Minister of Science and Higher Education congratulates students across the country on the holiday
Valery Falkov, congratulating university students on Student Day, noted that today's students are the specialists on whom the future of our country will depend tomorrow. “It is you who will develop Russia and lead the country forward.
I wish you courage and good luck in achieving your goals, bright victories and an inquisitive mind. Let your student years be a reliable foundation for your life.” The Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation said that in the 2023/2024 academic year the number of state-funded places in universities will exceed 590,000: “Our task is to provide young people with the opportunity to receive affordable high-quality higher education where they were born and graduated from school. Since 2020, we have been gradually increasing the number of budget places, with the regions receiving the bulk.
This year, hundreds of thousands of first-year students will cross the thresholds of universities, 588,044 of whom will study at the expense of the federal budget. This is 11,546 seats more than last year.
Growth will continue in the future: for the 2023/2024 academic year, we will distribute 590,156 state-funded places to universities.”