Postgraduate Studies

Doctoral Studies
Admission rules and regulatory documents
- Rules of Admission to Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration” for Studies under Academic Programs of Higher Education — Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
- Order on Approval of the Rules of Admission for Studies under Academic Programs of Higher Education — Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel for the 2025/2026 Academic Year No. № 02-1167 dated June 25, 2025
- Rules of Admission to Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration” for Studies under Academic Programs of Higher Education — Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
- Order on Approval of the Rules for Admission to Higher Education educational programs — postgraduate scientific and pedagogical training programs for the 2025-2026 academic year dated December 28, 2025 No. 02-2675
- Order on Approval of Control Figures of Admission for Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel at the Expense of Budgetary Allocations of the Federal Budget for the 2025/2026 Academic Year for Intramural Form of Study
- Order on Approval of Admissions under Contracts on Studies under Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
- Order on Approval of the Quota for Admission to Targeted Studies under Academic Programs of Higher Education — Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel – Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel at the Expense of Budgetary Allocations of the Federal Budget for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
- Order on Amendments of Order on Approval of the Quota for Admission to Targeted Studies under Academic Programs of Higher Education — Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel – Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel at the Expense of Budgetary Allocations of the Federal Budget for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
- Order on Approval of Tuition Fees for Educational Programs of Higher Education – Programs for the Training of Scientific and Scientific-Pedagogical Personnel in Postgraduate Studies for the 2025/26 Academic Year dated May 07, 2025 No. 02-812
- Regulations on Appeal Boards and Rules for Filing and Considering Appeals Based on the Results of Entrance Examination for Admission to Academic Programs of Higher Education — Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel
- Regulations Governing Admission to the Academy for Academic Programs of Higher Education — Postgraduate Programs for Researchers and Pedagogical Personnel
- Regulations Governing Admission to Study at the Academy for Educational Programs of Higher Education — Programs for the Training of Scientific and Pedagogical Personnel in Graduate School
- The Order on the Establishment of Compliance of Groups of Scientific Specialties with the Directions of the All-Russian Student Olympiad "I am a professional"
Documents, Deadlines and Submission Procedure
List of documents required for admission:
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Application for admission to study (to be filled in online)
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Identity and nationality document(s).
A traveling passport of a national of the Russian Federation is not a document certifying the identity of a national of the Russian Federation in the territory of the Russian Federation -
A document on education and qualifications certifying education of the relevant level (hereinafter referred to as a standard document)
The applicant may provide one or more standard documents. A certificate of recognition of foreign education (if applicable) shall be provided within the same terms as the standard document -
A document confirming registration in the system of individual (personalized) records (if any)
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If it is necessary to create special conditions for entrance examinations, a document confirming disability. The specified document shall be accepted by the Academy if its validity expires no earlier than the day of submission of the application for admission; unless the document specifies its validity period, the document shall be valid for a year, starting from the date of its issuance
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Documents confirming individual achievements of an applicant, the results of which are taken into account when applying for studies in accordance with the Rules of Admission (to be submitted at the discretion of the applicant)
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Other documents (to be submitted at the discretion of the applicant)
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2 photographs of the applicant
Conditions for Admission to Postgraduate Studies
Acceptance of documents to the Moscow campus: where do I apply?
Acceptance of documents to branches: where do I apply?
Postgraduate programs
Program |
Program |
Places for Admission (Moscow) |
The full cost of training is: |
Curators |
Also implemented in these branches: |
2.3 Information Technology and Telecommunicat ions |
2.3.1 Systems Analysis, Information Processing and Management, Statistics 2.3.4 Management in Organizational Systems |
State-subsidized: 12 Under contracts for education: 15 |
520,000 rubles. |
Anna Nikolaevna Kruch kruchan@ranepa.ru Natalia Sergeevna Panfilova Tel.: +7 (499) 956-98-26, +7 (499) 270-29-08 |
Volga Region Institute of Management North-West Institute of Management |
5.2 Economics |
5.2.1 Economic Theory 5.2.2 Mathematical, Statistical and Instrumental Methods in Economics 5.2.3 Regional and Sectoral Economics 5.2.4 Finance 5.2.5 World economy 5.2.6 Management 5.2.7. State and municipal administration |
State-subsidized: 22 Under contracts for education: 135 |
520,000 rubles. |
Anna Nikolaevna Kruch kruchan@ranepa.ru Natalia Sergeevna Panfilova +7 (499) 956-98-26, +7 (499) 270-29- 08 |
Vladimir Branch Volgograd Institute of Management Far Eastern Institute of Management Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management Volga Region Institute of Management North-West Institute of Management North-Caucasus Institute – branch Siberian Institute of Management Central Russian Institute of Management Ural Institute of Management South Russian Institute of Management |
5.3 Psychology |
5.3.1 General Psychology, Personality Psychology, History of Psychology 5.3.4 Educational Psychology, Psychodiagnostics of Digital Learning Environments 5.3.5 Social Psychology, Political and Economic Psychology 5.3.7 Age Psychology |
State-subsidized: 11 Under contracts for education: 20 |
520,000 rubles. |
Tatiana Vyacheslavovna Fedotova +7 (499) 956-97-02 |
Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management Volgograd Institute of Management North-West Institute of Management |
5.4 Sociology |
5.4.2 Economic Sociology 5.4.3 Demography 5.4.4 Social Structure, Social Institutions and Processes 5.4.5 Political Sociology 5.4.6 Sociology of Culture 5.4.7 Sociology of Management |
State-subsidized: 23 Under contracts for education: 25 |
520,000 rubles. |
Lyudmila Nikolaevna Sidorenko +7 (499) 956-97-02 |
Volgograd Institute of Management Far Eastern Institute of Management Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management Volga Region Institute of Management North-West Institute of Management Siberian Institute of Management Central Russian Institute of Management Ural Institute of Management South Russian Institute of Management |
5.5 Political Sciences |
5.5.1 History and Theory of Politics 5.5.2 Political Institutions, Processes and Technology 5.5.3 Public Administration and Sectoral Policies 5.5.4 International Relations, Global and Regional Studies |
State-subsidized: 15 Under contracts for education: 75 |
520,000 rubles. |
Lyudmila Nikolaevna Sidorenko +7 (499) 956-97-02 Institute of Law and National Security Nina Valerianovna Mochalova +7 (499) 956-97-06 |
Volgograd Institute of Management Voronezh Branch Volga Region Institute of Management North-West Institute of Management Siberian Institute of Management Central Russian Institute of Management Ural Institute of Management South Russian Institute of Management |
5.6 Historical Sciences |
5.6.1 National History 5.6.2 World History 5.6.5 Historiography, Source Studies and Methods of Historical Research 5.6.7 History of International Relations and Foreign Policy |
State-subsidized: 1 Under contracts for education: 15 |
520,000 rubles. |
Tatiana Vyacheslavovna Fedotova +7 (499) 956-97-02 |
Far Eastern Institute of Management Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management North-West Institute of Management North-Caucasus Institute – branch Central Russian Institute of Management |
5.7 Philosophy |
5.7.7 Social and political philosophy 5.7.8 Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Culture 5.7.9 Philosophy of Religion and Religion Studies |
State-subsidized: 7 Under contracts for education: 10 |
520,000 rubles. |
Tatiana Vyacheslavovna Fedotova +7 (499) 956-97-02 |
Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management Volga Region Institute of Management |
5.8 Pedagogy |
5.8.1. General Pedagogy, History of Pedagogy and Education 5.8.7. Methodology and Technology of Vocational Education |
State-subsidized: 6 Under contracts for education: 15 |
520,000 rubles. |
Tatiana Vyacheslavovna Fedotova +7 (499) 956-97-02 |
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5.9 Philology |
5.9.9 Media Communication and Journalism |
State-subsidized: - Under contracts for education: 15 |
520,000 rubles. |
Lyudmila Nikolaevna Sidorenko +7 (499) 956-97-02 |
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5.10 Art and Culture Studies |
5.10.1 Theory and History of Culture and Art |
State-subsidized: 1 Under contracts for education: 10 |
520,000 rubles. |
Tatiana Vyacheslavovna Fedotova +7 (499) 956-97-02 |
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5.12 Cognitive Sciences |
5.12.1 Interdisciplinary Studies on Cognitive Processes |
State-subsidized: 6 Under contracts for education: 10 |
520,000 rubles. |
Tatiana Vyacheslavovna Fedotova +7 (499) 956-97-02 |
Preparation of works for an academic degree in a foreign language
A foreign national who has prepared a thesis for an academic degree shall be granted the right to defend the thesis in a foreign language in the Thesis Council.
The thesis and abstract shall be submitted to the Thesis Council in the Russian and foreign languages. Documents submitted by the applicant for an academic degree to the Thesis Council in accordance with the list approved by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation shall also be translated into Russian.
The thesis defense shall be held in the Russian or foreign language. When defending a thesis in a foreign language, two-way simultaneous interpretation shall be required.
Hotline
A hotline is available for international students and Russian students studying abroad
The Presidential Academy pays special attention to the needs of students from foreign countries studying at the Academy, as well as Russian students studying at partner universities abroad.
In case of situations requiring assistance and clarification, students may contact the hotline.
Thesis Defense Boards. Contacts of the Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies
Telephone
+7 (499) 956-96-22Address:
84 Vernadskogo Ave., Building 1, Moscow