Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project

Officially known as the Open Doors Russian Scholarship Project of the Global Universities Association and internationally recognized under the Open Doors brand, this academic competition has been conducted annually since 2017 under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

The Open Doors Russian Scholarship Project spans 14 broad subject areas and offers four academic tracks: bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral. Participation is entirely free of charge, fully remote, and open to candidates from around the world.

Winners of the competition are granted the opportunity to enroll tuition-free in leading Russian universities without entrance exams (bachelor's, master's, doctoral tracks) or to join research projects run by the organizing universities (postdoctoral track). All stages of the competition are held online in both English and Russian.

Winning the Open Doors gives admission to bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral programs, or secures a post-doc position in research projects at one of Russia's leading universities through a streamlined, one-stop process. Over the past seven years, more than 6,000 international students have enjoyed his opportunity.

Registered webinar participants will learn about universities participating in the Open Doors, as well as about their programs. The audience will also learn about additional scholarship opportunities, accommodation arrangements, employment opportunities during studies, and additional services for international students.

The link to the webinar is available in participant`s personal account on the “Portfolio” page of the Olympiad website. For everybody else the recordings after the webinars will be available on YouTube-channel and VK

The webinars start at 10:00 Moscow time (UTC +3) on the specified dates. Watch HERE.

Moscow Polytech graduates are engineers and specialists in creative industries, IT professionals, and managers, many of whom work for leading Russian and international companies.

University graduates were at the forefront of the Soviet automobile industry. Among them were Konstantin Sharapov, creator of the first Soviet automobile of its own design, the NAMI-1 (his graduation project was in 1929); Lev Vasiliev, the first general director of KAMAZ and later the USSR Minister of Mechanical Engineering for Light, Food, and Household Appliances; Anatoly Krieger, chief designer of the ZiL (ZiS) plant - the first automobile manufacturing enterprise in the Russian Empire and the USSR; Andrei Ostrovtsev, chief designer of the first high-class government limousine, the ZIS-110; Georgy Mirzoyev, chief designer of AVTOVAZ; and others.

Since the 1930s, the university has been training highly qualified personnel for printing companies and publishing houses. Renowned artists and designers have graduated from the university. Among them are Mai Miturich, one of the most famous graphic artists and illustrators of the second half of the 20th century, and Viktor Chizhikov and Alexander Tarbeev, creators of the Olympic Bear, the symbol of the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics.

The university is home to more than 26 300 students, including more than 2 300 international students from over 79 countries. Moscow Polytech is a dynamic education institution with focus on providing quality STEAM education, solving real-world problems through project-based learning, and conducting research and scientific work based on modern scientific and technical centers and laboratories. When choosing a program in Russian, Olympiad winners have the opportunity to study Russian for a year free of charge at the preparatory department. All this allows not only to successfully develop a sustainable university ecosystem, but also to influence modern society. This approach helps graduates acquire new knowledge, gain practical experience through projects with industrial partners, and increase graduate employment opportunities.

The Moscow Polytechnic University campus is a complex of 11 student houses (dormitories) with developed infrastructure, accessible location and necessary living conditions. The dormitories are intended for temporary accommodation of Moscow Polytech students. For those who have not yet decided on the choice of dormitory, we will tell you in our video about the advantages of each of them.

International projects

Moscow Polytech is actively engaged in work with the student community, including with partners from Russia and abroad.

- Moscow Polytech annually holds a festival for foreign citizens "My Soul is Russia". In 2025, the Russian culture festival was successfully held in India and Pakistan, with support of Russian Houses. In 2026, it was held abroad in Sri Lanka and in Russia, as well as online in countries near and far abroad;

- Moscow Polytech holds the international festival of cultures "Interfest", which has become part of the cultural and scientific life of the University;

- Moscow Polytech has "Interclub" — a student community created to help foreign students adapt and socialize in a new environment, as well as improve language skills.

Moscow Polytech cooperates with many educational institutions around the world in various areas, including academic mobility, internships, career guidance events, as well as projects in the field of international cultural exchange and promotion of the Russian language, among others.

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Waseem Bacha, Pakistan
Faculty of Information Technologies