Nine hundred new international students enrolled at Lobachevsky University in 2026
The results of the admission campaign for international students across all educational levels have been summed up at Lobachevsky University. In 2026, about 900 international students from more than 60 countries enrolled at Lobachevsky University, including its branches. New students come from Asia (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Pakistan, Turkmenistan); Africa (Angola, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania and other countries); the Middle East (including Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, the Syrian Arab Republic); Latin America (Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and other countries); and the CIS countries (including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan).
Foreign citizens apply to UNN to receive education in bachelor’s, specialist, master’s, postgraduate and residency programmes. They also study at the University’s Centre for Educational Programmes for Foreign Citizens and at the preparatory faculty of the Arzamas branch.
This year, the most popular departments among international applicants were the Institute of Clinical Medicine (242 students), the Institute of International Relations and World History (119 students), the Institute of Information Technology, Mathematics, and Mechanics (58 students), the Institute of Economics (58 students), and the Institute of Biology and Biomedicine (38 students).
“The system for attracting and supporting international students at UNN has been in place for over 20 years. During this time, very good practices have been developed and implemented, and they have proven their effectiveness: we can see that the number of international applicants is growing year by year. The university is making a significant contribution to achieving the national goal set by the President of Russia to expand the presence of international students in the Russian educational space,” said Oleg Trofimov, Rector of Lobachevsky University.
Currently, over 2,350 international students from more than 90 countries are studying at Lobachevsky University.
