Over 1.3M Admitted to Russian Universities in 2026
Russian universities have accepted more than 1.3 million people following the main part of the 2026 admission campaign, and high demand for higher education remains, said Valery Falkov, head of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, at an expanded meeting of the Council of the Russian Union of Rectors.
Consensus
- Russian universities admitted more than 1.3 million people by the end of the main 2025 admission campaign.
- High demand for higher education in Russia remains.
- Budget places in universities are nearly fully filled.
- The admission campaign was conducted entirely through the 'Postuplenie v vuz onlayn' super-service.
- 91.2% of applications were submitted via the super-service.
- The number of applications submitted through the super-service increased by 16% compared to previous years.
Points of divergence
- The number of applications for natural science and engineering programs increased several times compared to economics and law programs. — interfax
- 99.7% of budget places were filled for bachelor's, specialist, and basic higher education programs; 99.6% for master's programs. — interfax
- 1,281 students were admitted with a 100% discount in 102 universities under a separate quota; the special quota was filled to 38.5%. — interfax
- The number of paid places in 40 specialties decreased by 97,000 compared to 2025. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- In 2026, more than 1.3 million people applied to Russian universities — Интерфакс
- Fal'kov revealed the number of people accepted into universities in 2026 — Вести
Key entities
- Valeriy Fal'kov
- Moscow
- Russia
- INTERFAX.RU
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education
- Russian Union of University Rectors
- Council of the Russian Union of University Rectors