INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

General

Admission to the Ural State University of Architecture and Art is regulated by the federal legislation.

International applicants are welcome to apply to USUAA to Bachelor (Bakalavr), Specialist, and Master (Magistr) degree courses. Please visit the page Courses on our web-site. The courses leading to the Specialist degree are 6-years long. They provide more focused and in-depth knowledge and advanced skills in a specific area. At USUAA, these are Easel Painting, Animation and Digital Art, and Decorative Arts (Sculpture, Decorative Painting, Interior Art).

When to apply

Applicants, both Russian and international, submit their documents and take entrance examinations once a year during the admissions campaign, which usually starts on June 20th of each year and lasts till the middle of August.

The key dates are as follows:
- Document submission period – from June 20th until July 11th
- Entrance examinations – from June 10th until July 24th
- Formal enrolment - August 18th How to apply

International applicants must submit an application in the Russian language together with supporting documentation as follows:
 a copy of the passport or any other ID establishing the applicant’s identity applicant and his/her status in the Russian Federation;
 a certificate of education and its duly certified Russian translation;
 2 (two) photographs (3х4 cm).

All translations into the Russian language must be in the applicant’s name and surname as spelt in the entry visa. Applicants from countries that do not have an agreement on mutual recognition of educational documents need to have their certificates of education legalized.

You can submit your documents
 in person at the University (the Admissions Panel is normally set up on the ground floor opposite the university’s entrance)
 via the Gosuslugi [the Federal Portal of State and Municipal Services] Please contact our Admissions Office for more detailed information by e-mail at priem@usaaa.ru .

Enrolment Competition

Admission to all the courses of the university is competitive. Selection of students is realized through entrance examinations in accordance with the applicant’s choice of the course.

Applicants take four entrance examinations, being physically present in a university studio, as follows:
- Architectural design – composition, drawing, mathematics, Russian language,
- Heritage conservation - composition, drawing, mathematics, Russian language,
- Urban- planning - composition, mathematics, Russian language
- Design - composition, drawing, Russian language, literature
- Fine and decorative arts – composition, drawing/painting, Russian language, literature

On document submission, applicants will be provided with a schedule of dates and times of entrance examinations.

Each entrance examination is rated by the maximum possible score and the minimum score required to successfully pass the examination. The total competitive score is calculated as the sum of the scores obtained in all entrance examinations. This total score is then used to rank applicants above or below the minimum cut-off score needed to be enrolled in accordance with the number of vacancies (both government-funded and self-paid) allocated to the university by the federal government.

Important: The tuition language at USUAA is Russian, so all applicants must demonstrate a good command of the Russian language at entrance examination. Please note that the USUAA does not have a course of Russian for international applicants. You may learn Russian at any of the Russian universities that offer a course of Russian as a foreign language, or in your country and then apply to our university. The first informal test of your Russian will be your ability to communicate with the admissions staff in Russian. In any case, your command of Russian will be tested at the university during admission in July.

Tuition fee

International students are charged a tuition fee, which is reviewed each year. Please check our web-site for up-to-date fees for each program at https://english.usaaa.ru/international-students/tution-fees .

Personal Achievements

If you have any personal achievements, such as awards from Olympiads, competitions, etc., these may contribute to your overall score in the competition for admission. Please contact our Admissions Office for more information.

Visa

International applicants from visa-countries will need a visa to be able to come to Russia and stay in Russia for the entire length of the admissions campaign till at least the end of September. The university will be able to apply for visa extension upon formal enrolment and conclusion of a contract with the student in the middle of August. It then takes around 1 month to have an applicant’s visa extended.

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