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# **Saint Petersburg: studying in Russia**

Verified information about Saint Petersburg in Russia and the universities located there.

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## **Verified facts about Saint Petersburg**

- Portal city table: population 5.4 million, 51 universities, one-room rent 20,880 RUB per month.
- Home to SPbU, ITMO and the HSE St Petersburg campus.

## **Universities in Saint Petersburg**

[**Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU)** Saint Petersburg · Public 2026/27 annual fees for foreign citizens in the SPbU master's fee schedule: Transnational Legal Practice (in English) 537,800 RUB; Master in Global Business Communication (in English) 536,900 RUB; Russian Culture (in English) 486,900 RUB; Russia and China in International Finance and Trade (in English) 583,300 RUB; Master in Management (MIM) 692,700 RUB. Fees are paid per term.](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/spbu) [**ITMO University** Saint Petersburg · Public International master's programmes in 2026-27: 610,000 RUB per year (e.g. Advanced Quantum and Nanophotonic Systems, Applied Optics, Art & Science, Chemistry and Artificial Intelligence); 710,000 RUB for Big Data and Machine Learning and Bioinformatics and Systems Biology.](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/itmo) [**Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University** Saint Petersburg · Public English-taught programmes, per year: bachelor 530,000 RUB; master 476,000-614,000 RUB depending on programme (as listed on each programme page).](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/peter-the-great-saint-petersburg-state-polytechnical-university) [**Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-electrotechnical-university-leti) [**Saint Petersburg Mining University** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-mining-university) [**Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-university-of-technology-and-design) [**Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-university-of-aerospace-instrumentation) [**Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/pavlov-first-saint-petersburg-state-medical-university) [**Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-university-of-civil-aviation) [**Emperor Alexander I Petersburg State Transport University** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/emperor-alexander-i-petersburg-state-transport-university) [**Saint Petersburg State University of Economics** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-university-of-economics) [**Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/herzen-state-pedagogical-university-of-russia) [**Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University)** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-institute-of-technology-technical-university) [**Saint Petersburg State Chemical-Pharmaceutical University** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-chemical-pharmaceutical-university) [**Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-pediatric-medical-university) [**Russian State Hydrometeorological University** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/russian-state-hydrometeorological-university) [**Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-university-of-architecture-and-civil-engineering) [**Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-marine-technical-university) [**Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/bonch-bruevich-saint-petersburg-state-university-of-telecommunications) [**Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/admiral-makarov-state-university-of-maritime-and-inland-shipping) [**North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/north-western-state-medical-university-named-after-i-i-mechnikov) [**Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-university-of-film-and-television) [**Baltic State Technical University "VOENMEH" named after D.F. Ustinov** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/baltic-state-technical-university-voenmeh-named-after-d-f-ustinov) [**Saint Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-university-of-the-humanities-and-social-sciences) [**Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-forest-technical-university) [**Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/lesgaft-national-state-university-of-physical-education-sport-and-health) [**Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/rimsky-korsakov-saint-petersburg-state-conservatory) [**Ilya Repin Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/ilya-repin-saint-petersburg-state-academic-institute-of-painting-sculpture-and-architecture) [**Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-stieglitz-state-academy-of-art-and-design) [**Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/vaganova-academy-of-russian-ballet) [**Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-university-of-culture-and-arts) [**Russian State Institute of Performing Arts** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/russian-state-institute-of-performing-arts) [**Saint Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-academy-of-veterinary-medicine) [**Saint Petersburg State Agrarian University** Pushkin (Saint Petersburg) · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-agrarian-university) [**S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/s-m-kirov-military-medical-academy) [**Mozhaysky Air Force Academy** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/mozhaysky-air-force-academy) [**Military Academy of the Signal Corps** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/military-academy-of-the-signal-corps) [**Military Academy for Logistics** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/military-academy-for-logistics) [**N.G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/n-g-kuznetsov-naval-academy) [**Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/mikhailovskaya-military-artillery-academy) [**Saint Petersburg Military Institute of the National Guard Troops** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-military-institute-of-the-national-guard-troops) [**St. Petersburg Institute of the FSB of Russia** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/st-petersburg-institute-of-the-fsb-of-russia) [**St. Petersburg University of the Russian Interior Ministry** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/st-petersburg-university-of-the-russian-interior-ministry) [**Saint Petersburg University of State Fire Service of EMERCOM of Russia** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-university-of-state-fire-service-of-emercom-of-russia) [**Saint Petersburg Theological Academy** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-theological-academy) [**Saint Petersburg Christian University** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-christian-university) [**Russian Christian Academy for the Humanities** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/russian-christian-academy-for-the-humanities) [**European University at Saint Petersburg** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/european-university-at-saint-petersburg) [**Alferov Saint Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/alferov-saint-petersburg-national-research-academic-university-of-the-russian-academy-of-sciences) [**Northwestern State Technical Remote University** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/northwestern-state-technical-remote-university) [**Pushkin Leningrad State University** Pushkin (Saint Petersburg) · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/pushkin-leningrad-state-university) [**Saint Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work** Saint Petersburg](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-state-institute-of-psychology-and-social-work) [**St. Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/st-petersburg-institute-of-jewish-studies) [**Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/nevsky-institute-of-language-and-culture) [**St. Petersburg Naval Institute** Saint Petersburg · State (other ministry)](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/st-petersburg-naval-institute) [**Anatoly Sobchak International Banking Institute** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/anatoly-sobchak-international-banking-institute) [**Sigmund Freud Institute of Psychoanalysis** Saint Petersburg](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/sigmund-freud-institute-of-psychoanalysis) [**Higher School of Folk Arts (Academy)** Saint Petersburg · Public](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/higher-school-of-folk-arts-academy) [**Baltic Academy of Tourism and Entrepreneurship** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/baltic-academy-of-tourism-and-entrepreneurship) [**East European Institute of Psychoanalysis** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/east-european-institute-of-psychoanalysis) [**Saint Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-university-of-management-technologies-and-economics) [**Saint Petersburg Law Academy** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-law-academy) [**University under the EurAsEC Interparliamentary Assembly** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/university-under-the-eurasec-interparliamentary-assembly) [**Saint Petersburg Medical-Social Institute** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-medical-social-institute) [**Baltic Humanitarian Institute** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/baltic-humanitarian-institute) [**Saint Petersburg Institute of Economics and Management** Saint Petersburg · Private](https://armaneducation.com/en/universities/saint-petersburg-institute-of-economics-and-management)

## **Cost information for Russia**

The information below is not specific to Saint Petersburg; it applies to Russia as a whole.

<dl>

<dt>**Monthly living cost (country-level)**</dt>
<dd>Study in Russia portal: about 15,000 RUB per month for food, clothing, study materials and leisure; student dormitories 300-6,000 RUB per month (another portal page says up to 20,000); a good room in Moscow from about 15,000 RUB and a one-room flat from about 30,000 RUB per month. MSU's own estimate: dormitory about 14,000 + food about 15,000 + other about 10,000 RUB per month, plus insurance about 12,500 RUB per year. Portal city table (Oct 2026): average one-room rent 33,588 RUB in Moscow, 20,880 in Saint Petersburg, 13,500 in Kazan, 15,264 in Yekaterinburg, 16,000 in Novosibirsk.<a href="https://education-in-russia.com/life-in-russia/benefits-for-international-students">Source </a></dd>

<dt>**Accommodation (country-level)**</dt>
<dd>Portal: universities provide dormitory places for full-time students for 300-6,000 RUB per month (another portal page: up to 20,000 RUB); rooms for 2-4 people. Private rent: room in Moscow from about 15,000 RUB, one-room flat from 30,000 RUB. TPU lists 850-1,100 RUB per month per place; MSU estimates 14,000 RUB.<a href="https://education-in-russia.com/life-in-russia/benefits-for-international-students">Source </a></dd>

</dl>

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