How is Studying And Living In Russia for Pakistani Students

Russia is the largest country of the world by area of surface and officially known as Russian Federation. Russia is also very strong economically and one of five strongest economies in the world. Population of Russia is 142 million. For living Russia is an outstanding place rich of cultural heritage and history had monuments, architecture and museums. Russian peoples feel very proud because of their culture and always like to discuss about authors greatest artists and business situations. Also had beautiful natural places to enjoy like desserts, lake, river, mountains and forests. But also living in Russia can be quite tuff because climate is harsh and many cities also has pollution problem.

Russia also has security issues and high rated crime, but peoples who are well settled there expats that they are living in good areas offers good security levels. Bigger cities of Russia have good facilities of health, education and others. Russian is an official language of Russia, Turkish also spoken but in some regions. If you decide to live in Russia you might have to learn some of their language because small number of Russians can speak English. Even most of their public signs and directions are in Russian language.

Russia is one of the most expensive Country in Europe, by the Mercer cost of living survey Russian city Moscow was the 4^th expensive city of the world in 2012. However it is possible to spend an affordable life for students, like housing is expensive but meanwhile grocery items, petrol and public transport are less expensive and reasonable.

Higher Education System In Russia:

Education in Russia is basically provided by the state and Ministry of Education and Science regulate it. In 2005 Russia starts expanding more on education which was 2.7% of the GDP and in 2013 it was 3.8% but by OECD average of 5.2% it was still low. Russia’s Education was rated 8^th best in Europe and 13^th in world by Pearson Economist Intelligence Unit in 2014. By Educational achievements Russia was ranked 21^st rank in the world and 9^th highest rank for student’s experimental skills. Mathematics and science skills of Russian students were ranked as 34^th best in the world by OECD in 2015. For international students Russia was the 6th most popular destination in 2014.

Higher Education of Russia was rated as 3^rd best in 2016 by US Company Bloomberg.  In Russian Federation higher Education can be divided into 2kinds non-University level higher education and University level higher education.

Non-University higher education also known as Tekhnikums or Uchilishcha is basically those education programs which didn’t leads to academic degrees. For this more than 2,147,000 students are enrolling. In different fields like economics, management or law there are about 130 private institutions established in last few years. For non-University higher education it takes 2 to 3 years after secondary Education.

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By the education law made up in 26 June 1993 in Russian federation higher education institutions can built up on some specific establishments. Higher education institutions have activities aimed on the development of education, culture, science through research and training programs for all levels of post graduate, higher education and wide range of quality education of social sciences natural and humanities.  Universities are subdivided on groups, which are Technical Universities, Medical Universities, Pedagogical Universities, Universities for Humanities and Sciences and Agricultural Universities.

Top Universities of Russia

1.  Lomonosov Moscow State University

2.   Saint-Petersburg State University

3.   Novosibirsk State University

4.   Bauman Moscow State Technical University

5.   Tomsk State University

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How To Apply For Visa:

There are 3 stages to apply for student visa of Russia.

In order to apply for visa first of all you need an invitation letter. For that you just need to get admission in an educational institute of Russia and then Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Regional Office will issue invitation letter. If Regional Office of Ministry of foreign affair was not there where you planed for study in that case University, College or that Institute where you apply will issue this letter.

In second stage you have to fill application and pay visa which can be 120$ to 300$ from Pakistan.

Third and final phase is to register for student visa after you arrive there. Normally University or educational institutes do this for its student.