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Master Program in International Business Management: Admission

50
students
15
Russian students
35
international students

 

Application

Applicants should have a Bachelor Degree in any subject area (the total number of ECTS obtained should not be less than 125).

Application period in 2025. First wave: June 20 to June 25 (6:00 pm) for international applicants and Russian applicants. Second wave: June 20 to August 10 for international applicants (from nations with a visa waiver agreement with Russia) and Russian applicants.

Application website: https://webanketa.msu.ru/

 

Exam Schedule 2025  

Event First Wave Second Wave
Consultation June 26, 2025 August 13, 2025, 11:00 AM Moscow time (updated)
Exam (test) June 27, 2025 August 14, 2025
Exam (interview)* June 27–28, 2025 August 14–15, 2025
Reserve Day** (test, interview) June 28, 2025 August 16, 2025
Publication of Results June 28, 2025 August 18, 2025
Review of Exam June 29, 2025 August 19, 2025

*The time and date of the interview will be sent to each applicant on June 27 after the test.

**The reserve day is provided only for applicants who, on the main exam day: were ill (confirmed by a medical certificate); were taking other entering exam at MSU (confirmed by a certificate from the admissions committee of the respective faculty).

Entry Exam 

Applicants are required to pass an entry exam in International Business Management (Exam Program 2026) that consists of two parts:

1

First part of the exam will be conducted in the form of test with multiple choice questions. The main objective of this part of the exam is to assess the level of knowledge in the field of Management, Economic Theory and Statistics.

2

Second part of the exam will be conducted in the form of individual interview with each applicant preceded by the motivation essay which applicants need to upload prior to the interview. The main objective of the interview is to assess applicant's communicative skills, ability to conduct a discussion, ability to express own opinion and provide arguments based on knowledge of contemporary trends in international business.

Exam waivers

1

International Business Case Competition

The Master Program will recommend the Central Admissions Committee to award winners and prize takers of International Business Case Competition with 100 points and 95 points, respectively, for the entry exam in International Business Management.