Applying for PhD programs

If you are willing to strengthen and develop your expertise in a particular sphere of knowledge, welcome to our postgraduate programs! Those who have Master’s degree or a Specialist’s degree in the fields related to the programs of aspired postgraduate studies are best suited for these programs. In some cases, you may need to do an extra preparatory year due to certain special requirements for language and scientific studies. More information about University foundation programs you can find here.

Duration of studies: 3-4 years.

More information about Russian system of education you can find here.

Academic year starts on October 01 and ends at the end of July. Each academic year consists of 2 semesters (October-February and February-July). Exact dates of academic calendar are updated every year. Information about public holidays in Russia you can find here .

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

1. Master’s or specialist’s degree diploma/certificate with the list of grades.
2. Language requirements:
   • Level of Russian proficiency B1 
   • Official language certificates are not required. In case you have a language certificate, you can submit it with the other application documents.
3. International passport valid minimum for 2 years from the start of an academic year (September 01).

List of PhD degree programs in RUSSIAN with tuition fees

1. Application period starts on February 01, 2021.

2. Application deadlines:

3. Start of the academic year 2021-2022: October 01, 2021.

4. Enrollment and tuition fee payment is possible until September 25, 2021.

1. Copy of international passport (page with photo and personal data). Please, note that your passport must be valid for at least 20 months as of the date of your arrival to the university (date of the visa extension/registration). 
2. Copy of educational document with transcript of records* (master’s or specialist’s degree diploma/certificate with the list of grades). In case you have not yet received educational document, you may submit current transcript of records and enrollment certificate. 
3. Translation of educational document with transcript of records into Russian or English for preliminary documents evaluation 
4. Copy of TORFL certificate if applicable (сертификат ТРКИ). 
5. List of publications. 
6. Research proposal.

*Original educational documents with transcript of records, official notarized translation of these documents into Russian and copies of the original documents and the translations should be submitted at the enrollment unless otherwise directed by the Admission procedure for degree programs.

EXAM SAMPLES:

During the application period 2021 all entrance exams will be organized online.

Entrance exams for PhD programs:

• Study field exam
• Russian language exam

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERSONAL COMPUTER OR LAPTOP:

Русский	English	汉语

Instruction for registration of foreign citizens in the SPbPU remote exam system FOR RUSSIAN LANGUAGE EXAM:

Instruction for registration of foreign citizens in the SPbPU remote exam system FOR STUDY FIELD ENTRANCE EXAM:

SCHEDULE OF ENTRANCE EXAMS FOR PHD DEGREE PROGRAMS (FOR FOREIGN APPLICANTS ONLY)

Russian language entrance exam schedule:

There are 6 periods of entrance exams in 2021: 

• 1 period: April, 19 - 22
• 2 period: May, 24 - 27
• 3 period: June, 21 - 28
• 4 period: July, 02 - 09
• 5 period: August, 16 - 26
• 6 period: September, 09 - 17

Schedule for 5th period of RUSSIAN LANGUAGE online entrance exams:

Schedule for 6th period of online entrance exams: