Russia admission programme

Enhance your career prospects: ParisTech encourages bright, ambitious students to apply for a Double Master’s degree in Science and Engineering ("Diplôme d'ingénieur") at the most prestigious French Grandes Ecoles, a unique opportunity for an international career leading seamlessly to PhD.
This admission program allows you to candidate simultaneously to 6 of ParisTech schools for admission into a double degree program at master level (“Diplôme d’ingénieur”, see chart below).
Cooperation between ParisTech and Russian universities covers a very wide range of engineering tracks thanks to the six engineering schools involved in this programme:
Agricultural engineering - applied mathematics – automatics Bioengineering & biophysics Chemistry - chemical engineering – civil engineering - computational biology - computer science Data science - Earth sciences - economics & social sciences - environmental engineering - electrical, electronic & photonic engineering - energy & nuclear engineering - executive engineering Finance – food engineering - forest engineering Industrial & production engineering - information technology & telecommunications Life sciences Management - materials science & engineering - mechanical engineering Neuro-science Optical sciences – offshore engineering - Physics – Renewable energy - robotics - Statistics Transport Urban planning
> More details on subjects taught in each ParisTech school
Institut d'Optique Graduate School
Please note that Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, a ParisTech school, has different admission processes. For more information please visit the website.
Double degree with partner universities
ParisTech schools signed several agreements in order to enable students to come and study in Paris to get a double degree. It means that at the end of your studies you will get at the same time the Master’s degree from your University and the engineering degree of the ParisTech School.
Only students from the following universities may apply to the double degree programme:
- Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
- Tomsk State University (TSU): Science and Engineering faculties
- St Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU)
For admission into the two-year Master’s programme, you are required to have successfully completed at least 3 years of a Bachelor’s degree (Bakalavrat) in Science or Engineering at your home University by September 2020 taking into account that you will move to France in September 2022 after achieving your first year of Master’s degree at your University.
You should have good working knowledge of English or French.
If you are an individual student from other universities than the ones mentioned above, we might exceptionnaly consider your request to apply to the Master’s degree in Science and Engineering provided that we manage to get the support from your home University.
For more information, please contact russia-admission@paristech.fr
1 – Preselection by home university (only for the Double Degree programme)
In order to apply you have to get in touch with the international Office of your university:
University | Contact point |
Novosibirsk State University | Mrs. Michele Debrenne |
TSU | Mr. Artem Yu. Rykun |
SPbPU | Mrs. Alla Mazina |
They will advise you on those opportunities and organize a preselection according to their criteria.
2 – Application
Submit your application on ParisTech website before the application deadline September 30, 2020. You will need to provide the following information:
- Copy of passport or other identification document,
- An identity photo,
- A resume (2 pages max.),
- An original transcript of your records translated in English and certified by your University,
- Official ranking certificates, translated in English, stating the total number of students in your department or in the field of specialization,
- Professional project letter: a statement of purpose outlining your intended career project after completion of your degree at ParisTech,.
- Foreign language certificates when available, at least in English.
Two letters of recommendation are required.
3 – Scientific test
After review of the application files by the jury, eligible students will be asked to take an online scientific test, on October 13, 2020.
Instructions to be read before the test (please read them before taking the test)
More information about the test is available here:
- recommended knowledge in mathematics
- recommended knowledge in physics
- recommended knowledge in chemistry
- recommended knowledge in life sciences and environment
- Level of difficulty by subject expected to be mastered by participants during the test, depending on the ParisTech school
- Sample test in English
4 – Interview
Students who pass the test will be invited to an on-line interview in order to discuss with the ParisTech Jury their motivation. It is also an opportunity to check if students have selected the appropriate ParisTech School given their study/professional plan.
Additional scientific interview for MINES ParisTech - PSL (compulsory) and other schools (upon request).
If you are successful in the interview, you will be invited to rank the ParisTech schools which are ready to admit you by preference. More information about ParisTech schools are available here.
5 – Admission decision
Last, by end of November you will be informed of the outcome of your application and to which ParisTech Grande École you have been admitted.
If you are not fluent in French, you should be ready to start learning French as soon as possible.
Date | Step |
1 June 2020 | Opening of on-line application |
30 September 2020 | Application deadline |
13 October 2020 | On-line scientific test Saint-Petersburg Part I: 16:00 - 17:30 (Saint-Petersburg time) Break: 17:30 - 18:00 Part II: 18:00 - 19:30 Siberia Part I: 15:00 - 16:30 (Novosibirsk/Tomsk time) Break: 16:30 - 17:00 Part II: 17:00 - 18:30 |
End October | Interview period |
End October – Beginning of November | Scientific interview (if requested) |
20 November 2020 | ParisTech Admission Board |
21 November 2020 | Publication of admission results |
Admitted students may benefit from a partial or full tuition fee waiver (full tuitions costs amount to up to €18,000 a year) for the duration of their studies at their host ParisTech Grande École.
There is a fee waiver for Eiffel and BGF scholarships recipients.
Double degrees (DD): admitted students pay tuition fees at home university.
- Fees per ParisTech school for students admitted through the double degree program
ParisTech Schools | Tuition fees* |
AgroParisTech | NSU : 0€ in the 2nd year / 4290€ in the 3rd year |
Chimie ParisTech - PSL | 0€ |
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech | NSU: 3150 € (tuitions) + 975€ (fees) per year |
ESPCI Paris - PSL | Waived if paid at home institution + 150 € students association |
Institut d’Optique Graduate School | 2900 € per year (the regular rate for non-European students is 5000 € per year) Under some specific DD agreements, reduced to minimum rate at 665 € per year |
MINES ParisTech - PSL | 0 € Fee waiver for DD students from partners universities. |
*Index 2019-2020. Tuition fees and others are subject to annual review
- Living costs*: about 800€/month in Paris
- Overseas travel expenses*: 1000€
*Please note that the living cost and the overseas travel expenses are just indicative and may vary depending on students.
To cover living and travel costs, students are strongly encouraged to apply for funding schemes provided either by the French or the Russian Governments, especially through the Bourse du Gouvernement Français or the President of the Russian Federation scholarship programs. Additional scholarships may be granted by industrial sponsors or by the foundations of ParisTech Grandes Écoles.
For general information: russia-admission@paristech.fr
Inquiries for a specific School should be sent to the relevant School's coordinator of student's international mobility.