Of the ten Russian universities with the highest tuition fees, eight are located in Moscow, two in St. Petersburg, according to the annual ranking of educational institutions by the RAEX rating agency.

The most expensive Russian university is MGIMO (paid tuition costs 530,700 rubles per year), in second place is the Higher School of Economics (372,000 rubles), followed by St. Petersburg State University (358,600 rubles), Moscow State University (350,000 rubles) and the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade (RUB 345,000).

The second five include Moscow State Law University (342,500 rubles), Financial University (315,400 rubles), RANEPA (310,000 rubles), Mining University (260,000 rubles) and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (250,000 rubles .).

When distributing budget places, more than two-thirds of graduates of the most competitive schools in Russia choose top Moscow universities for further education, the agency notes. The main beneficiary is Moscow State University. Lomonosov, second and third places are shared by the National Research University Higher School of Economics and Moscow State Technical University named after. Bauman.

“Thus, the continuous outflow of the most talented and promising young people to the capital obviously weakens the Russian regions and impedes their successful economic development,” RAEX concludes.

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The rating agency RAEX named the most “expensive” universities in Russia