Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin was established in 1920.
Currently, it is the largest city university with a population of 36 000 student. More then 4 300 foreign students study at the University.
The University has more than 4 000 faculty members, including 560 Doctors of Science, 53 academicians, and 38 members of foreign Scientific Academies.
The University offers 340 different specialties!
Rankings:
- 32nd of the best universities of the Emerging Europe and Central Asia
- 58th in QS BRICS Region University Rankings
- 51st-60th among Best Universities in Eurasia
- 351st in QS World University Rankings
- 419th among Best Global Universities in Europe
- 613th in World University Ranking
- 11th among TOP-100 Best Russian Universities Forbes—2021
- 12th among Best Russian Universities RAEX-100
Preparatory course for foreigners
As Russian is the language of instruction, a preparatory course of 1 year or 1.5 years (optional) is offered for foreign students who do not speak Russian.
Applications for the 1-year program are accepted until November 1st, for the 1.5-year program – until March 1st.
During the preparatory course, students study Russian throughout the first semester, then, gradually, they delve into specialized subjects.
CAMPUS:
- 15 educational buildings
- 438 multimedia classrooms
- Research laboratories
- a huge scientific library
- 20 sports facilities
- 14 dormitories (housing 7 500 students)
- Student Creativity Center (dancing, choir, theatre, etc.)
SPORTS FACILITIES
Students of the Ural Federal University have the opportunity to go in for sports using the following sports facilities of the university:
- Summer and winter stadiums
- sports complex for game sports
- a swimming pool
- 11 specialized gyms and playgrounds
- 2 skiing lodges
- 14 sports grounds on the campus
- Basketball
- Volleyball
- Handball
- Judo
- E-Sports
- Crossfit
- Athletics
- Cross - country skiing
- Mini-football
- All-around GTO
- Powerlifting
- Swimming
- Underwater sports
- Rock climbing/Mountaineering
- Sports Tourism
- Orienteering
- Fitness aerobics
- Football/soccer
- Hockey
- Cheerleading
University Institutes (Schools and Faculties):
• Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Institute of New Materials and Technologies
• Engineering School of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Control Systems - ReF
• Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture
• Institute of Open Educational Technologies
• Institute of Physical Education, Sports and Youth Policy
• Institute of Fundamental Education
• Graduate School of Economics and Management
• Ural Institute of Humanities
• Ural Power Engineering Institute
• Institute of Physics and Technology
• Institute of Chemical Technology
• Centers of additional professional education
• Specialized Educational and Scientific Center
• Military Training Center
Types of educational programs:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Master’s Degree
- Preparatory course for foreigners
For a list of specialties that can be studied at the Ural Federal University, see the tabs below.
PRICES
Tuition Fee: 148 000 rubles – 286 000 rubles per 1 year depending on the specialty.
Preparatory course tuition fee: 136 000 rubles (one-year program) and 204 000 rubles (1,5-year program).
Cost of accommodation: from 900 rubles per a month (rooms for 2-3 students)
Bachelor degree
List of Bachelor's degree specialties offered at the University:
Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics:
• Biology
• Geodesy and Remote Sensing
• Hydrometeorology
• Mathematics
• Mathematics and Computer Sciences
• Information Systems Software and Administration
• Metrology and Metrological Support
• Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling
• Nanotechnology and Microsystems Engineering
• Applied Mathematics
• Software Products Development
• Research and Development Management
• Physics
• Fundamental Informatics and IT
• Chemical Material Science
• Chemistry, Physics and Mechanics of Materials
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Ecology and Environmental Management
Institute of New Materials and Technologies:
• Automation of Processes and Productions
• Information Systems and Technologies
• Information Systems and Technologies in Mechanical Engineering
• Information Systems and Technologies in Metallurgy
• Design and Technological Support of Machine Building
• Laser Technology and Equipment
• Laser, Additive and Reinforcement Technologies in Mechanical Engineering
• Materials Science and Metallic Materials Engineering
• Materials Science and Metallic Materials Engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Metallurgy
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Ground Transport and Technological Complexes
• Optical Systems and Technologies
• Optical Engineering
• Engineering of Motor-Vehicles, Hoisting and Transportation Machines
• Production and Use of Construction Materials, Goods and Structures
• Certification and Metrology
• Systems Analysis and Management
• Standardization and Conformity Assessment
• Technical Operation of Motor-Vehicles, Hoisting and Transportation Machines
• Technological Machinery and Equipment
• Technology of High-temperature Non-metallic Construction and Functional Products and Nanomaterials
• Jewelry Making Technology
• Artistic Materials Processing Technology
• Operation of Transport and Technological Machinery and Complexes
Engineering School of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Control Systems:
• Computer Systems Security
• Information and Communication Technologies and Systems
• Computer Science and Computer Engineering
• Design and Technology of Electronic Devices
• Applied Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Radio-frequency Engineering
• Printing and Packaging Technology
• Technical Systems Management
Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture:
• Architecture
• Equipment and Production of Construction Materials, Goods and Structures
• Equipment and Production of Construction Materials, Goods and Structures
• Buildings Construction
• Buildings Construction and Territories Development
Institute of Physical Education, Sports and Youth Policy:
• Hotel Business
• Youth Management
• Service
• Service technologies in the sphere of sport and leisure
• Sports training in MMA mixed martial arts
• Sports and Health Services
• Physical Education
• Adapted Physical Education
Institute of Fundamental Education:
• Software Engineering
• Technosphere Safety
Graduate School of Economics and Management:
• Business Informatics
• Public Administration
• Marketing
• Marketing and Logistics in Commerce
• International and Corporate Management
• Management in Power and High-tech Industries
• International Economics and Business
• Applied Economics and Finance
• Industrial Management and Real Estate Investment Business
• Public Affairs and Social Sciences
• Public Policy and Administration
• Public Relations and Advertising
• Business and Commerce
• Company Economics
• Law
Ural Institute of Humanities:
• Anthropology and Ethnology
• Archaeology and Ethnology
• Oriental and African Studies
• Design
• Documentation, Archives and Records Management
• Journalism
• Romano-Germanic Philology
• Foreign Regional Studies
• Publishing
• Intelligent Systems in Arts and Humanities
• Information and Documentation Support of Management • История
• History of Arts
• Communicative Technologies in Advertising and Public Relations
• Cultural Studies
• Linguistics in the Field of Business and Professional Communications and Information Technology
• Media Communications and Multimedia Technologies
• International Relations
• Foreign Language Teaching Methods
• Educational technologies and design: History and Philology
• Translation, Interpretation and Cross-cultural Communication
• Translation Studies in Language Pair: Foreign Languages(English, German, French, Chinese, Spanish / Russian
• Linguistics
• Printed, electronic and online publications
• Political Science
• Applied Ethics
• Psychology
• Religious Studies
• Russian Language and Literature for International Students
• Service
• Modern Foreign Languages and Literature
• Contemporary Translation and Translation Studies
• Social Policy and Social Development
• Social Work
• Sociocultural Activities
• Social Research in Information Society Management
• Sociology
• Countries and regions of the world: politics, economy and culture
• Television and New Media
• Technologies and Practices of Social Development
• Political Processes Management Technologies
• Toursim
• Human Resource Management
• Process Management at Tourism and Hospitality Enterprises
• Philology
• Philosophy
• Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Ural Power Engineering Institute:
• Gas and Steam Turbines and Internal Combustion Engines
• Gas Turbine and Electrical Equipment for Compressor Stations
• Heat Power Engineering and Thermal Engineering
• Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering
• Power Engineering
Institute of Physics and Technology:
• Bioengineering Systems and Technologies
• Innovation Studies and Intellectual Property
• Information Systems in Scientific and Socioeconomic Technologies
• Nanoscale Engineering
• Instruments Engineering
• Applied Mathematics and Physics
• Standardization and Metrology in Instrument Engineering
• Quality Management
• Chemical Engineering of Emerging Technology Materials
• Electronics and Nanoelectronics
• Nuclear Physics and Technologies
Institute of Chemical Engineering:
• Biotechnology
• Chemical Engineering of Inorganic, Organic Substances, Natural Energy Carriers and Medications
• Energy and Resource Saving Processes in Chemical Engineering, Petrochemistry and Biotechnology
Institute of Open Educational Technologies:
• Automation of Tdchnological Processes and Productions
• Gas and Steam Turbine Installations and Combustion Engines
• Public Administration
• Metallurgy
• Applied Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Buildings Construction
• Buildings Construction and Territories Development
• Heat Power Engineering and Thermal Engineering
• Technological machines and equipment
• Human Resource Management
• Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering
• Power Engineering
Master degree
List of Master's degree specialties offered at the University:
Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics:
• Astrophysics and Astrochemistry
• Biomedicine and Pre-clinical Studies of
• Geographic Information Systems
• Geographic Information Technologies in Natural-resource and Environmental Problem Solving
• Information Technologies and Computer Science
• Mathematical Support and Administration of Information Systems
• Materials of Microsystems and Nanosystems Engineering
• Metrological Support of Scientific Research and Knowledge-intensive Production
• Applied Computer Science in Analytical Economics
• Current Issues in Computer Sciences
• Current Issues in Mathematics
• Current Issues in Mechanics
• Research and Development Management
• Physics
• Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Chemistry and Physics of New Functional Materials
• Environmental Monitoring
Institute of New Materials and Technologies:
• Universal Industrial CAD-based Automation of Design and Engineering
• Automotive Service
• Flexible Manufacturing Systems
• Innovative development of the knowledge-intensive productions
• Intelligent laser and additive manufacturing systems
• Information Systems and Technologies in Metallurgy
• Cyber Production
• Materials Science and Construction Materials Engineering
• Materials Science and Alloys Processing Technology for Aerospace and Medical Production
• Extractive Metallurgy and Heat Treatment of Metals and Alloys
• Metal-working Equipment and Tools
• Ferrous, Non-ferrous and Rare Metals Metallurgy
• Metrological Support of Quality, Properties and Composition Control of Substances, Materials and Products
• Metal Forming at Metallurgical and Engineering Enterprises
• Optical Systems and Technologies
• Business Organization (Machine Building)
• Advanced Construction Materials and High-performance Technologies
• Advanced Methods of Metals and Alloys Forming
• Jewelry Making Technology
• Designing of Transport Technological Systems
• Production of Construction Materials and Goods
• Processes of Small-scale Metallurgy
• Welding, Facing and Sputtering Materials Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Technological Machinery and Equipment
• Technology of High-temperature Non-metallic Construction and Functional Products and Nanomaterials
• Engineering technology
• Quality Management in Digital Economy
• Material Physics of Special-property Alloys
• Energy and Resource-saving Processes and Equipment in Construction Materials and Goods Production
Engineering School of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Control Systems:
• IT Innovations in Business
• Data Analysis
• Information Security in personal data information systems, state information systems and significant objects of critical information infrastructure
• Information Security in Radio-technical Systems
• Artificial Intelligence Engineering
• Machine Learning Engineering
• Radioelectronic Systems Engineering
• Intelligent information systems and technologies in
• Intelligent Information Systems and Technologies of Functional Diagnostics and Neurorehabilitation
• Information Management Systems
• Information Technologies in Electronic Appliances Engineering
• Applied Data Analysis
• Applied Artificial Intelligence
• Communication Systems Engineering
• Industrial graphics systems and digital photo technologies
• Radioelectronic Systems
• Software Development and Management
• Software and Information Systems Development
• Systems of Complex Objects and Processes
• Foundations of Computer Science
• Printing and Packaging Technology
Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture:
• Safety of Critical Infrastructures and Territories
• Urban and Industrial Water Supply and Sanitation
• Urban and Infrastrucutre Development
• Building Information Modeling
• Information Modeling of Buildings and Territories
• Information technologies in the safety management of potentially hazardous construction sites and territories
• Sustainable Building Design
• Industrial and Civil Engineering
• Expert Evaluation of Real Estate Investment and Operational Activities
• Energy-efficient Systems of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation
Institue of Physical Education, Sports and Youth Policy:
• Motivation and Self-actualization in Sport
• Preventology in Youth
• Project Management in Physical Education and Sport
• Extremism Prevention in Youth
• Customer Service in Sports Industry
• Service
• Athletic Training Technologies
• Technologies of Sport and Recreation Services
• Management and Technologies in Physical Education and Sport
• Management of Social Commitment and Career of Youth
• Physical Rehabilitation
Institute of Fundamental Education:
• Software Engineering
• Human-machine Interaction in Information Systems
Graduate School of Economics and Management:
• HR strategy for the organization development
• PR and Advertising in Internet Marketing
• PR & Advertising in Place Marketing
• PR & Advertising in International Communications
• Banking and Investment Management
• Business and Management of Natural Resources and Environment
• Artificial Intelligence in Capital Management
• Marketing and Project Management
• International Trade and Entrepreneurship
• International Management
• Applied and International Economics
• Business Development: Strategies, Projects, Finance
• Public Administration Technologies
• Smart Region: Sustainable development in Digital Economy
• Industrial Business Process Management
• Innovation Management in Digital Economy
• Metallurgical Enterprise Management
• Business Development Management
• Management of Territories and Real Estate Development
• Business Performance Management
• Financial Control and Consulting
• Finance in Digital Economy
• Banking and Finance
• Digital Technology in Business
• Company Economics
• Energy Business
Ural Institute of Humanities:
• Art Design
• The East in Global Processes of Modernity
• Global and Regional Security and Conflict Management
• Graphic Design
• Humanitarian diplomacy and international negotiations
• Energy diplomacy
• European Historical and Cultural
• Complex Foreign Regional Studies
• Event management and production in the audiovisual sphere
• Foreign languages and cultures in the global world
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Language Support of International Relations and Foreign Trade
• International Professional Communication in Eurasian Context
• Foreign Language, Translation and Cross-cultural Communication Teaching Methods
• World Literature in Modern Society
• Translation and Translation Studies
• Political Philosophy
• Designing and Expert Evaluation of Social Changes
• Project activity in Culture
• Project and Expert-analytical Activity of Teachers
• Psychological and Organizational Consulting
• Public Authority and Public Policy
• Religious studies analysis and expertise
• Modern Television and Film Industry
• Modern Philosophy
• Social crowdsourcing
• Social and Marketing Research for Business and Society
• Countries and Regions of the World: Politics and Economics
• Strategic Management and Applied Research in International Tourism and Hospitality
• Theory and Methodology of Journalistic Creativity
• Theory and Practice of Speech Communication
• Language Theory and Applied Linguistics
• Event Service Technologies
• Human Resource Management Technologies
• Conflict Management
• Management of Staff Training, Competitiveness, Employment and Career
• International Human Resource Management
• Management of Modern Publishing Process
• Management of Social Development of the Region
• Interpretation, Cross-cultural Communication and Cognitive Linguistics
• Philosophy of Religion
• Digital Humanitaristics
• Digital History
• Digital Pedagogy and Cognitive Technologies
• Expert Evaluation and Restoration of Cultural Facilities
• Expert Analysis in Archaeology and Ethnology
Ural Power Engineering Institute:
• High-voltage Equipment and Installations
• Gas and Steam Turbine Installations and Engines
• Energy for Smart Cities
• Artificial Intelligence for Power Industry Applications
• Mathematical Modeling in Engineering and Economics
• General Issues of Electromechanical and Electromagnetical Energy Conversion
• Designing and Operation of Electric Power Systems
• Industrial Heat Power Engineering
• Digital Control of Electriс Power Engineering Processes
• Electric Drive and Automation of Technological Complexes
• Electrical Engineering Processes and Installations with Power and Control Systems
• Electric Power Systems, Grids, Their Work Modes, Stability and Reliability
• Electric Power Installations and Plants Based on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources
• Energy-efficient Technologies for Electric and Heat Power Generation
Institute of Physics and Technology:
• Analytical Control of Natural and Man-made Objects
• Biomedical Engineering
• Intelligent Information Systems in Business
• Computer Modeling of Physical Systems
• Mathematical Physics and Mathematical Modeling
• Materials Science and Materials Engineering in Nuclear Power Industry
• Materials of Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics
• Nanoengineering of Materials and Devices
• Organization and Management in Social Work
• Devices and Methods of Quality Control and Diagnostics
• Technical Regulation and Quality Management
• Radiation Safety Technologies
• Nuclear Medicine Technologies
• Technology of Rare and Rare-Earth Elements
• Management of Innovative Projects and Intellectual Property
• Management of Environmental Safety of Radiochemical Technologies
• Physics of High-Energy Processes
• Physical Electronics
Institute of Chemical Engineering:
• Living systems. Promising chemical-pharmaceutical and biotechnologies: research and development
• Cell and Gene Technologies in Cosmetology, Pharmaceuticals and Medicine of the Future
• Machinery and Apparatus of Chemical and Nuclear Productions
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Molecular Biotechnology and Bioengineering
• Pharmaceutical Production Management
• Food Biotechnology
• Industrial Ecology and Natural Resources Management
• Chemical Engineering of Electronics Materials, Sensory Analytics and Inorganic Substances
• Chemical Engineering of Organic Materials and Bioactive Substances
• Chemical Engineering of Natural Energy Carriers, Petrochemical Products and Polymers
• Electrochemical Synthesis of Materials and Rust Prevention
Institute of Open Educational Technologies:
• Management of Staff Training, Competitiveness, Employment and Career
• Human Resource Management