General Information

Today St Petersburg State University is a major Russian centre of science, education and culture of international repute. Many important universities in Europe, America, and Asia - notably Cambridge University (UK), Bologna University (Italy), the Free University of Berlin and Hamburg University (Germany), Carlton University (Canada), Amsterdam University (the Netherlands), Stockholm University (Sweden), the Municipal University of Osaka (Japan), to name but a few, - have maintained various academic contacts with the University of St. Petersburg.

The discoveries and achievements of the University professors and graduates have become part of the history of both international and Russian science and technology. Eight of them were awarded Nobel Prizes - I.Pavlov (1904) and I.Mechnikov (1908) for physiology and medicine; N.Semenov (1956) for chemistry; L.Landau (1962) and A.Prokhorov (1964) for physics; V.Leontyev (1973) and L.Kantorovich (1975) for economics, I.Brodsky (1985) for literature.

Tuition

20 faculties
11 Scientific Institutes

over 25.000 students
near 2.000 Postgraduate students
near 5.000 lecturers & researchers
over 40 members of Russian Academies of Science, Education etc

Faculties (Natural Sciences & Humanities)

Natural Sciences

Faculty of Applied Mathematics
Faculty of Biology & Soil Science
Faculty of Chemistry
Faculty of Geology
Faculty of Geography & Geo-Ecology
Faculty of Mathematics & Mechanics
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Physics

Humanities

Faculty of Economy
Faculty of History
Faculty of International Relations
Faculty of Journalism
Faculty of Law
School of Management
Faculty of Oriental Studies
Faculty of Philology
Chair of Russian for Foreigners
Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science
Faculty of Psychology
Faculty of Sociology
Department of Sports and Physical Culture

Research Institutes

Astronomy
Biology
Complex Social Researches
Computing Mathematics & Control Processes
Chemistry
The Earth's Crust
Geography
Information Technologies
Mathematics & Mechanics
Physics
Physiology
Radiophysics

Admission

Saint-Petersburg State University currently has an enrollment of more than 32,000 undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Every year about 4500 foreign students from more than 90 countries of the world participate in various academic programs. The university offers education in 71 fields of study. It has 31 programs of professional higher education and 22 areas of study for graduate students. There are 19 major faculties, a Department of Military Training, and a Department of Physical Education and Sports.
We will be pleased to assist in administering the international students' application, enrollment and study process in our University.
The staff of the International Admissions Office
is always available to help you.

Educational programs
Educational programs offered in English language
Intensive Russian language and Preliminary Education Programs
Admission procedure
The system of the higher education in Russian Federation
The certificate of recognition
Tuition fees
Application forms
The brief information on the faculties of Saint-Petersburg State University