Credential Templates, The Former USSR and the Russian Federation

Diploma of "Specialist" in Medicine in the Former USSR:
Detailed Admission Requirements
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 included 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 was three to five.
Additional Admission Considerations
• For full-time study the age limit of 35 years was typically enforced. There was no age limit
for part-time, evening and correspondence studies.
• Institutions typically reduced the number of examinations for certain categories of applicants.
For example:
• individuals who had been awarded a medal (at the completion of school education) or a
diploma with honors/distinction (at the completion of vocational education) or some
other awards,
• graduates of specialized schools.
• Students from certain regions (rural regions or certain republics) who intended to study in
subject areas that would directly benefit the development of their regions, such as agriculture
and pedagogy, might have been granted priority in admission.
• The former USSR supported students from developing countries. However, foreign students
were expected to meet the same entrance requirements as Soviet nationals, in particular, had
completed school education and taken entrance exams. There was a compulsory preacademic
year for those who did not know Russian or/and for those with weak pre-university
training.
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