Scholarship Support

A scholarship is a monetary payment that is given to students in order to stimulate and (or) to support them in mastering the educational programs.

Scholarship or any other types of material support are provided in accordance with the "Decree on provision of scholarships and other forms of material support to RUDN University students".

Scholarships are given before 26 of each month.

State Academic Scholarships

State academic scholarships are a monetary grant to students from the state.

From the beginning of the academic year and until the first intermediate certification, the state academic scholarship is granted to all first-year students.

Based on the results of the first interim evaluation, the State Academic scholarship is assigned to the students (RF, full-time, a student funded by federal budget) under the following conditions:

If students pass the session exams with good and excellent grades; i.e. according to ECTS grades there shall be no "D", “E”, “FX”, “F” grades
If they don’t fail any academic assignment.

The state academic scholarship for students - citizens of foreign countries, who are enrolled in full time form of education at the expense of the federal budget, is appointed regardless of the academic performance from the date of enrollment to the University during the entire period of study.

The state academic scholarship can be established in differentiated sizes to the following categories of students:

"A" students for 4 - 12 semesters.
Winners of S.V. Rumyantsev and V.F. Stanis Contest.
Students enrolled from September 1 of the new academic year (full-time, funded by federal budget):
  • winners and prize-winners of the final stage of the All-Russia Olympiad of Schoolchildren, enrolled without examinations for any field of study (specialty);
  • winners and prize-winners of the Olympiad of schoolchildren from the list of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation:
    • those of 1st level, enrolled without exams;
    • those of 2st level, enrolled without exams;
    • those of 3st level, enrolled without exams;
  • those who took Unified State Examination:
    • with a total number of over 360 points eligible for any educational programs where creative or professional tests are required;
    • with a total number of over 270 points eligible for any educational programs (excluding creative programs);
    • with a total number of over 240 points eligible for educational programs of Agrarian and Technological Institute, Academy of Engineering, Faculty of Ecology and Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

State Social scholarship

State Social scholarship – it is a scholarship that is awarded to students in need of social assistance.

State social scholarships are granted to full-time students after submission of a corresponding application form and a certificate obtained at the Social protection body.

The certificate is valid during one year of the date of issue or the date stated on the certificate.

In addition (if there is a document confirming compliance), the following categories:

orphans, children without parental support;
disabled children (I and II group, disabled since childhood);
those who suffered from Chernobyl NPP accident or other radiological accidents, Semipalatinsk polygon area;
invalids or disabled as a result of military actions, Russian militaries and veterans of war;
anyone who has the right to a social scholarship;
those who joined the Armed Forces of the RF under a contract of over 3 years, Internal Troops of the RF Ministry for Internal Affairs, technical-engineering and road-building military formations and military rescue units of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, RF Foreign Intelligence Service, RF Federal Security Service, State Supervisory Body, RF Federal agency for mobilization training of government bodies in any role to substitute soldiers, seamen, sergeant, sergeant majors or anyone who was dismissed under Item 1 (paragraph B and D), Item 2 (paragraph A) and Item 3 (paragraph A and C) of Article 51 of the Federal Decree # 53-FZ from March 28, 1998 on “Military Duty and Military Service”.

The amount of the state social scholarship is determined by the University Academic Council decree and shall not be below the standards set by the Government of RF (not less than 3,000 rubles).

For an application for a social scholarship – see the section "Department of Social Development".

Individual Scholarships

The amount of the RF President Scholarship and Scholarships of the Russian Government are established in accordance with the standards set by the Government of RF.

The size of Individual scholarship is established by the founders of the Scholarships.

Scholarship of the President of the Russian Federation
Scholarship of the Government of the Russian Federation
Scholarship of the RF President for students engaged in advanced research and developments in priority areas for modernization of the Russian economy
Scholarship of the RF Government for students engaged in advanced research and developments in priority areas for modernization of the Russian economy
Scholarship of the Moscow Government
Scholarship of S.V. Rumyantsev (the first RUDN Rector)
Scholarship of V.F. Stanis (the second RUDN Rector)
Scholarship of V. Potanin charity foundation
A.A. Voznesensky Scholarship (Philological faculty)
D. Likhachev Scholarship (Faculty of Humanities and social sciences)
A. Solzhenitsin Scholarship (FHSS, Philological faculty)
A. Sobchak Scholarship (Institute of Law)
E. Gaydar Scholarship (Faculty of Economics)
Personal Scholarship of the "Legal Support" Foundation (Faculty of Economics, Institute of Law)
Scholarship of the Association of Law institutions of higher education (Institute of Law)
S. Gupta Scholarship (Engineering faculty, Agrarian and Technological Institute, Ecological faculty, faculty of Science)
Scholarships of eminent professors of the faculty of Science:V. Maslennikova (mathematics); V. Gryaznov (chemistry); Y. Terletskiy (physics); P. Bocharov (computer science).
Nominal scholarships of outstanding professors of the Institute of Law: I. Blischenko (Department of International Law); О. Zhidkov (Department of Theory and History of State and Law); V. Ivanova (Department of Constitutional Law and Constitutional Proceedings); V. Puchinsky (Department of Civil Law. Process and Private International Law); N. Kufakova (Department of Administrative and Financial Law); B. Volkov; A. Ignatova (Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology)
Academician .T.T. Berezov Scholarship (Medical Institute)
Scholarship of Professor V.A. Frolov (Medical Institute)
Scholarship of Academician V.S. Moiseev (Medical Institute)
Scholarship of Professor I.D. Kirpatovsky (Medical Institute)

Material Support

Special funds are allocated in the scholarship fund to help financially-disadvantaged full-time students who study at the expense of state federal budget. The decision upon one-time provision of material support is taken by the Scholarship Commission of the faculty/ institute/ academy on the basis of the student's personal application. Opinion of the student’s group and faculty trade union organization is also taken into consideration.

In order to submit an application for material support you should apply to the RUDN University MFC.