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Open Doors Olympiad is your chance for an early admission to a tuition-free study program at one of the leading universities in Russia!

If you are a young and ambitious PhD holder, this is your chance to get a postdoc position at one of the leading universities in Russia!

 

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PH.D. TRACK

The awardees of the Olympiad PhD Track are welcome to enter UNN PhD programmes taught in English or in Russian.

 

PHD / DOCTORATE (3-4 years) is a postgraduate programme of doctoral studies for teaching and research staff, culminating in the defence of a thesis and the award of a Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences) degree. The postgraduate programme is open to those who have a Master's/Specialist degree, and who have obtained the prior consent of their future scientific supervisor.

PHD PROGRAMMES

Subject Area

Scientific Speciality

Language of instruction

Scientific Supervisor

Biology & Biotechnology

1.5.2 Biophysics

 

Russian

Dr. Tatiana Mishchenko

Dr. Oksana Sherstneva

Dr. Natalya Shilyagina

Chemistry & Materials Science

1.4.1 Inorganic Chemistry

Russian

Dr. Evgeny Bulanov

Dr. Oksana Nipruk

Dr. Dmitry Permin

1.4.4. Physical Chemistry

Russian

Dr. Sergey Zelentsov

1.4.3. Organic Chemistry

Russian

Dr. Alexander Nyuchev

Education & Psychology

5.12.1 Interdisciplinary Studies of Cognitive Processes

English // Russian

Dr. Valeria Demareva

5.4.4 Social Structure, Institutions & Processes

Russian

Dr. Sergey Sudin

Physical Sciences & Technology

1.3.8. Physics of Condensed Matter

Russian

Dr. Denis Khomitsky

Economics & Econometrics

5.2.1 Economic Theory

English // Russian

Dr. Marina Malkina

Business & Management

 

5.4.7 Sociology of Management

 

English // Russian

Dr. Irina Leonova

5.2.3 Regional & Sectoral Economy

Russian

Dr. Igor Mizikovsky

Politics & International Studies

 

5.5.4 International Relations, Global & Regional Studies

5.6.7 History of International Relations & Foreign Policy

Russian

Dr. Olga Khokhlysheva

5.5.4 International Relations, Global & Regional Studies

Russian

Dr. Maria Gorbunova

Russian Language & Culture

5.9.9 Media Communications & Journalism

Russian

Dr. Irina Arkhangelskaya

5.9.5 Russian Language. Languages of the Peoples of Russia

Russian

Dr. Timur Radbil

5.4.6 Sociology of Culture

Russian

Dr. Irina Petrova

 

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PROSPECTIVE SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISORS AND THEIR RESEACH AREAS

RESEACH & INNOVATION ACTIVITY AT UNN

 

PRE-UNIVERSITY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE TRAINING (FOUNDATION COURSE)

The Olympiad awardees who need foundation or additional training in the Russian language and profiled disciplines can enter the preparatory courses before their degree studies. In relevance with the future major, it is possible to choose one of the following areas: Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Economics, Life & Medical Sciences, and Natural Sciences. Graduates of the programme receive an appropriate UNN certificate. It is also possible to obtain an International Certificate of Russian Language based on the results of the official multi-level test of Russian as a Foreign Language (TORFL).

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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