Amendments to the Entrance Rules for
the State Educational Institution of Higher Vocational Training
Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography
Admission Procedure for Foreign Citizens
I. General provisions
1. This Admission Procedure regulates the admission of foreign citizens and persons without citizenship (apatrides), including compatriots living abroad (hereinafter, collectively, referred to as "Foreign Citizens"), entering MIIGAiK for training under basic educational programs of higher vocational training.
2. The admission of foreign citizens to MIIGAiK for training under basic educational programs of higher vocational training is to be carried out under the international contracts of the Russian Federation and the intergovernmental agreements of the Russian Federation at the expense of the budget means (including those allocated by the Russian Federation Government within the established quota), as well as under contracts with payment of training costs by physical persons and (or) legal entities.
3. The admission of foreign citizens to MIIGAiK for training at the expense of budget means is to be carried out:
3.1. within the quota established by the Government of the Russian Federation, under letters of referral by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation;
3.2. under the Agreement on Granting Equal Rights to the Citizens of the Member States of the Agreement on Deepening the Integration in Economic and Humanitarian Spheres dated March 29, 1996, - for citizens of Byelorussia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kirghiz Republic, and the Republic of Tajikistan;
3.3. under the Certificate of the participant of the Government Program on Rendering Assistance to Voluntary Resettlement in the Russian Federation of the Compatriots Living Abroad - for those who became a participant of the Government Program on rendering assistance to voluntary resettlement in the Russian Federation of the compatriots living abroad;
3.4. under Federal Law No 99-FZ On State Policy of the Russian Federation with regard to Fellow Countrymen Abroad, dated May 24, 1999, - for compatriots;
Belonging to compatriots of the person who is not a citizen of Russia is to be confirmed by a special form certificate established by the Government of the Russian Federation.
4. Admission of the foreign citizens, specified in subparagraphs 3.2. - 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, to MIIGAiK for education at the expense of budget means is to be carried out on a competitive basis, pursuant to the General Entrance Rules, established for citizens of the Russian Federation.
5. Admission of the foreign citizens, specified in subparagraphs 3.2. - 3.4., Item 3, under contracts with payment of training costs is to be carried out in accordance with the Entrance Rules and Conditions, approved by MIIGAiK for citizens of the Russian Federation for the 2009-10 academic year.
6. Admission of foreign citizens who are not specified in Subparagraphs 3.2.-3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, is to be carried out only under contracts (agreements) with payment of training costs by physical persons and (or) legal entities within the student quantity set by the University license for the right to conduct educational activity, subject to the terms and conditions assigned by the resolution of the University Academic Council for the 2009-10 academic year.
II. Admission Application by Foreign Citizens
7. Admission applications are to be submitted within the following time-constraints:
7.1. by the foreign citizens specified in Subparagraph 3.1., Item 3 of the present Procedure, within the time constraints established by the Russian Federal Agency for Education;
7.2. by the foreign citizens specified in Subparagraphs 3.2. - 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, within the time constraints established by Item 24 of the MIIGAiK Entrance Rules for the 2009-10 academic year.
7.3. by the foreign citizens specified in Subparagraphs 3.2. - 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, if they submit applications personally to the Admissions Committee, they are to present a letter of referral from the MIIGAiK Department for Foreign Students Affairs, concerning the enrolment possibility of the person to the University on the same basis as Russian citizens are enrolled.
If the application is sent by post, the issue, whether the person can be categorized or not as a foreign citizen specified in Subparagraphs 3.2. - 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, is solved by the Admissions Committee with agree of the University Department for Foreign Students Affairs
7.4 Foreign citizens who are not specified in Subparagraphs 3.2.-3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure and entering the first year of studies under contracts (agreements) with payment of training costs by physical persons and (or) legal entities, are to submit their applications from June 20 till August 24, 2012.
8. Foreign citizens entering the first year of studies under contracts (agreements) are to submit applications to the University Dean's Office for Foreign Students for particular lines of training (specialty) which students are trained in at MIIGAiK.
9. The application submission time constraints for other modes of education for all foreign citizens are to be assigned in accordance with the Entrance Rules for the 2012-13 academic year:
- for correspondence training - from September 1, 2012, till November 30, 2012;
- for training under the master's degree programs - from June 20, 2012, till August 10, 2012;
- for getting a second higher vocational training - from September 1, 2012, till September 30, 2012; and from January 10, 2013, till February 08, 2013;
- for getting a second higher vocational training at the Correspondence Faculty - from September 1, 2012, till December 28, 2012.
10. Higher education in the built-in mode of training (the second and subsequent years of studies) under contracts (agreements) is supposed to be provided only for the persons trained in other Russia or CIS higher education establishments and having diplomas of the state approved form of incomplete higher education, a transcript of the established form or a document of the state approved form of higher vocational training of various levels.
11. Foreign citizen graduated from an educational institution abroad and entering the University under the bachelor's or specialist's degree programs are to present an educational document of the foreign state, acknowledged in the Russian Federation as an equivalent to the document of the state approved form of secondary (full) general education or secondary vocational training.
Only foreign citizens having diplomas of Russian higher education establishments or an education document of the foreign state, acknowledged in the Russian Federation as an equivalent to the bachelor's degree or specialist's diploma can be trained under the master's degree programs.
12. When submitting an application (in Russian) for being enrolled to MIIGAiK, foreign citizens are also to present the following documents:
- the originals of the educational documents of the foreign country, legalized in accordance with the established procedure (if necessary) and supplements to them (if the latter are envisaged by the legislation of the country that issued the said educational documents);
- a translation into Russian, notarized in accordance with the established procedure, of the educational document of the foreign country and supplements to them, if the documents are executed in a foreign language;
- the original certificate of equivalence of the educational documents, issued by the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, - for foreign citizens from the countries where acknowledgement of educational documents is required in accordance with the established procedure;
- identity papers of a foreign citizen in the Russian Federation;
- the entry visa to the Russian Federation, if the foreign citizen has arrived in the Russian Federation under the entry permit, and the migration card;
- the required number of photos (10 pieces, 3 х 4 cm size).
The name of the person in all the papers translated is to be the same as the name and the surname specified in the entry permit.
13. As an exception, foreign citizens from the countries whose educational documents need to be validated, can be enrolled to MIIGAiK on the basis of the present Procedure, provided that they submit the certificate of equivalence issued by the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, to the Dean's Office for Foreign Students after their enrollment to the University not later than December 31, 2009.
14. The foreign citizens entering the University within the quota established by the Russian Federation Government Order dated August 25, 2008, are to present a letter of referral issued by the Russian Federal Agency for Education, in addition to the papers specified in Item 12 above.
15. Foreign citizens while submitting the application are to confirm in it that s/he has got acquainted with the MIIGAiK License for the right to conduct educational activity as well as the State Accreditation Certificate and the supplements to them, in the line of training or specialty chosen, which is to be assured by the person's signature.
III. Entrance Tests
16. Entrance tests for the foreign citizens specified in Subparagraphs 3.2.- 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, are to be established by MIIGAiK pursuant to the MIIGAiK Entrance Rules for the 2012-13 academic year.
17. Should the foreign citizens specified in Subparagraphs 3.2.- 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, present results of the unified state exam (USE) in the general educational subjects included by MIIGAiK on the list of the entrance tests for the corresponding line of training or specialty, MIIGAiK is to consider the USE results as the results of the entrance tests in the corresponding general educational subjects.
18. For foreign citizens who are not specified in Subparagraphs 3.2.- 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure and entering the University on the basis of contracts (agreements) with payment of training costs, the entrance tests are to be performed in the form of an interview by a Commission that is to be approved by the order of the Rector, and a test on the Russian Language, within the time constraints assigned by the resolution of the Admissions Committee.
19. The foreign citizens specified in Subparagraphs 3.2.- 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, are to be enrolled to MIIGAiK under a letter of referral from the Russian Federal Agency for Education without entrance tests.
IV. Enrolment to MIIGAiK
20. The enrolment of the foreign citizens specified in Subparagraphs 3.2.- 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, is to be performed in accordance with the procedure and on terms established by the MIIGAiK Entrance Rules for the 2012-13 academic year .
21. The enrolment of foreign citizens who are not specified in Subparagraphs 3.2.- 3.4., Item 3 of the present Procedure, and entering the first year of studies on the basis of contracts (agreements) with payment of training costs by physical persons and (or) legal entities, is to be performed till August 21, 2012.
