How to get a study grant

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Often we give up on our dreams only because we cannot financially master its realization. This statement is just the same for studying at prestigious foreign universities. Many choose a more modest alternative after learning about the cost of learning there. And someone receives grants for education and calmly achieves his lofty goal. You should not assume that these are geniuses, people with connections or just lucky ones. Each of us can receive a grant to study abroad, and not necessarily a student. How? We will tell you about this further.

About the grant

In 2014, a scholarship program called "Global Education" was launched in our country. In 2017, it was extended until 2025. The winner can receive an allowance of 2.76 million rubles annually. Moreover, the grant can be used not only to pay for tuition, but also to pay for your own accommodation, meals, and the purchase of educational materials.

The official operator of the program is Skolkovo, and the official state customer is the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Almost every one of us can receive such a grant for education - the conditions for participation in the competition are simple:

• Be a citizen of the Russian Federation.
• Do not have an outstanding criminal record.
• Pass the entrance examinations to the chosen foreign educational institution.

Don't forget about gratitude to the state - upon graduation, the grant holder must work in the chosen speci alty in Russia for three years. For violation of the conditions, concealment of information - a strict fine, three times the total amount of the grant.

Algorithm for obtaining a grant

If you are going to receive a grant to study abroad, then you need to act according to this simple algorithm:

1. Choose the right university and field of study.
2. Submit documents to this university and successfully pass the entrance examinations.
3. Register on the official website of "Global Education". Fill out a template application, attaching scans of the necessary documentation to it.
4. Get an education, return to the Russian Federation and "pay back" to the state.

First stage: choosing a speci alty and university

So, first you need to choose one of 32 speci alties in 5 priority areas, which are represented in 288 universities in 32 countries of the world. Be careful: you can get a grant for education only for master's, postgraduate and residency programs! With a complete up-to-date list of speci alties and universities, youcan be found in the officially approved list on the Global Education website.

Let's look at some of the difficulties that may lie in wait for you already at this stage.

Problem	Decision
A large selection of universities, countries - is the quality of education the same everywhere?	We hasten to assure you that all universities of the Global Education program are in the top 300 best universities in the world.
Where to start - with the choice of university or speci alty?	First, decide on the speci alty, and only then - with the university, the education in which is of better quality. The statistics of employment of its graduates, analysis of the weight of the educational institution in the scientific world will help you in choosing.
What should the choice of speci alty be based on?	Speci alty should be chosen strictly from the list approved by the program. You must have a bachelor's degree or a specialist specifically in it or a close related field. As an alternative to the document, proven work experience in this field is accepted.

Now smoothly move on to the second stage.

Second stage: submission of documentation and admission

Let's clarify that grants for studying abroad for Russia are provided only if you successfully pass the entrance examinations to the selected university. First of all, you need to submit documents - their set depends on a particular country, university and study program. Standard sameset as follows:

• Passport. Please note that it must not be expired - otherwise, update the document before submitting documentation.
• Diploma. Usually, the admissions committee pays attention only to the average score in subjects, which is why applicants with triples have a chance.
• Certificate of passing the language exam for the language in which the training program will be conducted. For example, IELTS tests are popular for English.
• Optional: motivation letter, resume, references, portfolio (the latter is a necessary element for creative professions).

Third stage: dealing with risks

You've submitted all the required documents, and here the most exciting thing in the pursuit of a study grant begins - the tedious waiting for the results. Let's look at the problems that may lie in wait for you at this stage.

• Did not pass the language exam for the required score. Take this test carefully! Especially when receiving a grant to study in China. Failing a language exam can ruin all your plans for entering a foreign university, so start preparing for it in advance and thoroughly.
• The university takes a long time to respond to your application. The problem is that there are no definite deadlines for the response for the admissions committee of the university - your application can be approved both in a week and in a few months. But the Global Education contest is urgent, so you need to be sure to upload data aboutenrollment before it ends. However, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that it consists of four competitive selections. Therefore, if you missed the first one, you can switch to the second, third and last ones in your profile on the site.

• No visa is issued without paying a tuition deposit. The names of the winners are announced one month after the last selection. And grants are transferred to them a month later. The very issue of issuing a visa is resolved within 4-6 weeks. Therefore, there is a high chance that you will not have time to start training traditionally in September. There are two ways out - either pay for training at your own expense, or postpone its beginning. For some speci alties, the intake is not 1, but 2-4 times a year, so you can easily start mastering knowledge when everything is ready.
• Communication with the university is difficult or interrupted. If you cannot get through to the chosen university in any way, then contact the special agencies and educational centers that oversee the program. If they have a connection specifically with your university (the easiest way is if you receive a grant to study in Kazakhstan), through their channels they can quickly get all the data you need and significantly save valuable time.

Fourth step: registration and application

Registration on the Global Education website is a simple process. Stick to this algorithm:

1. Be sure to upload your business photo.
2. Fill in your personal data: number of passports, Russian and foreign, diplomaeducation. If the latter is not yet available, then enter an arbitrary combination of characters - you will enter the actual number upon receipt of the document. Upload your scientific papers, publications.
3. In the "Application" tab, indicate the selected study program.
4. Add an estimate for training there - first an approximate one, and then an exact one - upon receipt of approval from the university, where the account will be registered. The maximum amount is 2.76 million rubles a year. At the same time, the amount of related expenses should not exceed 1.38 million rubles annually.
5. After filling, register in the system and be sure to get a number in the electronic queue! In the event of a competition for a place, it is received by the one who applied earlier.
6. After registration, upload everything marked with an asterisk to the "Documents" tab.

Fifth stage: you are the winner

As soon as the competitive recruitment is over, you again need to wait tediously for a whole month - before the publication of the list of winners' names. If you are among the lucky ones, then you need to do the following within the next 30 days: send the original scans that were uploaded to "Documents", sign an agreement and provide a bank account to which the grant amount will be transferred.

Important point: You are only accountable for tuition costs. You will not be asked for an estimate of related expenses, so you can, without a shadow of a doubt, compensate for the visa fee, passing the language exam, air travel, etc. with this part of the grant.

Sixth stage: return to Russia

Naturally, the Russian Federation approved grants not for charitable purposes - the country needs competent, qualified specialists. Why, after graduation, you need to not only return to your homeland within 30 days, but also get a job in one of the organizations cooperating with the Global Education program. Today this list consists of 607 positions, which you can find in detail on the official website.

As you remember, the minimum term of your contract is 3 years. There are many universities, scientific associations, leading industrial enterprises in this list, so we can safely talk about great freedom of choice. We advise you to think about a job 4-6 months before graduation and discuss all aspects with your future employer in advance.

About the nuances

Getting a grant to study in the USA is great news! But we hasten to sober you up a bit with the following facts:

• Grant is only money, not curatorship. You will have to deal with visa processing, look for housing on your own. However, within the framework of the program, you can always count on the free assistance of the agencies cooperating with it, which will thoroughly advise you and help you within their competence. A list of them is also available on the Global Education website.
• Prepare to become a diligent student - for expulsion from the university you will pay a fine equal to triple the grant. But such measures are rare.foreign universities. If you fail an exam, you can always retake it. But at an additional cost.
• If training is more expensive than the equivalent of 2.76 million rubles, then you already pay the missing amount.
• To receive a grant to study in Russia, you need unconditional admission from the university. To do this, you need to provide him with the original of your diploma and certificate of passing the language exam.

And finally - participation in the program is not limited to a certain age! Even if you graduated from a university "a hundred years ago", but want to develop further, you have every right to become a winner of the "Global Education".