Russia Business Directory

Compulsory education in Russia lasts 9 years and qualifies for a Certificate of Incomplete Seconday Education. After 9 years in the seconday school one can either continue education at the secondary school og enter a technical school, also called community college.

Full secondary education in Russia takes either ten or eleven years to complete. Completed education enables pupils to apply for universities and colleges (the latter are called Institutes).

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General information
Ministry of Education and Science – official site, structure, services and agencies, international cooperation, sea activity (rus)

Barents Specialists - network that brings together educational institutions, teachers, researchers, students and other interested people from four countries (eng)

Education, colleges and universities in Russia  (eng)

Education in Russia for foreigners - list of the Regional Centres of International Cooperation included to the Register of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation

EuroEducation - Structure of educational system in Russia(eng)

Federal Agency of Education  – official site: organization, regulation, educational system and levels of education in Russia, development programs, international cooperation (rus)

Funding, schoolarships and arrangements - information by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (nor)

IREX – an international non-profit organization providing programs to improve the quality of education, media and civil society development, hereunder in Russia, information about supported projects (eng).

Norwegian Presidential Initiative Program (rus/eng)

The Norwegian Pomor University Centre - information about the Centre (rus/eng)

SIU - Norwegian agency that promotes international cooperation in education and research (nor/eng)

Russian-Norwegian School - Information about the higher schools in Moscow (rus)

Some schools

International Business Semester (IBS) is an English-language study abroad program offered by Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University each spring semester. 
MIRBIS is Russia's premier business school, offering regular semester visiting scholar programs as well as an MBA program. 

Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics - site and all courses in Russian, the educational centre «Universities for all» (rus/eng)

The School of Russian and Asian Studies – studies about Russia, represents Russia's top educational institutions and a wide range of study (Universities, private language schools, Business schools) and research opportunities.