To enter our Russian Language and Culture Institute each applicant should fill in the application form or send us by e-mail the following information 6 weeks before the start date of the program:

1. Name, family name and gender (written in Latin, not Cyrillic)
2. Date and place of birth
3. Passport number, issue-expiration dates of the passport
4. Address
5. Your fax or e-mail address for communication
6. The fax number of the Russian consulate where you would like to apply for a visa
7. Start and finish dates of the desired program
8. Type of accommodation preferred
9. If you have studied Russian in the past, please state:
• where and for how long
• the name of the school and its address
• the university’s telephone number, fax number, e-mail
• o names of the university’s principal, head of the department, your teacher
10. Acknowledgment of acceptance of the financial conditions offered
    
    Please, send us your passport image either by fax +7-812-274-34-01, +7-812-328-78-32 or via e-mail in an attachment to .

All study visas are issued by a Russian Consulate only on presentation of an invitation from Saint Petersburg State University. When applying for your visa you should state "study" as the purpose of the visit. It takes approximately five weeks to arrange an invitation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs charges 27 euro for this service. Every student should pay these expenses at the University cashier's office upon arrival. We kindly ask students to indicate the exact dates of arrival and departure to and from Russia. Making a new invitation with new dates will require extra fees and time.

The Institute can send the invitation image by fax or the original invitation by courier express mail service (for extra fee). With the invitation a student should apply for a study visa at the Russian Consulate. This study visa will be for the same dates as the invitation. The study visa can be extended for the period of your study contract upon arrival.

The Russian Language and Culture Institute can arrange to pick up students at an airport or a railway station and then to bring them to the place of their accommodation. For this we ask students to confirm the arrival details (exact date, time, flight/train number) by e-mail 6 days before arrival. If the flight/train is delayed our driver will wait for a student for 2 hours more. The Institute cannot be held responsible for losses due to flight or train delay.

Medical treatment for foreign citizens in Russia is for a fee only. Generally our students arrive in Russia with their own health insurance policies. However, the Russian system has not yet integrated completely into international insurance system. Therefore if a student arrives with his/her own health insurance policy from his/her country only a few local medical facilities will be able to accept the policy in the event you fall ill, and they will require additional payment. The university can provide you with a policy which guarantees medical care in the city's medical facilities. For extra information on University medical insurance apply to the coordinator's office in room 114 on arrival.