Requirements

Students are selected on the basis of their portfolio, which includes required and optional components. The Admission Committee may invite the applicant for an interview. 

Portfolio DS 2025-2026 (PDF, 381 Kb) 

Application form: Please read How to Apply

Application dates: November 1, 2025- August, 2026.

For the period of COVID-19:

- a language certificate is not required for citizens of countries in which one of the official languages is English;
- as a language certificate can be counted the results of examinations in a foreign language at the National Research Universities of the Russian Federation;
- as an exception, by decision of the portfolio review committee, the results of the interview (in English) with the members of the commission can be counted as a language certificate.