Credential Templates, The Former USSR and the Russian Federation

zavedeniya) or just "Diploma" (Диплом, Diplom). A specialisation appeared in the diploma as a
professional title such as Engineer, Teacher, etc.
The Diploma of "Specialist" required five years of full-time study for most majors. Only
a small number of programs required four years of study, such as some teaching qualifications.
Programs in architecture required five-and-a-half years of study. The program in medicine
required six years; in addition students undertook one year of specialisation practice (the
internatura) in a selected field of medicine. Other disciplines, such as geology and certain
branches of engineering, technology, and fine arts also required six years of study. A typical
Diploma of "Specialist" program represented 4,500 to 5,500 hours of instruction in
approximately 20 to 34 subjects depending on the specialisation.
State Final Examination
The State Final Examination stage consisted of the state final examinations and defence
of a final research project. The final research project was expected to be of independent research
or scholarship. It was defended before the State Examination Commission. The chairman of the
commission was appointed by the State Committee for Public Education on the recommendation
of the rector of the institution. Members of the Commission were appointed by the rector and
included faculty and industry representatives. Additionally, the State Examination Commission
examined each student in the field of specialisation.
Detailed Admission Requirements 1
Admission
Requirement
Academic
credential
requirement
Examination
requirement
Description
A school or vocational education credential:
• Certificate of Completion of Secondary Education (Attestat o
Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii), or
• A diploma of vocational education that includes complete
secondary education (for further details see the chapter on
Vocational/Technical Education)
AND
• Oral and written entrance examinations set by individual
institutions for entry into different specialisations or areas of study.
The typical number of exams is three to five.
Additional Admission Considerations
1 If entering on the basis of completed secondary education. Students may also be admitted directly into the program
on the basis of a Bachelor's degree. However, that route is not as common.
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