Ural Federal University offers more than 350 bachelor’s degrees, master’s programs, PhDs, MBAs and executive MBAs across engineering, IT, the natural sciences, arts and humanities, social sciences, economics and management.
 
The main language of instruction is Russian, though the university offers a wide number of programs taught entirely in English. Currently, UrFU is home to more than 3 000 international students representing 75 nationalities. 
 
Ural Federal University is based in Ekaterinburg, the third largest city in the country, with a population of 1.5 million. It also came second in Forbes’ definitive ranking of the best Russian regions to do business.

It ranks among the best universities in the world

Ural Federal University ranks 43rd in the QS University Rankings: EECA 2019 and 58th in the QS University Rankings: BRICS 2019. It ranks among the top universities in a number of  QS University Subject Rankings 2018, including:

• Mathematics
• Mechanical engineering
• Physics and astronomy

Cutting-edge facilities and career services

Ural Federal University boasts state-of-the-art research infrastructure, including a nanotechnology center, an astronomical observatory, and shared knowledge centers with modern electronic microscopes, spectroscopes and analyzers.
Ural Federal University’s employability rate is 80%, which is no surprise given the university has partnerships with leading Russian and international companies like Gazprom, Rosatom, Rusal, and Unilever, which offer students as many internships and part-time term-time jobs as possible.

Study for free with an international scholarship

Every year, the Russian government issues 15,000 grants to international students seeking to study in Russia, covering their tuition fees, a monthly stipend, accommodation and Russian language tuition.
 
Meanwhile, if you’re looking to study abroad in Russian for a short period, you might want to take advantage of the Erasmus program and/or UArctic grants.  
 
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