How to apply to study in Russia from Uzbekistan
The route to a bachelor’s degree in Russia with an Uzbek school certificate: foundation year.
Source: studyinrussia.ru (opens in a new tab) · read from the page 15 September 2026 · not checked yet
English for a bachelor’s degree: IELTS 6; also accepted: TOEFL iBT 72.
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Data read from the sources: 15 September 2026
What documents and grades do you need to study in Russia?
You apply to a Russian bachelor directly or through the state quota on education-in-russia.com. The documents are notarised Russian translations of the passport and the attestat, a recognition certificate where one is needed, and medical certificates. Each university sets its own entrance examinations and deadlines. If your Russian is short, the preparatory faculty comes first.
Foundation year
Russian universities run a preparatory faculty for international applicants: Russian plus the subjects of the chosen field, normally one year. Under the state quota the preparatory programme can be free. The documents are notarised Russian translations of the passport and the attestat, plus medical certificates. Finishing it takes you into the bachelor programme of the same university.
With an Uzbek attestat (11 years)
Foundation year
This is the route itself: a year at the preparatory faculty, then the bachelor programme. Under the quota that year can be free.
Documents
School certificate
The education document with its grades, translated into Russian and notarised.
Academic transcript
The grade supplement, submitted with the certificate.
Passport
A scan of every page of the passport, with a notarised translation into Russian.
Photograph
Not checked yetPassport photographs for the application file, the invitation and the student visa.
Certified translation
Notarised Russian translations of the passport and of the education documents.
Financial statementOptional
Not checked yetSelf-funded applicants show they can pay tuition and living costs; quota students present the award instead. The university names the amount.
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Tests
Teaching is in Russian
The preparatory faculty is where Russian is acquired. Uzbek applicants with school Russian often enter above beginner level.
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Other requirements
Enrolment in a university preparatory faculty
The preparatory faculty teaches Russian to the level needed to follow lectures and covers the subjects of the future degree.
Medical certificates, including the HIV certificate the university lists
Medical certificates are required; what exactly is asked for depends on whether you apply from inside or outside Russia.
Invitation (приглашение) from the university and the study visa issued against it
Not checked yetThe university applies for the invitation after admission; the consulate issues the visa on it.
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Bachelor’s
With an Uzbek attestat (11 years)
Foundation year
The attestat is normally recognised, but teaching is in Russian: a year at the preparatory faculty is required if your Russian is short. With good Russian you can enter directly.
Documents
School certificate
The education document with its grades, in notarised Russian translation.
Academic transcript
The grade supplement.
Passport
A scan of every page of the passport, with a notarised translation into Russian.
Photograph
Not checked yetPassport photographs for the application file, the invitation and the student visa.
Certified translation
Notarised Russian translations of the passport and of the education documents.
Motivation letterOptional
Not checked yetRequired by the state quota competition on education-in-russia.com; direct applicants often do without.
Financial statementOptional
Not checked yetSelf-funded applicants show they can pay tuition and living costs; quota students present the award instead. The university names the amount.
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Tests
Teaching is in Russian
Programmes are mostly taught in Russian; the preparatory faculty is the route when your Russian is not yet enough to follow lectures.
Probably right
Any one of these is enough
IELTS 6Optional
Only for the English-taught programmes some universities run. Typical score, not an official figure.
TOEFL iBT 72Optional
Typical English-taught equivalent, where such a programme exists.
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Minimum grades and years of school
11 years of school
Russian and Uzbek school systems are close, so the attestat is normally accepted; a recognition certificate settles it where the university asks for one.
3.5 on the Uzbek 5-point scale
An indicative attestat average. Universities rank on their own entrance examinations rather than on the certificate alone.
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Other requirements
University entrance examinations, set by each institution
Each university sets its own application deadlines, list of entrance examinations and document requirements.
Medical certificates, including the HIV certificate the university lists
Medical certificates are required; what exactly is asked for depends on whether you apply from inside or outside Russia.
Invitation (приглашение) from the university and the study visa issued against it
Not checked yetThe university applies for the invitation after admission; the consulate issues the visa on it.
Certificate of recognition (свидетельство о признании) of the foreign education document, where requiredOptional
Listed among the required documents together with the translated diploma or certificate; whether you need one depends on the agreement covering your qualification.
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Master’s
A Russian master takes a completed bachelor degree: notarised Russian translations of the diploma and transcript, a translated passport and medical certificates. Most programmes set an entrance examination or an interview, and research tracks ask for a research plan. The state quota is an alternative route.
With an Uzbek attestat (11 years)
Straight into the first year
A completed bachelor degree lets you apply directly; the language requirement remains only for a Russian-taught programme.
Documents
Diploma
The bachelor diploma in notarised Russian translation.
Probably right
Academic transcript
The diploma supplement with grades.
Probably right
Motivation letter
A motivation letter or research plan is standard for master admission and required by the quota competition.
Passport
A scan of every page of the passport, with a notarised translation into Russian.
Probably right
Photograph
Passport photographs for the application file, the invitation and the student visa.
Certified translation
Notarised Russian translations of the passport and of the education documents.
Probably right
CVOptional
Asked for by research-track programmes and by the quota competition.
Letter of recommendationOptional
Required by some research programmes and by the quota competition; not universal.
Financial statementOptional
Self-funded applicants show they can pay tuition and living costs; quota students present the award instead. The university names the amount.
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Tests
Teaching is in Russian
Most master programmes teach in Russian; English-taught ones exist at the larger universities.
Any one of these is enough
IELTS 6Optional
Not checked yetOnly for English-taught master programmes. Typical score, not an official figure.
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Minimum grades and years of school
4 on the Uzbek 5-point scale
Indicative diploma average. Selection turns mainly on the entrance examination.
A completed Bachelor’s degree
The education document — diploma with grades — is submitted in notarised Russian translation.
Probably right
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Other requirements
University entrance examination or interview, set by each institution
Each university publishes its own list of entrance examinations and deadlines.
Medical certificates, including the HIV certificate the university lists
Medical certificates are required; what exactly is asked for depends on whether you apply from inside or outside Russia.
Invitation (приглашение) from the university and the study visa issued against it
Not checked yetThe university applies for the invitation after admission; the consulate issues the visa on it.
Certificate of recognition of the foreign degree, where requiredOptional
Listed alongside the translated diploma; needed when no agreement covers the qualification.
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Which IELTS score do you need to study in Russia?
Bachelor’s in Russia: IELTS 6 or TOEFL iBT 72 (not checked yet). Master’s in Russia: IELTS 6 (not checked yet).
| Level | IELTS | Other tests | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s | IELTS 6 | TOEFL iBT 72 | Source: studyinrussia.ru (opens in a new tab) · read from the page 15 September 2026 · not checked yet |
| Master’s | IELTS 6 | not in the catalogue | Source: studyinrussia.ru (opens in a new tab) · read from the page 15 September 2026 · not checked yet |
Which scholarships are there for study in Russia?
The catalogue holds 4 scholarships for study in Russia that citizens of Uzbekistan may apply for. The nearest deadline: 1 November 2026, Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project — bachelor's track.
- Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project — bachelor's track
Global Universities Association, with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation · Due: 1 November 2026
- Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project — master's track
Global Universities Association, with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation · Due: 1 November 2026
- Russian Government Scholarship (Quota) for foreign citizens
Government of the Russian Federation, administered abroad by Rossotrudnichestvo · Due: 15 December 2026
- HSE University state-funded places in the separate competition for foreign citizens (master's)
HSE University
Which universities are there in Russia?
The INTAKE catalogue holds 1,031 universities in Russia.
- "Higher School of Oil" Almetyevsk State Technology UniversityAlmetyevsky District
- A. N. Kosygin Moscow State Textile UniversityMoscow
- Academy of Economic SecurityMoscow
- Academy of Federal Security Guard Service of Russian FederationOryol
- Academy of Foreign IntelligenceMoscow
- Academy of Innovation ManagementMoscow
- Academy of Labour and Social RelationsMoscow
- Academy of Management and EntrepreneurshipRussia
- Academy of Management of the Interior Ministry of RussiaMoscow
- Academy of Public AdministrationMoscow
- Academy of Sciences of the Republic of SakhaYakutsk
- Academy of Social and Economic DevelopmentMoscow
- Academy of Social EducationKazan’
- Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian FederationMoscow
- Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian FederationMoscow
- Academy of the State Fire Service EMERCOM of RussiaMoscow
- Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland ShippingSaint Petersburg
- Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland ShippingSt Petersburg
- Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State UniversityVladivostok
- Admiral Ushakov State Maritime UniversityNovorossiysk
- Adyghe State UniversityMaykop
- Agrarian State University of Northern ZauralyeTyumen
- Air Force Academy named after Professor NE Zhukovsky and Yu.A. GagarinVoronezh
- All-Russia Thermal Engineering InstituteMoscow
- All-Russian Electrotechnical Institute named after V.I.LeninMoscow
- All-Russian Research Institute for Optical and Physical MeasurementsMoscow
- All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Physical-Technical and Radiotechnical MeasurementsMoscow
- Almetyevsk State Oil InstituteAl'met'yevsk
- Altai Economics and Law InstituteBarnaul
- Altai State Agricultural UniversityBarnaul
- Altai State Humanities Pedagogical UniversityBiysk
- Altai State Medical UniversityBarnaul
- Altai State Pedagogical UniversityBarnaul
- Altai State Technical UniversityBarnaul
- Altai State UniversityBarnaul
- Amur State University of Humanities and PedagogyKomsomolsk-on-Amur
- Amur State UniversityBlagoveshchensk
- Angarsk State Technical AcademyAngarsk
- Arctic College of the Peoples of the NorthYakutsk
- Arctic State Agrotechnological UniversityYakutsk
- Arhangelsk State Technical UniversityRussia
- Arkhangelsk State Technical UniversityArkhangelsk
- Armavir Institute of Economics and FinanceArmavir
- Armavir Institute of Mechanics and TechnologyArmavir
- Armavir Linguistic Social InstitutionArmavir
- Armavir Orthodox-Social InstituteArmavir
- Armavir State Pedagogical AcademyArmavir
- Astrahan State Medical AcademyRussia
- Astrakhan Institute of Civil EngineeringAstrakhan
- Astrakhan State ConservatoryAstrakhan
- Astrakhan State Medical UniversityKirovsky City District
- Astrakhan State Medical UniversityAstrakhan
- Astrakhan State Technical UniversityAstrakhan
- Astrakhan Tatischev State UniversityAstrakhan
- Baikal National University of Economics and LawRussia
- Baikal State UniversityIrkutsk
- Balakovo Engineering and Technology InstituteBalakovo
- Baltic Institute of Ecology, Politics and LawSt Petersburg
- Baltic Institute of Economics and FinanceKaliningrad
- Baltic Institute of Foreign Languages and International Intercultural CooperationSt Petersburg
- Baltic Naval InstituteKaliningrad
- Baltic State Academy of the Fishing FleetKaliningrad
- Baltic State Technical University VoenmehSt Petersburg
- Barnaul Law Institute of the Russian Interior MinistryBarnaul
- Bashkir Academy of Public Administration and Management under the Head of the Republic of BashkortostanUfa
- Bashkir State Agrarian UniversityUfa
- Bashkir State Medical UniversityUfa
- Bashkir State Pedagogical UniversityKirovsky rayon
- Bashkir State UniversityUfa
- Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityMoscow
- Belgorod Law Institute of the Russian Interior MinistryBelgorod
- Belgorod National Research UniversityBelgorod
- Belgorod State Agricultural AcademyRussia
- Belgorod State Agricultural UniversityBelgorod
- Belgorod State Technological UniversityBelgorod
- Belgorod State University of Arts and CultureBelgorod
- Belgorod University of Cooperation, Economics and LawBelgorod
- Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical UniversityBlagoveshchensk
- Bolgar Islamic AcademyBolgar
- Border Academy of the FSB of RussiaMoscow
- Borisoglebsk State Pedagogical InstituteRussia
- Bratsk State UniversityBratsk
- Bryansk State Agrarian UniversityBryansk
- Bryansk State Engineering and Technological AcademyBryansk
- Bryansk State Technical UniversityBryansk
- Bryansk State UniversityBryansk
- Burjat State UniversityRussia
- Buryat State Academy of AgricultureUlan-Ude
- Buryat State UniversityUlan-Ude
- Capital Academy of Finance and HumanitiesMoscow
- Central Research and Design InstituteSt Petersburg
- Central State Medical AcademyMoscow
- Central UniversityMoscow
- Chechen State Pedagogical InstituteGrozny
- Chechen State UniversityGrozny
- Cheljabinsk State Institute of Teacher TrainingRussia
- Cheljabinsk State UniversityRussia
- Cheljabinsk University of Agricultural EngineeringRussia
- Chelyabinsk Institute of Economics and Law named after M.V.LadoshinChelyabinsk
- Chelyabinsk Law institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs of RussiaYekaterinburg
Universities 1–100 of 1,031