Key Actions to Take Prior to Your Departure:
- Apply for and get a student visa at a Russian consulate or visa center in your home country (single-entry visa; up to 90 days duration). Email a scan/photo of the visa to HSE International Prep Year Office.
- Оbtain a medical insurance policy, which will cover your entire period of stay in Russia. You can choose from the ones presented here.
- Get a health certificate signed and stamped by your physician in order to check into the dormitory.
- Check that your arrival date is no later than 45 days before your visa expiry date.
- Plan your arrival in time for dormitory check-in start date (September 25th).
- Request a buddy and get contacted by him/her.
- Check how to get to HSE dormitory or any other place of your residence from the airport (or train station): Aeroexpress metro, or taxi.
- Check the location of HSE International Prep Year office (Pokrovsky Boulevard, building 11, Korpus D, office D-601).
- Check with your bank regarding the maximum cash amount you can withdraw in Russia.
- Join us on Telegram.
- Check the Life in Moscow website for useful tips.
- Make sure to have enough battery power on all your devices upon arrival in Moscow.
- Valid passport with visa
- International Prep Year Acceptance letter (for fee-paying students)
- 4 passport-size (3cm x 4cm) photos on a matte paper
- Contacts of your buddy
- Contact details of your embassy/consulate/diplomatic mission in Russia