International Competition Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project

Rounds

1^st qualifying round

September 15 – December 10, 2023

Registration of participants.
Uploading the portfolio to the system by the participants.
Publication of the results of the first stage.
2^nd qualifying round

January 11 – January 23, 2024

Online tests.
Publication of the results of the second stage. Appeal.
Determination of prize-winners and winners on the Master's track.
3^rd round

February 21 – March 13, 2024

Online interview with a research supervisor.
Determination of prize-winners and winners on the postgraduate track (analogous to PhD)

Award winners

Participants who have successfully passed the two rounds and whose overall score puts them in the top 25% shall be deemed “Award Winners”.

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Participation in the Olympiad is a unique opportunity for early admission to a tuition-free Master's or PhD program at one of the leading universities in Russia

Participate Rules

Academic advisors

Hassan M. Alwan

Professor at the University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

Mechanical Engineering Department

Visiting Professor at Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University,

High School of Automation and Robotics

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Aleksandr Babkin

DSc (Economics), Professor

Scientific Adviser of “Digital Economy of Industry” Research Lab

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Sergey Barykin

Doctor of Science (Economy), Professor of Graduate School of Service and Trade

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Alexander Breki

D.Sc. in engineering

Professor, Higher School of Mechanical Engineering

Lead Researcher of ISTC “BaltTribo-Polytechnic”

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Nikolai Vatin

Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor,

Director of the Scientific and Technological Complex “Digital Engineering in Construction”

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Natalya Victorova

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor

Professor of Higher School of Engineering and Economics

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Olga Vlasova

DSc. in Physics and Mathematics (Biophysics).

Director of Higher School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies

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Pavel Gabdullin

PhD, Associate professor
Lead Researcher of STC “Neuroprediction of Materials & Technologies of the Electronic Industry”

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Marina Gravit

Candidate of Science/PhD

Associate Professor

Graduate School of Civil and Road Construction Engineering Institute

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Pavel Drobintsev

PhD, Associate Professor
Director of Higher School of Software Engineering

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Victor Elistratov

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Higher School of Hydrotechnical and Power Engineering

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Dmitry Efanov

DSc.,Professor of Higher School of Transport, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport
Full member of the International Academy of Transport, IEEE Member

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Sergey Zavjalov

PhD, Associate Professor

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Andrey Konevega

PhD,

Head of Molecular and Structural Biology Chair

Head of Division of Molecular and Radiation Biophysics, Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics. B.P. Konstantinov NRC "Kurchatov Institute"

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Nikolay Korovkin

Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences,

Higher School of High Voltage Engineering

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Alexander Korotkov

Head of Electronics and Telecommunications Institute,

Doctor of Electrical Engineering (Dr.Sc.),

Professor

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Elena Korchagina

Doctor of Science, Professor
Graduate School of Service and Trade

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Yuri Lazarev

Dr. Tech. Sc., Professor, full member of the RAT (Russian Academy of Transport)

Director of the Higher School of Industrial and Civil Engineering and Road Construction

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Valery Leventsov

PhD, Associate Professor, Director of Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

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Anastasia Levina

DrSc in Economics, Associate Professor

Professor of Higher School of Business Engineering

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Vera Loboda

Director of Higher School of Electronics and Microelectromechanical Systems,

Doctor of Solid-State Physics (PhD), Associate Professor

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Olga Matsko

PhD in Robots, Mechatronics and Robotic systems, Associate Professor

Director of the Higher School of Automation and Robotics

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Anton Naumov

PhD, Associate Professor
R&D Laboratoty “Lightweight Materials and Structures”

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Sergey Pogodin

DSc (History), Professor

Director, Higher School of International Relations

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Natalia Politaeva

DSc (Ecology), Professor

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Eugene Popov

PhD,

Assistant Professor of Higher School of Applied Physics and Space Technologies

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Vyacheslav Potekhin

Associate Professor, PhD
School of Cyber-Physical Systems,
Director of Centre SPbPU-FESTO

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Ekaterina Pchitskaya

Associate Professor of the Higher School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies
Researcher Associate of the Laboratories of Molecular Neurodegeneration (LMN)

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Igor Rouzine

Associate Professor, Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology

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Serkova Vera Anatolievna

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Institute of Humanities

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Yulia Smyatskaya

PhD, Assistante Professor, Higher School of Biotechnologies and Food Production

Lead Researcher, "Digital Technologies in Biomedical Systems” Research Lab

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Angi Skhvediani

Candidate of economic sciences

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Svetlana Ulyanova

DSc (in History)

Professor of Higher School of Social Sciences

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Alexander Freydin

Dr. Sci in Physics and Mathematics Professor of the School of Mechanics and Control of the Institute of Physics and Mechanics Head of the Laboratory of Mathematical Methods in Mechanics of Materials

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Liudmila Khalyapina

Doctor of Pedagogy

Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Education

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Tatiana Kharlamova

Doctor of Science, Professor Graduate School of Industrial Management

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Aleksandr Chusov

PhD, Associate Professor

Higher School of Hydraulic Engineering and Power Engineering

Institute of Civil Engineering

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Vyacheslav Shkodyrev

Doctor of Science, Professor
School of Cyber-Physical Systems

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Business & Management

Economics & Econometrics

Biology & Biotechnology

1.5.2. Biophysics
1.5.3. Molecular Biology
1.5.6. Biotechnology

4.3.3. Food Systems

Engineering & Technology

2.1.1. Construction, Buildings and Structures
2.1.2. Bases and Foundations, Underground Structures
2.1.6. Hydrotechnical Construction, Hydraulics and Engineering Hydrology
2.1.7. Technology and Organization of Construction
2.1.8. Design and Construction of Roads, Subways, Airfields, Bridges and Transport Tunnels

2.2.3. Technology and Equipment for Electronics Manufacturing
2.2.4. Measuring Instruments and Methods (by measurement types)
2.2.13. Radio Engineering, Including Television Systems and Devices

2.4.1. Theoretical and Applied Electrical Engineering
2.4.2. Electrotechnical Complexes and Systems
2.4.3. Electrical Power Engineering
2.4.4. Electrical Technology and Electrophyics
2.4.5. Power Engineering Systems and Complexes
2.4.6. Theoretical and Applied Heat Engineering
2.4.7. Turbomachinery and Reciprocating Engines

2.5.1. Engineering Geometry and Computer Graphics. Digital Product Lifecycle Management
2.5.2. Machine science
2.5.3. Friction and Wear in Machinery
2.5.4. Robots, Mechatronics, and Robotic Systems
2.5.5. Technology and Equipment for Mechanical, Physical and Technical Processing
2.5.6. Mechanical engineering technology
2.5.8. Welding, Related Processes and Technologies
2.5.10. Hydraulic Machinery, Vacuum, Compressor Technology, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
2.5.11. Vehicles and technological mobiles and complexes
2.5.22. Product Quality Management. Standardization. Organization of Production.

Computer & Data Science

1.2.2. Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Methods and Software Tools

2.3.1. Systems Analysis, Control and Information Processing
2.3.2. Computing Systems and Their Elements
2.3.4. Management in Organizational Systems
2.3.5. Mathematical and Software Support for Computers, Complexes and Computer Networks

2.5.1. Engineering Geometry and Computer Graphics. Digital Product Lifecycle Management
2.5.2. Machine science
2.5.3. Friction and Wear in Machinery
2.5.4. Robots, Mechatronics, and Robotic Systems
2.5.5. Technology and Equipment for Mechanical, Physical and Technical Processing
2.5.6. Mechanical engineering technology
2.5.8. Welding, Related Processes and Technologies
2.5.10. Hydraulic Machinery, Vacuum, Compressor Technology, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
2.5.11. Vehicles and technological mobiles and complexes
2.5.22. Product Quality Management. Standardization. Organization of Production.

Applied Mathematics & Artificial Intelligence

1.1.7. Theoretical Mechanics, Machine Dynamics
1.1.8. Solid Mechanics
1.1.9. Fluid, Gas and Plasma Mechanics

2.5.1. Engineering Geometry and Computer Graphics. Digital Product Lifecycle Management
2.5.2. Machine science
2.5.3. Friction and Wear in Machinery
2.5.4. Robots, Mechatronics, and Robotic Systems
2.5.5. Technology and Equipment for Mechanical, Physical and Technical Processing
2.5.6. Mechanical engineering technology
2.5.8. Welding, Related Processes and Technologies
2.5.10. Hydraulic Machinery, Vacuum, Compressor Technology, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
2.5.11. Vehicles and technological mobiles and complexes
2.5.22. Product Quality Management. Standardization. Organization of Production.

Education & Psychology

5.7.6. Philosophy of Science and Technology

5.8.2. Theory and Methodology of Training and Education (by areas and levels of education)

Politics & International Studies

5.1.1. Theoretical and Historical Legal Science

5.5.1. History and Theory of Politics

Physical Sciences && Technology

1.3.4. Radiophysics
1.3.5. Physical Electronics
1.3.8. Condensed Matter Physics
1.3.9. Plasma Physics
1.3.11. Physics of Semiconductors
1.3.13. Electrophysics and Electrical Engineering
1.3.14. Thermophysics and Theoretical Heat Engineering
1.3.15. Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Particle Physics, and High Energy Physics
1.3.19. Laser Physics

1.5.2. Biophysics
1.5.3. Molecular Biology
1.5.6. Biotechnology

2.2.3. Technology and Equipment for Electronics Manufacturing
2.2.4. Measuring Instruments and Methods (by measurement types)
2.2.13. Radio Engineering, Including Television Systems and Devices

Chemistry & Materials Science

1.4.1. Inorganic Chemistry

2.6.1. Metal science and heat treatment of metals and alloys
2.6.2. Metallurgy of Ferrous, Non-Ferrous and Rare Metals
2.6.3. Metal Casting
2.6.4. Metal plastic deformation
2.6.5. Powder Metallurgy and Composite Materials
2.6.6. Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials
2.6.17. Material science

Earth & Environmental Sciences for Sustainability

4.3.3. Food Systems

Urbanizm & Civil Engineering

2.1.1. Construction, Buildings and Structures
2.1.2. Bases and Foundations, Underground Structures
2.1.6. Hydrotechnical Construction, Hydraulics and Engineering Hydrology
2.1.7. Technology and Organization of Construction
2.1.8. Design and Construction of Roads, Subways, Airfields, Bridges and Transport Tunnels