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Question: I will be completing my BBA of 4 years in June 2012. I am interested in studying MBA marketing from Russia. Is MBA only offered in Russian or is it in English? If it is in Russian what I need to do? Ad what is the tuition fees? I am from Pakistan and I have few friends in Russia who told me that your university is quite good and students get good attention and help from teachers.

The answer of Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Ekaterina Babelyuk: Thank you for your letter.

In 2012 we have following main educational Master programs in English at SPbU:
– Master in International Business (MIB);
– Master in Corporate Finance (MCF);
– Master in Information Technologies and Innovation Management (MITIM).

Admission for main educational Master programs is realized in accordance with the results of admission tests.
Tuition fees for academic year 2012/13 will be specified on or prior to June 1, 2012.

SPbU also provides few Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) educational programmes, which are taught as well as in Russian, as in English too. Practical management experience (not less than 5 years) is one of the basic conditions for enrolment onto these programmes.  

To be enrolled onto a main educational programme at SPbU you will have to do the following.

I. Choose a programme you are interested in.
You can find the list of programmes onto which applicants will be admitted in 2012 at SPbU official website www.spbu.ru (see the Admissions Committee’s page www.abiturient.spbu.ru). The list and modes of admissions tests as well as the 2012 Regulations for Admission of Foreign Applicants to Main Programmes of Higher Professional Education at Saint Petersburg University can also be found on this page.

II. Obtain your qualifications equivalence certificate.
According to Russian Federal Law No. 125-ФЗ “On University-Level Professional Education” (Article 23, Paragraph 2), the equivalence of foreign university-level qualifications  means that the respective governmental bodies of the Russian Federation grant the holders of such certificates the same academic and/or professional rights that they grant to the holders of Russian state-recognised documents of university-level education.
 When you apply for taking part in the competition you will have to submit your original educational credentials and supplements  (if the latter are specified by the laws of the state that issued your educational credentials) legalised in accordance with the established procedure. These documents must be considered equivalent by the laws of the Russian Federation to state-recognised educational credentials issued in Russia. Another way is to submit certified copies of the above-mentioned documents instead of their originals. You will also have to submit a certified Russian translation of your educational credentials and supplements.
To learn more about the conditions and procedure of obtaining a qualifications equivalence certificate for documents issued by a foreign state please visit www.glavex.ru, the official website of the Primary State Centre for Expert Evaluation of Education (“Glavexpertcentre”) which is a Russian federal state-financed research institution authorised by the Federal Education and Science Supervision Service (Rosobrnadzor) to recognise the equivalence of foreign university-level educational credentials within the Russian Federation.

III. Make a decision in what type of competition you will take part to be admitted at SPbU.
You may apply either within an admission quota set by the Russian Government (Order No. 638 as of August 25, 2008 “On Cooperation with Foreign Countries in the Sphere of Education”) or on the fee-paying (contractual) basis.
To take part in a competitive selection to be enrolled onto main educational programmes of higher professional education (bachelor’s degree, specialist degree, master’s degree) or PhD programmes on the state-financed basis you can apply either to Saint-Petersburg State University or the Ministry of Education of Pakistan.
In case you choose to apply directly to SPbU to submit an admission application and necessary documents, you will have to take part in a procedure of selecting candidates for state-financed admissions. The 2012 regulations for selection of candidates to be admitted to Saint Petersburg State University onto main educational programmes of higher professional education (bachelor’s degree, specialist degree, master’s degree) financed by the Federal Government of the Russian Federation according to Order No. 638 as of August 25, 2008 “On Cooperation with Foreign Countries in the Sphere of Education” will be published at the official website of SPbU Admissions Committee prior to March 31, 2012.
To be enrolled on the fee-paying (contractual) basis you will have to submit documents needed for your participation in the competition within a period specified by the 2012 Regulations for Admission of Foreign Applicants to Main Programmes of Higher Professional Education at Saint Petersburg State University, pass admissions tests and be selected on a competitive basis to be enrolled onto the chosen programme. Tuition fees will be specified by a respective SPbU local act on or prior to June 1, 2012.

IV. Submit documents needed to take part in the competition.

To take part in the competition for SPbU main programmes of higher professional education, an applicant will submit the following documents:
1.    a copy of an identity document with the indication of his/her nationality;
2.    an application for admission to an educational programme of the chosen level in the format established by the Admissions Committee;
3.    4 (four) photographs (3х4 cm, made during the current calendar year) (when admitting to main fields of study requiring additional admissions tests, to master programmes or in case of an applicant's participation in admissions tests held at the discretion of SPbU);
4.    original education credentials or a copy thereof.

When applying for admission to SPbU, foreign nationals, apart from the documents specified above, will submit the following documents:

1.    when applying to master programmes – an original (or a true copy) of a bachelor diploma or of a diploma of a specialist with higher professional education, or a specialist's diploma or an original (or a true copy) of a duly legalised (if required) foreign document of education and its supplements (if the latter is provided for by the laws of the country issuing the said certificates of education) recognised in the Russian Federation and giving its holder the same academic and/or professional rights that holders of bachelor diplomas or of diplomas of a specialist with higher professional education, or specialist's diplomas have (or its true copy). If necessary, they will also submit a certificate of recognition of a foreign document on the level of education in the Russian Federation;
2.    a certified Russian translation of your educational credentials and supplements (if the latter is provided for by the laws of the country issuing the said certificates of education);
3.    a copy of the identity documents of the foreign national in the Russian Federation under Article 10 of the Federal Law No. 115-FZ “On the Legal Status of Foreign Nationals in the Russian Federation» as of July 25, 2002;
4.    a copy of the entry visa to the Russian Federation (in case a foreign citizen entered Russia on an entry visa) specifying the purpose of the visit to the Russian Federation: “to study at SPbU”;
5.    a copy of the migration card;
6.    a certificate confirming the applicant’s familiarity with the Residence Regulations for Foreign applicants in the Russian Federation.

Foreign citizens applying to SPbU to be enrolled onto main educational programmes of higher professional education or PhD programmes within an admission quota set by the Russian Government in Order No. 638 as of August 25, 2008 (“On Cooperation with Foreign Countries in the Sphere of Education”) had to submit, in addition to documents specified above, a reference from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

An applicant has the right to submit a personal application for admission and documents either in person or send them by post.
Foreign citizens may submit their documents in electronic form through SPbU official website when they apply for the competition.

V. Pass admissions tests.
The list, modes and dates of admissions tests for foreign applicants independently held by SPbU when selecting applicants to be enrolled onto main educational programmes of higher professional education, including additional admissions tests, are specified at the official website of SPbU Admissions Committee (yet in Russian) http://abiturient.spbu.ru/images/dataBank/tabs/mag_for2012.htm. For English-speaking Master programs MIB, MCF and MITIM you should provide results of TOEFL and GMAT international tests and pass the test «Business Communications in English Language» at SPbU.
    
All non-resident and foreign applicants are accommodated in the halls of residence for the period of application and admissions tests. The cost of accommodation will be specified by respective orders in 2012.

We also feel it necessary to recommend you to study regulatory documents and other official information about SPbU admissions process at www.spbu.ru. The Admissions Committee’s page is www.abiturient.spbu.ru. Among other things, it contains a section devoted to admissions of foreign applicants to university-level educational programmes: http://www.abiturient.spbu.ru/index.php/informatsiya-dlya-inostrannykh-grazhdan. Your rights and interests will be legally protected if you keep yourself informed on all major aspects of admissions organisation.

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