02.2025 till 25.08.2025.
If you have any questions regarding Preparatory course of St Petersburg University, feel free to contact the Preparatory Department by e-mail: precourses@spbu.ru.