Setting a quota on education of foreign residents and stateless persons in the RF

According to the Government resolution #891 of October 8, 2013, on “Setting a quota on education of foreign residents and stateless persons in the Russian Federation” the quota on training of foreigners in domestic HEIs increased by 1.5 times. Now up to 15 thousand foreign citizens, stateless persons and compatriots living abroad will be able to study at Russian HEIs using budget funds. The rise in quota for the education of foreign citizens and the stateless is caused by the increasing demand for the training of specialists for foreign countries in Russia. In particular, the number of orders for the training of personnel for foreign countries has increased, including those coming from the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Justice of Russia, the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia, a series of subjects of the Russian Federation, the state corporation Rosatom, Rossotrudnichestvo (The Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation), the University of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and international organizations.