Please assist me in enrollment to take Russian language classes at SPBU, beginning ~June 2025.
Require housing, prefer homestay near campus. Am unmarried, age 78. Hold BA and EdM degrees, University of Buffalo, NY, USA.
Hope to become Russian Permanent Resident, citizen, in due course. Will forward to SPBU my resume, DC of US passport, and any other documents by email when your response is received. Will be private, fee-paying student,_unless SPBU or other scholarships, work-study arrangement available.
Can tutor/teach English, French, teacher trainer, applied linguistics
Note: I am a beginner, A1 level for Russian language study.
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The answer of Marina Lavrikova, Senior Vice-Rector for Academic Activities:
Thank you for your interest in additional educational programs of St. Petersburg State University.
In answer to your inquiry from 20.02.2025, I inform you that at St. Petersburg State University, for those wishing to study Russian, a number of additional educational programs has been developed and is being implemented, differing in the level of complexity and duration of study.
The most popular additional educational program among foreign students is the program “Russian as a Foreign Language. General Course”. The program has a modular structure and is used for foreign citizens with any level of Russian proficiency, including those who have not previously studied Russian. The minimum period of study on the program “Russian as a Foreign Language. General Course” is 4 weeks, the maximum is 76 weeks.
In 2024/25 academic year, the cost of study for 1 module (4 weeks) is RUB 43,000, for 1 year it is RUB 516,000. Payment has to be made at once for the entire period of study. There is no scholarship or financial assistance for students to participate in this course.
Accommodation of trainees of additional educational programs can be carried out in one of the dormitories of SPbU.
Please, note that full-time training under the additional educational program can be taken by foreign students who have a study visa issued on the basis of a standard form invitation from the educational institution. Study visa does not imply any form of employment.
To enroll in the program, you should fill in the application form on the SPbU portal, having attached a copy of your passport.
For more information about the program implemented, you can contact expert on educational and methodical work of the Center for Additional Educational Programs in the Field of Russian as a Foreign Language Evgeniya Donchenko by phone: +7 (812) 363-68-95 or e-mail rlci@spbu.ru. You can also find the information on the section of the SPbU portal “Programs / The Russian Language for Foreigners”.