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Question: I have phD sholarship of the Ministry Science of Iran and now I am passing Padfact term (Russian Language) in Lobachevsky University. I want to know how can I apply for phD in economics in your kind university?
The answer of Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Ekaterina Babelyuk:Candidates applying to postgraduate programmes at SPbU shall have higher professional education confirmed by a Master’s or Specialist’s degree diploma.
Postgraduate programmes instructed in the field of Economics are the following ones: ‘Economical Theory’, ‘Economics and National Economy Administration (by sectors and areas including Economics, Business, Sectors and Complexes Organization and Administration)’, ‘Finances, Money Circulation and Credit’, ‘Accounting and Statistics’, ‘Mathematical and Instrumental Methods of Economics’, ‘World Economics’.
Foreign citizens are enrolled to SPbU postgraduate programmes:
- on the basis of international and intergovernmental agreements of the Russian Federation; in this case entrance examinations are not applicable and enrollment takes place on basis of an official assignment to education at SPbU issued by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Unfortunately admission for academic year 2012-2013 is already finished. It’s administered by Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation until 15th of May, 2012.
- on contractual basis with SPbU providing for tuition fee payment. To be enrolled to postgraduate programme at SPbU on contractual basis foreign citizens take the following entrance examinations: major, philosophy and foreign language needed to fulfill PhD thesis. Admission of documents of citizens of the Russian Federation and foreign citizens wishing to be enrolled on contractual basis providing for tuition fee payment is conducted until 15th of November 2012 year.
To be enrolled to postgraduate programme at SPbU foreign citizens shall submit the following documents:
- an application for admission to a postgraduate programme addressed to SPbU Rector;
- a copy of the Diploma of higher professional education and its supplements; a notarized copy of translation of the Diploma and its supplements and a copy of a certificate of equivalence of the foreign Diploma to the Russian Federation Diploma of higher professional education;
- foreign citizen application form;
- 2 photos 3*4 cm;
- a list of published academic papers;
- a certificate of qualifying examinations passed and certificate of legal validity of qualifying examinations passed abroad (if any).