State Academic Scholarship

If you are a first-year student (in either a bachelor’s programme or a master’s) and study for free, the minimum stipend is transferred to your student social card each month during your first semester. For this, it is necessary to give your card number to the accounting department at 20 Myasnitskaya St., 422-K. You may alternatively receive the scholarship at the end of the semester at the cash desk located at 20 Myasnitskaya St. on the same floor (the window at the beginning of the corridor). You will be informed of the hours of operation at the bachelor’s or master’s study offices.

For all others, the state academic scholarship is always awarded on a competitive basis - taking into account interim assessment in January and July. Students also receive the scholarship during holidays: based on the results of the first half-year, the scholarship is dispersed in the second — from January through August; based on the results of the second half-year, students receive the scholarship from September through December. In other words, for a four-month-long semester, students receive the scholarship over the course of eight months (January-August), and for a six-month semester, over the course of four (September-December).

The following students are excluded: students who pay themselves, students who study under intergovernmental agreements, students who for any reason did not show up for an exam, and those who scored a ‘3’ or below.

The State Academic Scholarship does not depend on whether the student was awarded other scholarships or any other factors not described in this section. Payment is prematurely terminated if the student is expelled starting the month after expulsion (If a student is expelled in January, no scholarship will be awarded in February).