
The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation proposed to establish a unified schedule for informing about paid places in universities: the maximum number of places for paid admission to regulated specialties will be approved no later than March 15, and universities must publish full information about paid education, including places in unregulated specialties, no later than April 15.
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The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has developed a draft decree of the Russian government to improve the rules for determining the maximum number of places for paid admission to universities.
The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation proposed to establish a unified schedule for informing about paid places in universities, so that all information about paid education would be published on the official websites of universities no later than April 15, the department told RIA Novosti.
The Ministry of Education and Science has developed a draft decree of the Russian government to improve the rules for determining the maximum number of places for paid admission to universities. Thus, the department will approve the maximum number of places for paid admission in specialties for which admission volumes are regulated no later than March 15.
“Universities, in turn, will establish the number of paid places in unregulated specialties and publish on their official websites full information about paid education no later than April 15. This way, applicants and their parents will receive an accurate idea in advance about the real conditions for admission to paid places,” the message says.

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