Nearly 5,000 international students accepted to RUDN University

This year, the number of applications from international applicants has tripled, from 3,200 in the Class of 2025 to 9,700 (an increase of 203.1%). The number of applicants who submitted these applications also increased by almost a third, from 3,151 to 4,720 (an increase of 26.6%).

New admission countries have been announced: Austria, the Maldives, New Zealand, the Czech Republic, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The highest competition among international applicants was for the Business Informatics program, with 13 applicants per place. Law (12 applicants per place) and Biology (6 applicants per place) are also popular. Five applicants competed for each place in the Economics, Linguistics, and Applied Mathematics and Computer Science programs.

Admissions of foreign citizens are still ongoing. To date, 4,841 applicants have been admitted to RUDN University. 2,726 were admitted on a state-funded basis, a 15% increase over the previous admissions campaign. Of these, 413 were winners of the RUDN University Open Olympiad for International Citizens: 307 were admitted to the undergraduate program, and 106 to the master's program.

The top five countries whose citizens were admitted to RUDN University's undergraduate program as Olympiad winners were Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Egypt, and Angola. The most popular programs of study among these applicants were International Relations, General Medicine, Management, Dentistry, and Economics.

A total of 106 international Olympiad winners were admitted to the Master's program, with Bangladesh, Yemen, Ethiopia, Haiti, and Turkmenistan among the top five countries. The most popular programs were International Relations, Advertising and Public Relations, Civil Engineering, Fundamental Informatics and Information Technology, and Management.

The most popular programs under the Russian Government quota were General Medicine, Dentistry, International Relations, Philology, and Linguistics.

The largest number of applications for fee-paying programs were in General Medicine, Dentistry, Business Informatics, Biology, and Economics. The top five countries for contract-based programs included China, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.

"The main reasons foreigners choose to study in Russia are the prestige of our scientific school, particularly in medicine, mathematics, physics, and agriculture," comments RUDN University Vice-Rector for Strategic Communications Elena Apasova. "The cost of tuition is also a significant factor. For example, studying in the popular General Medicine program at RUDN University is three times cheaper than studying abroad, where the cost is approximately $30,000 per year."

This year, the top five Asian countries by number of applicants were China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Mongolia. Among African countries, the largest number of applicants came from Angola, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cameroon, and Chad. Among the Middle East and North Africa countries, the top applicants were Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Yemen, and Morocco. And from the CIS, the largest number of applicants came from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Belarus.

 Applicants from Asia most often apply to the programs "Philology," "Fundamental Informatics and Information Technology," and "Management." For citizens of African countries, the most popular programs are "General Medicine," "International Relations," and "Economics." In the Middle East and North Africa, the top three programs are "General Medicine," "Applied Informatics," and "Dentistry." Among young people from the CIS countries, the most popular programs were "General Medicine," "Dentistry," and "Law."

Among the European Union countries, applicants from Bulgaria, Italy, and Germany were the most active, with several applications received from each country. These applicants showed the greatest interest in the programs of the Institute of Medicine: "General Medicine," "Dentistry," and "Pharmacy."