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Application to Skoltech consists of three stages:

Stage 1. Application at Skoltech’s online portal

Application dates for MSc programs for 2023-2024 academic year:
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The application includes an online form, your CV, a motivation letter, 2 reference letters and, if available, the English test results (TOEFL or IELTS, the certificate should be valid).

Stage 2. Online Testing

All applicants must pass online test. The better you pass it, the more chances you will have to get to the next step.

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Stage 3. Selection Days

Every year, Master of Science applicants from across Russia and around the world converge at Skoltech for the Selection Days and a chance to gain admission to one of the Institute’s growing programs. During Selection Days, participants go through interviews and an English test. The Selection Days are also an opportunity for prospective students to inform themselves about the latest developments in Skoltech’s research and innovation programs. Invitations to Selection Days are reserved for those students who passed the test successfully and submitted the strongest online applications.
In order to get more accurate evaluation and selection, an additional on-site testing will be required for some applicants, upon educational program admission committee’s request. The applicants will be notified additionally.

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The Skoltech MSc and PhD programs provide a multidisciplinary educational experience in brand-new facilities, world-class professors with international exchange opportunities, with no tuition fee and one goal: to prepare students to impact Russia and the world and foster socio-economic development through scientific discovery and technological innovation.

• Courses and supervision by world-renowned scientists and engineers.
• All educational programs delivered in English. English is our language of instruction and official business.
• A wide range of courses; an individual study plan that allows students to obtain modern education with a broad interdisciplinary component. Possibility to choose between fundamental and applied profiles within the program.
• Open dynamic international environment bringing together hundreds of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs with serious ambitions. Students and professors from more than 25 countries study and teach at Skoltech.
• Cross-curriculum double-degree programs and network educational programs with leading Russian universities, a wide opportunity to attend different courses in this universities inside the curriculum.
• Opportunity to perform research, learn the best practices in world-leading universities, and laboratories, and participate in international conferences, and a variety of academic mobility programs. More than 1/3 of our students perform a research or an educational component in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University, University of Calgary, Harvard Medical School, National University of Singapore and other world-leading universities.
• Integration of research, education and innovation. A culture of supporting student startups.
• “Student package”: significant stipends and free medical insurance.

Apply at Skoltech’s online application portal.

According to the Russian legislation the diploma issued in a foreign country can be accepted by the Russian educational organizations only with legalization. Additionally, a procedure of recognition may be required depending on the country where the document was issued. Legalization and recognition of the diploma are two different procedures. The requirements to the legalization and the set of the required documents vary depending on the country of the diploma’s issue.

The National Information Center provides the detailed information on the legalization and recognition requirements. Please review general information on legalization of the documents and the requirements to the recognition procedure. 

The general set of the documents to pass the recognition procedure includes:

• the original of diploma;
• the original of diploma supplement;
• a copy of the personal identification document of applicant (generally passport);
• a notary-certified translation of identification document into Russian (if not in Russian) with an attached copy of the original;
• a copy of diploma;
• a notary-certified translation of the diploma into Russian with an attached copy of the original diploma;
• a copy of diploma supplement;
• a notary-certified translation of diploma supplement into Russian with an attached copy of the original.

Please note that notarization of the documents can be made only by notaries of the Russian Federation. Exceptions are the countries Russia has an agreement on legal assistance with.

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