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Unified State Exam: everything you need to know about it. Who doesn't need to take the exam

High school students prepare very seriously to take the Unified State Exam, because their chances of entering universities depend on the results of this exam. However, there is a category of people who will be able to avoid pre-exam anxiety and the problem of choosing what to take for the Unified State Exam in order to get into the chosen department at the desired university. We will talk further about who and how can enter a university without passing the Unified State Exam.

How not to pass the Unified State Exam: legal ways

It should be remembered that everyone will have to take the compulsory Unified State Exam at school (Russian language and mathematics). Without this, you will not be able to obtain a high school diploma. Also, we will not consider deliberately dishonest ways of not passing the Unified State Exam, since this will automatically classify the applicant as a fraudster and can bring him a lot of trouble. And there are several legal ways to bypass the state exam (that is, not take the subject Unified State Examination) when entering a university:

Win (or become a prize-winner) the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren or the University Olympiad for applicants. The winner will have a real chance to enter a municipal university without the Unified State Exam into the faculty that corresponds to the profile of the Olympiad.
Receive a gold medal upon graduation. Some universities accept medalists without the Unified State Exam. Unfortunately, there are very few such educational institutions.
Enrolling in a European university where teaching is conducted in Russian is the easiest option. To enter a higher education institution in Europe or the USA, it is enough to have a certificate with final grades (and the higher they are, the better, since the average score is assessed). True, not everyone manages to enroll in a foreign university immediately after school. In most European countries, school lasts for 12-13 years, so Russian schools are considered incomplete. That is, in order to enter a foreign university without any problems, you will need to study at a domestic university for 1-2 years, which means you will have to take the Unified State Exam.
Complete a secondary vocational educational institution before entering a university. At the same time, you can enroll both in your “native” specialization and in any other department. The main thing to remember is that only graduates who have received secondary vocational education (secondary vocational education) are exempt from the Unified State Examination, but graduates of non-profit vocational education (primary vocational education) cannot avoid taking the unified state exam.
Graduate from a foreign school or university (having received a graduation diploma). Russians who received education abroad, as well as foreign citizens who want to obtain higher education in the Russian Federation, are exempt from passing the unified state exam.
Graduate from one Russian university. When receiving a second higher education, passing the Unified State Exam is not required.

In addition, citizens with disabilities who do not have Unified State Exam results at the time of admission are exempt from the Unified State Exam. Sometimes students who have already entered a university are interested in: if they have already taken the Unified State Exam, do they need to take it again when moving from one university to another? The answer is no. If the programs of universities differ, then the student may be required to take the difference, that is, exams in those subjects that were not available at the previous university, but the exams are not taken in the form of the Unified State Exam.

What documents are needed for admission to a university without the Unified State Exam?

For admission you will need:

application and questionnaire (forms for them must be obtained from the admissions committee);
diploma of secondary or higher education (a notarized copy is possible);
passport;
six photographs measuring 6x4;
military ID (for men);
medical certificate in form 086 (for full-time care).

The deadline for submitting documents is from June 20 to July 25. The law also defines submission deadlines for different categories of applicants:

for applicants to study in areas of training (specialties), for admission to which additional entrance tests of a creative or professional orientation are carried out - until July 5;
for applicants to specialties for which additional specialized entrance examinations are conducted, as well as those entering universities based on the results of entrance examinations conducted by the university independently - until July 15.

It should be taken into account that not taking the Unified State Exam when entering a university does not at all mean that you can enter there without any exam at all. At the university itself you will have to pass entrance tests, just not in the form of a unified state exam, but in another form (oral, written, or in the form of an interview). The list of such tests is determined by the educational institution itself. Therefore, before enrolling, you should call the admissions office of the chosen university and clarify all the details. In addition, you should inquire annually about how not to take the Unified State Exam upon admission both on the official website of the Unified State Exam and at the university you are going to enroll in, since the law may change.

Unified State Exam 2009 in questions and answers

On January 1 of this year, a law obliging all school graduates to take a unified state exam officially came into force. But the Unified State Exam still raises many questions.

— Is it possible to obtain a school leaving certificate without passing the Unified State Exam?
No, without the Unified State Exam it is now impossible to obtain a high school diploma or enter a university. From this year, all school graduates will have two documents - a certificate of secondary education and a certificate of passing the Unified State Exam.

— What subjects will you have to take for the Unified State Exam?
Only two subjects - Russian language and mathematics - are required. Another 11 items are optional. Moreover, the graduate will receive a certificate even if he does not take additional subjects, but in this case he will not be able to enter the university.

— Is passing the Unified State Exam a guarantee of obtaining a certificate?
No. In order to receive a certificate of secondary education, annual grades in all subjects must be higher than two, and the Unified State Examination must be successfully passed in two compulsory subjects.

— What happens if a student “failed” both required exams or one of them?
If unsatisfactory results are obtained in one of the required subjects, the graduate is allowed to retake the exam in the current year. If there are two, you can retake them only next year, and this year you will have to be content with a certificate stating that the student has completed the school course for 11 years.

— What subjects can schoolchildren take, in addition to the two compulsory ones? Who determines these items and their quantity?
Schoolchildren who not only want to obtain a certificate, but also wish to continue their studies at a university, can take chemistry, physics, literature, computer science, geography, history, social studies, biology, and foreign languages (English, French and German). The right to choose additional exams and their number is given to graduates, who must decide for themselves which subjects they need to enter the university.

— How do I find out which exam results in which subjects are required for admission to the chosen specialty?
Official information support portal for the Unified State Examhttp://ege.edu.ru/ has already published a list of subjects for which tests are required for each university specialty (available at the linkhttp://www1.ege.edu.ru/content/view/470/36/ ). For example, future biologists will have to provide exam results in Russian, mathematics, biology and chemistry, and future service and tourism specialists will have to provide exam results in Russian, mathematics, social studies and a foreign language.

— How long are the Unified State Exam results valid for?
Certificates of Unified State Examination results are valid until December 31 of the year following the year in which the certificate was received (that is, the Unified State Examination 2009 results will be valid until December 31, 2010). For persons drafted into the Armed Forces - within a year after dismissal from their ranks.

— What happens after the student has passed the compulsory and additional subjects for the Unified State Exam?
The graduate receives a certificate of passing the Unified State Exam with all the results. He can send a copy of this document to any university in the country during the validity period of this document.

— Will universities conduct their own entrance tests for applicants, in addition to the competition of Unified State Examination results?
24 educational institutions of Russia (including Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, St. Petersburg State University, State University - Higher School of Economics, Russian Academy of Justice, Russian State University for the Humanities and Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University named after N.A. Dobrolyubov ) received this year the right to conduct one of their own additional tests for some specialties for applicants. The rest of the universities (except for the creative ones) will recruit students only based on the results of the unified state exam.

— Why did these universities receive the right to conduct their own entrance examinations?
The formal sign is the number of excellent students. Those universities and specialties where at least two graduates with Unified State Examination results above 80 points apply for each budget place are allowed to conduct their own additional entrance exams.

— What will applicants to creative universities have to take?
Future actors, screenwriters, musicians, sports coaches, etc. will need to have Unified State Examination results in only two disciplines - the Russian language and a specialized subject. The rest of the exams are creative, the form of their implementation is determined by the university.

— What deadlines should a 2009 applicant take into account when taking the Unified State Exam?
Before March 1, you need to submit an application to participate in the unified state exam, and to do this, decide which USE results in which subjects will be required in the future. In fact, eleventh graders have less than two months left to decide on their future profession. The exam itself will be held throughout Russia from May 26 to June 19.
From June 20 to July 25, universities will accept documents from applicants, and the graduate must send the certificate by mail no later than July 10.
— How can I find out in advance what approximately tasks will be given at the unified state exam this year?
— On the Unified State Exam information support portalhttp://ege.edu.ru/ demo versions of the Unified State Exam 2009 have already appeared (see.http://www1.ege.edu.ru/content/view/21/43/ ). There are also available demo versions of test tasks from previous years, starting from 2002.

Prepared by Valentina PEREVEDENTSEVA
Portal materials used
Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation
and website

The Unified State Exam is a centralized exam conducted in Russian educational institutions. Thanks to control measurement materials, it helps to assess the quality of students' preparation. In this article we will learn how to pass the Unified State Exam, which exams to take and how to get 100 points.

Since 2009, the Unified State Exam has been a form of final exams at a lyceum or school, as well as a form of entrance exams to universities. The list of compulsory disciplines is represented by mathematics and the Russian language. Other items are chosen at your discretion. This could be a foreign language, literature, computer science, physics, geography and others.

The number of optional subjects selected for delivery is not limited. When compiling a list of disciplines, students are guided by the requirements of the higher educational institution chosen for admission.

They take the Unified State Exam from May to June. The legislation provides for early and additional periods of delivery. The first occurs in April, and the second in July. Graduates of the current year who:

Conscripted into the army;
Going to a Russian or international Olympiad;
Are sent for treatment abroad;
They graduate from a Russian-language school in a country with a difficult climate.

The additional period provides for the passing of the Unified State Exam by foreign citizens, graduates of previous years, and graduates of primary vocational education.

On Russian territory, the conduct of the state exam is controlled by the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Science and Education with the support of executive authorities of Russian constituent entities. If testing is carried out abroad, in addition to Rosobrnadzor, the founders of an educational institution that has passed state accreditation participate in the procedure.

The evaluation of the final certification results is based on a 100-point system. For each discipline, a minimum score level has been established, overcoming which confirms that the student has mastered the school educational program. Unified State Exam results are considered valid for 4 years following the year in which the student received them.

If the result of a participant in the final certification in a compulsory academic discipline does not reach the established minimum level, a retake is provided in an additional period. If the second pass was unsatisfactory, you are allowed to try your luck again, but in the fall. In the case of an elective subject, everything is more complicated. A certification participant who does not score the minimum number of points is forced to wait a year to retake the exam.

Important! State testing participants who are removed from the classroom for misconduct, cheating, or cell phone use are subject to severe penalties. Their results are canceled, as is the right to retake an additional period. Re-taking is allowed after a year. So there is no point in cheating in the exam.

How to pass the Unified State Exam if you don’t know anything

Pedagogical practice shows that schoolchildren, instead of preparing for exams, relax and chat with friends. In the old days, in the absence of knowledge, quickly made cheat sheets came to the rescue of lazy schoolchildren.

The introduction of the Unified State Exam has significantly complicated the procedure for passing state testing. Commission members closely monitor each student, and the use of cheat sheets and electronics is severely punished. How to successfully pass certification if during the preparatory period things did not come to study? I have some advice on this matter.

If Judgment Day is still a few weeks away, start preparing. Use the services of a tutor and pay special attention to solving trial tasks. Learning the basics is the key to success if you don't know anything.
If the test is in a few days and you don’t have time to study the material, skim the pages of the textbook. It is possible that at an important moment visual memory will come to the rescue. I talked about how to improve memory in one of the articles.
When test day arrives, stay confident, grab your pass, passport, some pens and pencils, a ruler and eraser, and go. Also make sure that you have a bottle of mineral water and a chocolate bar in your backpack.
Once in the classroom, choose a seat you like, sit comfortably at the table and take a few deep breaths. Don't worry. You attended classes throughout the year and probably something remained in your memory.
After receiving the package with forms and assignments, slowly fill out the registration information. When the teachers give the go-ahead, get down to business. You have 4 hours at your disposal.
Start with what you know. Having completed easy tasks, switch to more complex tasks. Even if difficulties arise with the decision, do not rush to leave the audience. Sit until the last minute. There are often cases when the correct answer comes at the last moment.

People who are well acquainted with the procedure for passing the final certification claim that many schoolchildren greatly exaggerate the complexity of the situation and lower their level of knowledge in their thoughts. It's all due to severe stress. If you strive to achieve a goal, curb your panic, calm down and get ready to work. This is the secret of success.

What USE exams are taken in 11th grade in 2019?

According to available information, to obtain a certificate in 2019, passing tests in 11th grade in mathematics and the Russian language is not enough. Now you need to pass an additional optional exam.
If you do not plan to study at the university, opt for a simple school discipline.

The full list of subjects available for choice is presented in literature, chemistry, physics, history, geography, social studies, computer science and foreign languages.

Among the innovations in 2019 is the absence of a test part, with the exception of foreign languages. Therefore, prepare responsibly as the written exam is more difficult than the multiple choice test.

Rumors have appeared that in 2019, grades for the Unified State Exam will affect the marks on the certificate, either down or up. There are also plans to make the Russian language exam more difficult. This year, graduates will face more challenging assignments. As for the essay and its evaluation criteria, there are no changes provided.

The list of the most popular exams in universities is represented by the exact sciences, including computer science, chemistry and physics. This is due to a shortage of qualified engineers in the country and a surplus of economists and financiers.

Periodically visit the portal of the Federal Institute of Pedagogical Measurements. Documents related to passing the Unified State Exam are regularly published here. There is also a table of changes that will help you get a complete impression of the innovations.

Which Unified State Exams do you need to take for admission to universities?

It is impossible to enter an institute or university without a certificate of passing the Unified State Exam. It is important that a graduate planning to become a student at one of the universities must pass exams to enroll. In this part of the material I will consider several popular areas and help in choosing school subjects to take. And remember that mathematics and Russian are compulsory.

If you are planning to enter a medical school, prepare to take the Unified State Exam in chemistry and biology. Dentists need to pass a physics exam. Some universities require a foreign language test.
Those who want to study to become a psychologist need to pass an exam in biology, which is considered a major subject. Depending on the chosen direction, sometimes you need Unified State Examination results in a foreign language. It all depends on the university.
If you see yourself as a teacher, prepare to take the relevant subject. In particular, to enroll in physics and mathematics, in addition to the main exams, you need physics. For a chemist-biologist, there is a test in chemistry and biology, and so on.
There are many faculties available to graduates who want to study at Moscow State University. For example, if you choose the department of “Recreational Geography and Tourism”, take the Unified State Exam in Geography, and the department of “Philosophy” will require natural science.
MIPT also has requirements. To enter this university you need computer science or physics. It all depends on the direction chosen by the graduate.
Educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have special requirements for applicants. They give preference to graduates who have passed the Unified State Exam in social studies, history, physics or biology, depending on the field. Each graduate will also have to pass sports standards.
For those who want to become a student at the Military Space Academy, I recommend concentrating on preparing to take the Unified State Exam in physics. Without this major subject, as well as without sports standards, the university will not accept you.

In conclusion, I would like to add that each educational institution has its own requirements for the Unified State Examination results. If you have already decided on the university and faculty, contact the admissions committee for detailed information. This will protect you from a life-changing mistake.

What you need to know to pass the Unified State Exam with 100 points

Graduates seeking to enter the university prepare to take the Unified State Exam with all responsibility. Many aim to achieve 100 marks in all subjects. It is not surprising, because the maximum score indicates that the graduate has knowledge from the school curriculum at the highest level. Such results open the way to any of the universities.

Many people believe that it is impossible to pass the Unified State Exam with 100 points. In reality this is not the case. With timely and proper preparation, any student has the opportunity to pass tests and get the highest score.

Let's look at the nuances of pre-exam preparation. This set of simple recommendations will help you pass the Unified State Exam with 100 points in the following subjects: social studies, biology, history, Russian and foreign languages, mathematics, physics and chemistry. Let's get started.

Stock up on textbooks for the subjects you have chosen to take from sixth to eleventh grade. During preparation, pay special attention to the topics that cause the most difficulty.
Study the exam questions to get an idea of the questions you will face in the exam. Keep a diary, make a preparation schedule. For each item of your plan, allocate enough time to study the material in depth.
Take notes. When reading textbooks, write down basic concepts and terms. Drawings and diagrams will increase the efficiency of memorization. Between the outlined topics, leave free space to record new or additional information on important issues.
Teachers like it when students talk. Learn to give detailed answers, give reasons, give explanations, use terms. Meaningful answers will increase your chances of receiving the highest score.
Visualize new information. As practice shows, cramming is a pointless waste of time. Delve into the topic you are studying, take advantage of associative memory, and imagine images.
Get a manual with tests on the selected subjects and spend a lot of time working on them. Self-study will help you master the material and hone your skills in solving standard problems.
Start preparing early. Regardless of the subject you choose, you will have to study a huge amount of information. It takes time to master such a volume. Start preparing at least a year in advance. To improve the quality of knowledge, I advise you to use the services of a tutor or sign up for thematic courses.
Harness time. A certain amount of time is allocated for testing in school subjects. Complete all tasks if you take into account the time frame. At the same time, in pursuit of 100 points, you will have to solve problems quickly and correctly. To improve your skills, I recommend using the demo version of the Unified State Exam on the department’s website.

If you have set a goal of 100 points in all subjects, be prepared for labor-intensive and lengthy preparation. The recommendations outlined will make your life easier and will be a good help.

Answers on questions

Do I need to take the Unified State Exam after college or technical school?

At the initial stage of its introduction, the Unified State Exam evoked a lot of different emotions among college and technical school graduates. This is justified by the state testing receiving the status of entrance exams to Russian higher educational institutions. What does it mean?

Having a certificate of passing the final certification opens the way to any university if the test results meet the requirements established by the university. People who graduated from school before 2009 do not have such a document. And if they continued their studies at a college or technical school, after graduation they are interested in whether they need to pass the Unified State Exam to enter a university? The further development of the situation has two scenarios.

A graduate of a college or technical school who wishes to continue his studies at a university in accordance with his specialty will not be required to take a state exam. To enroll in a university, it is enough to pass a specialized exam.
If a student received one specialty in college or technical school, and at the university wants to master another profession, there are two ways to solve the problem. The first involves passing the Unified State Exam, and the second - passing entrance exams, as before.

The introduction of new rules deprived graduates of technical schools and colleges of some advantages that help them to be guaranteed admission to university. But having a diploma from a secondary educational institution still gives the student more confidence.

How to pass the Unified State Exam for a graduate of previous years

There are often cases when a desire to undergo state certification arises from a graduate who graduated from school in previous years. This is good, because it is never too late to get a higher education diploma. In this part of the material we will talk about the intricacies of passing the Unified State Exam by graduates of previous years.

Passing the Unified State Exam for a former graduate has a peculiarity - you do not have to take compulsory subjects, except in cases where mathematics and Russian are needed for enrollment in the chosen specialty.

Graduates of previous years take the Unified State Exam ahead of schedule or along with the main wave. To do this, an application to take the exam is submitted in advance to the municipal education authority, indicating the main and additional disciplines, a passport and a certificate.

In addition to personal information, if you have studied for a long time, the application indicates the name of the completed educational institution, details, form of study and date of receipt of the diploma. Graduates from other countries who wish to continue their studies at a Russian university must present a foreign passport, the original document of education with a certified translation from a foreign language.

To obtain admission to the final certification, an essay is written. This innovation does not apply to graduates of previous years. The work is written solely at will. However, some universities award several points for an essay upon admission.

Graduates of previous years take the Unified State Exam at the place of application. If you live in another city, you do not need to return to your hometown to obtain a certificate.

In the article, we looked at how to pass the Unified State Exam if you don’t know anything, gave tips for getting 100 points and answered popular questions. Rational preparation combined with a positive psychological attitude, strong motivation and absolute calm will help you get the best results.

Don't panic, and on the morning before the certification, concentrate on mental preparation, and not on skimming through textbooks. Such actions only escalate the situation.

If an eleventh grader does not score the minimum required for a positive grade in one of the required subjects (Russian language or mathematics at a basic or specialized level), he can take the exam again. This can be done on the reserve days provided for by the unified exam schedule. And, if successful, the graduate has every chance of entering a university in the year of graduation.

If unsatisfactory result again– you can try to pass the exam again, in additional autumn terms. In this case, there will no longer be a chance of entering a university - but a school leaving certificate (which is not issued in the case of a bad grade in one of the compulsory subjects) will allow you to continue your studies at a college or technical school.

It should be noted that:

graduates who do not meet the threshold in two compulsory subjects at once do not have the right to retake the Unified State Exam this year - they will have to continue the struggle to obtain a certificate in a year;

if a graduate has passed mathematics at both the basic and specialized levels and has passed the threshold for at least one of these exams, the exam is considered passed;

retaking the Unified State Examination in mathematics is possible both at the basic and at the specialized level (at the choice of the examinee);

Graduates of previous years do not have the opportunity to retake an exam that they passed unsatisfactorily.

Graduates who do not score the minimum number of points in their elective exams will be able to retake the exam only next year.

Who else has the right to retake the Unified State Exam in additional terms?

Unified State Exam participants who started taking the exam but were unable to complete the test for a valid reason, documented, have the right to retake the exam on reserve days. The most common case is a deterioration in health during the exam (the fact of illness must be recorded by a doctor).

In addition, those who during the exam encountered technical and organizational “overlaps” at the Unified State Examination point (for example, lack of additional forms, power outages, etc.) have the right to retake the exam. In addition, if the organizers of the Unified State Exam committed violations in the conduct of the exam, the results of all participants may be canceled and the tests will have to be repeated.

Note! If a Unified State Exam participant is removed from the classroom for using a phone or caught trying to cheat, his results are canceled, and the right to retake the exam at additional times is not granted - and he will be able to try his luck again only after a year.

Who can improve their exam results this year?

Only graduates of previous years have the opportunity to improve their exam results without waiting for next year - they can retake the Russian language or specialized mathematics in additional autumn terms.

Many people believe that a Unified State Exam participant who has passed the threshold but did not pass the exams well enough can, of his own choice, retake one of the exams in order to improve his scores. Unfortunately, this is a myth - for such cases, the rules for passing the Unified State Exam do not provide for a second attempt.

Is it possible to retake the Unified State Exam in a year?

The right to retake the Unified State Exam for people who have already graduated from school is practically unlimited. After a year, you can retake the Unified State Exam in any number of subjects – both compulsory and elective.

By this time, a former student has already received the status of a “graduate of previous years” and can:

improve your result in a single subject by retaking only it (the results of other tests are valid for four years);

retake all subjects;

change your “profile” and take exams in other disciplines;

If the university admissions committee awards additional points for your final essay, you can retake it.

Graduates of previous years can take exams either in the early or in the main period - at their own choice, but they cannot take exams twice in one year.

Is it possible to retake the Unified State Exam if I have already entered a university?

You can retake the Unified State Exam more than once, regardless of how long ago you graduated from school. This can be done by students, graduates of technical schools and lyceums, and people who already have higher education.

Therefore, if a graduate did not get enough points for admission to the “dream university” and took the documents to a less prestigious educational institution, or was disappointed in the chosen field of study and wants to radically change the field of study, student status will not become an obstacle.

The only “but”: when applying to take the Unified State Exam, a graduate of previous years must present a school leaving certificate - and the original documents are kept at the university. In this case, you need to clarify in advance with the dean’s office what you will need in order to temporarily receive a document on education. As a rule, universities issue original certificates against receipt for a short period of time without any problems. When submitting documents to retake the Unified State Exam, the certificate is not submitted, but only presented - so it is enough to receive it in your hands for just one day.

Since 2009, the Unified State Exam has been considered mandatory for school graduates. Students who have studied at school for eleven years are required to take Russian language and mathematics, as well as their chosen specialized subjects, in order to receive a certificate of secondary general education. But what should those who want to leave an educational institution a couple of years earlier do? Do they need to take the Unified State Exam after 9th grade? And what about those who studied at colleges, technical schools or at an institute - you will learn about this in this article.

Do I need to take the Unified State Exam after 9th grade?

Certification is required at school after grades 9 and 11. That is why schoolchildren have the right to study for only nine years. However, they will have to take the State Examination, which is an analogue of the Unified State Exam. It also serves to control acquired knowledge, but its results do not affect competitions for secondary vocational education institutions. Only the certificate received plays a role.

First, you need to find out whether ninth-graders need to take the Unified State Exam.

Do I need to take the Unified State Exam after college or technical school?

Compared to previous years, today fewer institutes are ready to enroll applicants who have received secondary vocational education, but have not passed the final state certification. Also, the Ministry of Education is increasingly saying that it is necessary to cancel the opportunity for college and technical school graduates to enter universities if they do not have Unified State Examination scores. There is a possibility that the conditions between college students and former schoolchildren who have completed 11 grades will become equal. However, the question remains how it works now.

There are two options for the development of events:

A student after graduating from college, for example with a profession of “Cook,” wants to continue his education at the institute in the same direction. In this case, there is no need for him to take the compulsory or core subjects of the Unified State Exam; it will be sufficient to successfully pass the entrance examination directly at the university.

A person, after several years of studying in a certain specialty, understands that he wants to further develop in a completely different area and chooses a university and faculty in a different direction. Then he is simply obliged, like former eleventh-graders, to take the Unified State Exam.

The same is true for those who graduated from technical schools. There are a number of universities that are ready to enroll former college students immediately into the second or third faculty, but in practice this is quite rare.

Do I need to take the Unified State Exam after college?

People who have already received a certificate of first higher education are often concerned about whether they, like schoolchildren, need to take the Unified State Exam in order to get a second one. An important fact is that the second higher education is always carried out on a paid basis. Each university sets its own rules for admitting applicants who already have a bachelor's or specialist's degree. Some institutes look at grades obtained in the past while studying, while others conduct entrance tests or interviews. But there is no need to take the Unified State Exam. According to the law, the age limit in Russia for entering a university is 50 years. Even those who graduated from school earlier, before the introduction of the Unified State Exam, have the right to enter college on a general basis.

Although you do not need to take the second higher Unified State Exam, the requirements set by the university for applicants are still high. It is assumed that those wishing to obtain a second diploma are serious about this matter and intend to gain real knowledge.