Admission calendar
The dates below are fixed in law and apply nationwide. The document-submission deadline is not on this list — each institution sets that itself.
There is no single national deadline
Institutions submit quota proposals
Institutionby June 10
Through the Unified Electronic System.
VMQ 304 · clause 14Institutions publish their admission announcement
Institutionby September 1
The announcement states the document deadline, the list of documents, the examination subjects and the quota. This is the date that matters most to you.
VMQ 304 · clause 15Entrance examinations and interviews
YouNovember 1 — November 25
An examination for tayanch doktorantura; an interview for doktorantura and intern researchers.
VMQ 304 · clause 23Selection completed
Admission commissionby November 30
Results are formalised by protocol of the admission commission.
VMQ 304 · clause 24Enrolment order
Institutionby December 5
The institution issues the order enrolling those admitted.
VMQ 304 · clause 26Studies begin
YouJanuary 1
Doctoral study begins on 1 January, not in September. That is why admission is announced as being «for next year».
VMQ 304 · clause 26
Independent researchers work differently
Applications are accepted all year round. Formalisation is quarterly, by order on 5 March, 5 June, 5 September and 5 December.
- March 5
- June 5
- September 5
- December 5
No calendar date, but still a deadline
These deadlines run from your own date, not from a date in the calendar.
- VMQ 304 · clause 25
The admission commission submits its protocol to the Collegial Body
within 5 days The individual plan is approved
within 1 monthsDrawn up jointly with your supervisor and uploaded to the Unified Electronic System.
VMQ 304 · clause 28The theoretical-methodological programme is approved
within 1 monthsYour supervisor writes this one — do not confuse it with the individual plan. You master it during the first year.
VMQ 304 · clause 29- VMQ 304 · clause 45
The order is entered into the Unified Electronic System
within 5 days