The Ministry of Education and Science clarified the admission rules and introduced new requirements for target places

The Russian Ministry of Education and Science has clarified the procedure for admission of applicants to higher education institutions. This was reported on November 10 by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Quotas for targeted training will now be set with specific customers, forms of training, and educational programs. If some of the target places remain unfilled, they can be given to the children of participants in a special military operation (SVO), and then to the general competition.

In addition, new admission rules are being introduced for college graduates. The right to take internal entrance tests instead of the unified state exam (USE) will be retained only for those whose secondary vocational education coincides with the profile of the chosen field. In all other cases, applicants will have to submit the results of the Unified State Exam.

For money, no: how will paid admission to universities be reduced

Universities will find out the number of applicants to extra-budgetary departments in December 2025

Earlier, on October 29, the Ministry of Education and Science prepared a draft order prohibiting the allocation of paid places to universities in areas where in the 2025-2026 academic year the average USE score of students will be below 50. In addition, the maximum number of paid places will correspond to the average number of students who have studied under the contract in this area over the past two years.

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