Open Doors Russian Scholarship Project is your chance for tuition-free education and research career in Russia sponsored by Russian Government. The Open Doors offers limitless opportunities for education, self-development, and new academic career prospects in Russia for young talented individuals from around the globe.
About Open Doors
The Open Doors offers limitless opportunities for education, self-development, and new academic career prospects in Russia for young talented individuals from around the globe.
The Open Doors has been held annually since 2017. It is organized by the Association of Global Universities, a consortium of leading Russian universities, and is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and Rossotrudnichestvo.
Each year, over a hundred thousand talented and motivated young people from many countries participate in the Open Doors. The ... continue reading
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Open Door Russian Scholarship Project
Aim and Benefits of Open Door Russian Scholarship Project
The scholarship covers tuition fees and provides a monthly stipend.
Requirements for Open Door Russian Scholarship Project Qualification
Foreign citizens and stateless persons, including compatriots residing abroad (hereinafter referred to as participants), are eligible to take part in the Open Doors.
- Individuals aged 16 to 23 at the time of registration for the Open Doors Russian Scholarship Project, who do not hold a bachelor’s or specialist’s/master’s degree, and who have completed or are completing, during the academic year of the Open Doors, a program qualifying them for admission to a higher education institution under the national legislation of their country of study, are eligible to participate in the bachelor’s track.
- Individuals aged 20 to 33 at the time of registration for the Open Doors Russian Scholarship Project, who do not hold a specialist’s or master’s degree, and who have completed or are completing, during the academic year of the Open Doors, at least a bachelor’s degree program, are eligible to participate in the master’s track.
- Individuals aged 22 to 35 at the time of registration for the Open Doors Russian Scholarship Project, who do not hold a doctoral degree, and who have completed or are completing, during the academic year of the Open Doors, at least a specialist’s or master’s degree program, are eligible to participate in the doctoral track.
- Individuals aged 24 to 39 at the time of registration for the Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project, who hold a doctoral (PhD or equivalent) degree, are eligible to participate in the Postdoctoral track.
- The official languages of the Open Doors are Russian and English.
- The Open Doors is held in subject areas comprising several fields of study and research. A subject area refers to a set of higher education degree programs of a given level having a common fundamental theoretical foundation.
Interview date, Process and Venue for Open Door Russian Scholarship Project
Open Doors stages vary by track.
- There are two stages for the bachelor's track. The first stage is a portfolio competition, and the second stage is completion of the Open Doors tasks.
- There are two stages for the master's track. The first stage is a portfolio competition, and the second stage is completion of the Open Doors tasks.
- There are three stages for the doctoral track. The first stage is a portfolio competition, the second stage is completion of the Open Doors tasks, and the third stage is an interview with potential research supervisors and/or doctoral track managers.
- There are three stages for the post-doctoral track. The first stage is a portfolio competition, the second stage is the selection of candidates for interviews with potential research project supervisors based on submitted video presentations of their research results, and the third stage is an interview with heads of research projects.There is no fee for participation in the Open Doors.
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Application Deadline
November 16, 2025How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
Open Doors on od.globaluni.ru to apply
There is no fee for participation in the Open Doors.
To participate in the Open Doors, applicants must complete online registration by clicking “Registration” on the official Open Doors website. Upon successful registration, the participant gets access to the participant account.
Registration for the bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and post-doctoral tracks is open from September 1 to November 16, 2025.
By registering, participants provide consent for the processing of their personal data in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Each participant may register for and take part in the Open Doors only once per competition cycle (i.e., only one account is permitted). Violation of this rule may result in disqualification at any stage of participation.
During registration, participants shall provide their personal information, a login (identical to their email address), and a password. Registration also entails automatic subscription to system notifications on the status and progress of the Open Doors.
For more details, visit Open Doors Russian Scholarship webpage
