International Competition "Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project" for prospective Master’s and Doctoral students

Your key to early admission and free Master’s studies at one of the leading universities in Russia and worldwide in your chosen profession.

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Watch a fascinating video about the "Open Doors" International Olympiad

New Prospects

We welcome participants of the International Olympiad of the Association «Global Universities» for Master’s enrollees on Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia website.
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How can you benefit from your participation in the Olympiad?

Winning the Olympiad will allow talented students from foreign countries to enroll in a master's program of Russian universities without entrance examinations and study absolutely free (at the expense of the budget of the Russian Federation).

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Who can take part?

Foreign citizens, persons without citizenship, and compatriots living abroad with a bachelor's degree or students in their final year of bachelor's studies graduating in 2023.

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What language is the olympiad in?

The Olympiad is held in Russian and English.

Schedule

Registration

September 15th, 2023

Hurry up to register and fill out all the information you need to participate in the Open Doors.

Portfolio filling

September 15th - December 10th, 2023

Prepare your portfolio. All research papers, certificates, awards and honors that you have ever received are of value. Please include all achievements in the selected Subject in your portfolio to increase your chances of success. The portfolio structure for all Subjects and tracks is unified.

Deadline for portfolio submission

December 10th, 2023

You will not be able to edit your portfolio after the deadline. While waiting for the result of your portfolio review, you can use a system of automatic assessment to estimate your approximate score. The system will be available in your personal account.

The first round. Check

December 11th - 19th, 2023

Grading of the portfolios.

The first round. Results

December 22th, 2023

Announcement of the first-round results

The second round. Start

January 9th - 18th, 2024

Winners of the portfolio competition are welcome to participate in the second round in the selected Subject.
Here’s the detailed schedule:
Engineering & Technology - January 9th, 2024
Computer & Data Science - January 9th, 2024
Business & Management - January 10th, 2024
Clinical Medicine & Public Health - January 10th, 2024
Education & Psychology - January 11th, 2024
Politics & International Studies - January 11th, 2024
Biology & Biotechnology - January 12th, 2024
Economics & Econometrics - January 12th, 2024
Linguistics & Modern Languages - January 15th, 2024
Urbanism & Civil Engineering - January 15th, 2024
Chemistry & Materials Science - January 15th, 2024
Earth & Environmental Sciences for Sustainability - January 17th, 2024
Applied Mathematics & Artificial Intelligence - January 17th, 2024
Physical sciences & Technology - January 17th, 2024

The second round. Check

January 10th - February 1th, 2024

Grading of the second round of the competition

The second round. Results

February 2th, 2024

Announcement of the second-round results.

The second round. Appeal

February 2th - 7th, 2024

Appeal process

The second round. The final

February 9th, 2024

Announcement of the Open Doors winners and prize-winners in the Master's track

The third round. Start

(for participants of the doctoral track (analogous to PhD))
February 21th - March 13th, 2024

The third round. The final

March 15rd, 2024

Announcement of the Open Doors winners and prize-winners in the doctoral track (analogous to PhD)

List of programs

Winners and prize-winners are the participants who completed the two stages of the Olympiad and scored a total number of points, which, when compiling a ranked list of participants, place them in the range from 5% to 25% of the best. Prize-winners and winners of the Olympiad can be enrolled in the Master’s programs of RUDN University Faculties, Institutes and Academy without examinations. It is planned to allocate 3 scholarships of 25 000 rubles to the winners of the Open Doors Olympiad enrolled in RUDN University for the first year of Master's programs in 2020.

Master's Degree

Architecture

Geology

Power Engineering

Design and Technological Support of Machine-building Industries

Civil Engineering

Control in Technical Systems

Nanotechnology and Microsystem Technology

Oil and Gas Engineering

Operation of Transport and Technological Machines and Systems

Design of Architectural Environment

Restoration and Refurbishment of Architectural Heritage

Innovation

Postgraduate Studies

Profile "Engineering and Technology" on the Global Universities website

  • Technosphere safety and environmental engineering
  • Agriculture and agricultural sciences
  • Geology, exploration and development of mineral deposits
  • Civil Engineering and Technology
  • Architecture
  • Engineering and technologies of ground transportation
  • Architecture

    Geology

    Power engineering

    Design and technological support for machine-building production

    Construction

    Management in technical systems

    Nanotechnology and microsystem technology

    Oil and gas business

    Operation of transport and technological machines and complexes

    Architectural environment design

    Reconstruction and restoration of architectural heritage

    Innovation

    Scientific supervisors of the participants of the International Olympiad of the Association "Global Universities" on the track of postgraduate studies in 2023-2024

    Farid N. Akhmedov

    Farid N. Akhmedov

    Research supervisor


    Candidate of Science / PhD
    RUDN University

    Sergey N. Vasilyev

    Sergey N. Vasilyev

    Research supervisor


    Candidate of Science / PhD
    RUDN University

    Victor S. Efremov

    Victor S. Efremov

    Research supervisor


    Doctor, Professor
    RUDN University

    Anna I. Kurbatova

    Anna I. Kurbatova

    Research supervisor


    Candidate of Env.Science
    RUDN University

    Elena V. Lylova

    Elena V. Lylova

    Research supervisor


    Candidate of Science in Economic
    RUDN University

    Natalia F. Mikheeva

    Natalia F. Mikheeva

    Research supervisor


    Doctor, Professor
    RUDN University

    Margarita M. Redina

    Margarita M. Redina

    Research supervisor


    Doctor, Professor
    RUDN University

    Leonid E. Rossovskii

    Leonid E. Rossovskii

    Research supervisor


    Doctor, Associate Professor
    RUDN University

    Igor Yu. Savin

    Igor Yu. Savin

    Research supervisor


    Doctor of Science, Professor, Academician of RAS
    RUDN University

    Marianna D. Kharlamova

    Marianna D. Kharlamova

    Research supervisor


    Candidate of Science / PhD
    RUDN University

    Inna V. Andronova

    Inna V. Andronova

    Research supervisor


    Doctor of Economic Sciences, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration of the President of the Russian Federation

    NEWS

    The Open Doors International Olympiad has been shortlisted for the Znanie Award



    The 1st round of the intellectual competition Open Doors is completed: more than 56,000 students from 196 countries participated in the Olympiad.

    The first round of completion of the Open Doors International Olympiad for prospective post-graduate students is closed. The Olympiad is organised by the Global Universities Association within the framework of the Federal Project “Development of Human Capital for regions, industries and research areas” of the National Project "Science and Universities".

    RUDN UNIVERSITY TODAY

    For the first time RUDN University entered the TOP-400 of the best universities in the world in QS World University Rankings 2020!
    Our campus is the greenest in the country, and by the number of foreign students we are in the TOP-100 in Times Higher Education ranking.
    Each year brings us new achievements!

    Presentation of our University (PDF, 48Mb)

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    OUR HISTORY

    Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) was founded in 1960 and then it was called «Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University». More than 100 000 graduates work in almost all countries of the world. Among them are a number of presidents and prime ministers, dozens of ministers, hundreds of well-known politicians and successful businessmen, scientists, and cultural figures.

    SOME STATISTICS

    The University has 7 faculties and 14 educational institutes, 156 scientific and educational laboratories, 4 centers for collective use. Eighteen Bachelor’s and Master’s educational programs are internationally accredited. The teaching staff consists of more than 2 500 professors, associate professors and lecturers.

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    MORE STATISTICS

    Scientific research is carried out in dozens of research centers and laboratories. RUDN scientific schools in Mathematics, Chemistry, Medicine, Linguistics, Russian as a foreign language are traditionally strong.

    The total number of students is more than 31 000 people, of which foreign students are about 9 300 people from 157 countries of the world. Foreign students are part of national communities and regional associations.

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    University Campus

    University Campus

    The student campus is located in the south-west of Moscow in a park area. It is one of the best places for studying and leisure. The dormitories are located in 5-storey, 16-storey and 18-storey buildings offering double and triple rooms. Costing varies from 980 to 3,500 USD per year including communal public services cost, water and electricity, furniture, cooking and washing facilities. The rooms have connections to the internet, satellite TV and telephone.

    RUDN campus is the greenest in Russia in GreenMetric University Ranking.

    RUDN campus has everything for comfortable life: disposal laundries, dry-cleaning and other atelier, barber shop and hairdressing saloons, stores and shops, post-office, banks. All student campus buildings are very close to each other.

    Medical Care

    Medical Care

    RUDN MEDICAL CARE CENTER takes care of students and teachers’ health. The multipurpose health facility – University’s Medical Center – is located in the campus to provide high qualified medical assistance:

  • regular health control
  • primary medical care
  • laboratory and diagnostic studies
  • consulting by medical specialists
  • dental care
  • procedure room and other.
  • The center is equipped with modern equipment and is provided with experienced medical staff.

    RUDN MEDICAL CARE CENTER provides regular health control and care on the basis of medical insurance policy costs of 300 USD per year.

    Sports And Leisure

    Sports And Leisure

    RUDN offers halls, sports grounds for free classes in various sports: gymnastics, handball, basketball, football, etc. Tennis courts also operate on the campus.

    The territory of the sports and recreation complex occupies a vast territory of 6,500 square meters: 4 football fields (two indoor), 15 tennis courts and more than 40 sports sections. All year round, regardless of weather, students can go in for sports. One of the University’s traditions is to hold regular "Mini World Cups" in individual and team sports.

    The campus has an international postal and telephone office, shops, more than 40 cafes offering national dishes from around the world, an international cultural center and a computer center.

    Security

    Security

    RUDN is equipped with a modern video surveillance system, security and automatic fire alarm. Video surveillance of the territory of RUDN is conducted 24/7. Access to all buildings is available through an electronic system.

    Public order and discipline are provided by our own RUDN security department and the police station located on the campus.

    Student Life

    Student Life

    RUDN University campus is recognized as one of the best among Moscow universities and is the winner of the All-Russian contest «Best student dormitory», which allows us to enter TOP- 50 universities according to Green Metric ranking.

    Thirteen student dormitories have comfortable rooms and equipped kitchens. All rooms have television and the Internet. For the convenience of students, dormitories have laundry facilities, dry cleaning services, ateliers, beauty salons, and cafes with various national cuisines.

    On the territory of RUDN University there is a RUDN University Medical center where patients are treated within the scope of Health Insurance policy.

    For the convenience of its students, RUDN University offers gyms and sports grounds for free various sports activities.

    INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION OF PROGRAMS

    24 Master’s programs of RUDN University successfully passed the international accreditation procedure in European agencies - members of ENQA and EQAR FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation, the agency is a member of the European Association ENIQA), AEER (Association for Engineering Education of Russia), ACQUIN (Institute for Accreditation, Certification and Support Quality Assurance, Germany) and DEVA-AAC (Andalusia Education Quality Assurance Agency, Spain).

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    About Moscow

    You can find comprehensive information about our city on the WikiWay pages.

    What students say

    Feedback from our students participating in the OpenDoors Olympiad
    Anastasiya Sergiyenko Anastasiya Sergiyenko
    RUDN University
    «Journalism» (Ukraine)
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    I participated in the Open Doors Olympiad in the Russian language conducted by the “Global Universities” Association. Not only knowledge of the rules was checked there, but also the understanding of the language. There were 29 questions: find errors and determine their type, find synonyms, match two parts of sayings, choose the correct definition of the term. The tasks seemed to me not very difficult, but it was important to read their formulation very carefully. It was also necessary to write an essay – 10 topics to choose from. I wrote about the impact of globalization on modern Russian language.

    I chose RUDN University because it is on top of trends and the training here is based on practice. In my undergraduate studies, I studied television journalism – I was into culture and entertainment journalism, and at the RUDN University Master course I decided to rise to a more global level and chose subject area “International Journalism”.

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    Altynbek Berdimatov Altynbek Berdimatov
    RUDN University
    «International Economics» (Kyrgyzstan)
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    I learned about the Olympiad quite by accident, but I did not regret a bit that I took part. The tasks were not easy, but some were familiar to me. The most difficult was to wait for the results – which is more than two months. However, I had a bit of hope that I could win. When I found out that I did win, the first thing I did was to tell my mother – RUDN University … tuition-free … victory!

    My first higher education is «Global Economics». Thanks to the Open Doors Olympiad, I enrolled in «International Economics».

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    Kamilla Bekeeva Kamilla Bekeeva
    RUDN University
    «Arts and Humanities» (Kazakhstan)
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    This was my first Olympiad. I learned about it from a friend: she posted some information about the prospects that the victory opens on her Instagram. I wanted to test my abilities and find out if I could win. I was attracted by the opportunity to get education in Russia.

    I did assignments in the subject area «Psychology». The most difficult thing was to write an essay, but everything went well. Since my undergraduate degree is «Design», I wanted to do similar studies in the Master’s course and chose «Arts and Humanities» at RUDN University. I chose this very university for its multinationality, for the fact that here you can find out what peoples’ friendship in fact is.

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    GOOD TIME TO START!

    A unique opportunity to demonstrate your abilities and knowledge - International Olympiad of the Association «Global Universities» for Master’s enrollees.

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