Russia Entry Procedure for international students
By order of the Russian Government dated March 16, 2020 No. 635-r (revised on March 16, 2021), international students, postgraduates, and trainees of pre-university departments are allowed to return to Russia to resume their studies.
Be aware that clearance is granted only to students from countries deemed to have a safe epidemiological environment by the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (the information is current as of April 5, 2021, check for updates):
- Abkhazia,
- Azerbaijan,
- Armenia,
- Belarus,
- Vietnam,
- Greece,
- Egypt,
- India,
- Kazakhstan,
- Qatar,
- Kyrgyzstan,
- Cuba,
- Republic of Maldives,
- United Arab Emirates,
- Seychelles,
- Serbia,
- Singapore,
- Tanzania,
- Turkey,
- Finland,
- Switzerland,
- Ethiopia,
- South Korea,
- South Ossetia,
- Japan,
- Venezuela,
- Germany,
- Syria,
- Tajikistan,
- Uzbekistan,
- Sri Lanka.
Before arriving in Russia
- Notify the MAI International Department 14 days before the arrival; send a copy of your ticket specifying the port of entry.
- int@mai.ru – for 1st–year and Pre-University students
- sergey.troshev@mai.ru – for 2nd to 4th –year students (Russian-medium programs)
- mkyrinaya@gmail.com – for 2nd to 4th –year students (English-medium programs)
- Receive a permit to enter Russia from an MAI representative.
- Prepare a set of necessary medical certificates:
- lungs photofluorograph with no signs of tuberculosis;
- medical clearance from a dermatologist/venerologist for living in a dormitory with a negative bacterioscopic analysis for STDs and negative blood tests for syphilis and HIV;
- vaccination certificate with dates of vaccination against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis B, and tuberculosis.
- Get a PCR test for COVID-19 in your country no earlier than 3 days before arriving in Russia. The test. The test results certificate must be in English or Russian.
Contact information:
When booking your tickets, please be aware that all university offices are open strictly Monday through Friday from 9AM to 5PM (with a break from 1PM to 2 PM).
If you are arriving in the Russian Federation during off-hours, you need to book a hotel room.
After arriving in Russia
- Visit to the MAI clinic with your medical certificates to get a permit for dormitory accommodation.
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Visit the MAI International Department to submit the documents for migration registration and arranging a health insurance (the cost is 10 000 rubles).
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Get a PCR test for COVID-19 in Moscow. Please note that rapid test results are not accepted.
- Go to the MAI dormitory with the accommodation permit, where you will need to stay self-isolated until receiving the results of the PCR test for COVID-19 done in Moscow.
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After receiving negative results you will be admitted to the educational process.
Address: Ulitsa Konstantina Tsareva 12.
Working hours: Monday through Friday from 9AM to 5PM (with a break from 1PM to 2 PM).
Required documents: copies of all passport pages (can be scanned at the University), migration card.
Address: Volokolamskoye Shosse 4, Main Administrative Building, Room 112.
Phone number: +7 499 158 43 24, +7 499 158 40 43, +7 499 158 00 27.
Working hours: Monday through Friday from 9AM to 5PM (with a break from 1PM to 2 PM).
Medical laboratories that are closest to the University and the dormitory (the information is advisory in nature):
Medical lab |
Address |
Approximate cost |
Website |
KDL |
Leningradskoye Shosse 9, korp. 1 |
2300 rubles |
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Invitro |
Ulitsa Zoi i Aleksandra Kosmodemyanskikh. 4, korp. 1 |
3000 rubles |
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Ulitsa Belomorskaya 22 |
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Gemotest |
Ulitsa Festivalnaya 17, korp. 1 |
2300 rubles |
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Helix |
Ulitsa Belomorskaya 18A, korp. 2 |
2000 rubles |
Dormitory address: Ulitsa Festivalnaya 4,bld. 3.
If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms during self-isolation (high body temperature, sore throat, runny nose, cough), you need to immediately contact the University and call a doctor.
Remember that you can be vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine in Moscow
Medical center |
Cost (as of March 17, 2021) |
Required documents |
Website |
Medgorod |
Component I: 1900 RUB Component II: 1900 RUB |
Appointment; residence registration |
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Invitro |
Component I: 1950 RUB Component II: 1950 RUB |
Appointment; ID (Passport) |
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Semeyniy Doktor |
Components I and II: 4000 RUB (single payment) |
Health insurance; certificate of enrollment |
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Meditsinskiy Tsentr Eleny Malyshevoy |
Components I and II and antibody testing: 5900 RUB (single payment) |
Appointment; ID(Passport) |
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