Russia stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. The higher education system here is renowned for its achievements and emphasis on the field of science and technology. Russia has more university graduates than any other country in Europe. Russia is the second most educated country in the world, according to OECD. 

Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University are the oldest and biggest Russian universities. In the 2000s, with a view to developing similar-scale higher education and research institutions in the Russian regions, the government initiated a ‘Federal Universities’ initiative, mainly by combining existing large regional universities and research institutes and providing them with special funding. These new institutions include Siberian Federal University, Northeastern Federal University, Kazan Volga Federal University, Far Eastern Federal University and Southern Federal University.

Reasons to study in Russia