To obtain an entry invitation for the purpose of study, a foreign student must submit the following documents:
- an application form for the invitation (filled out in Russian in block (printed) letters). All fields of the application form must be completed;
- a copy of the foreign passport, whose validity must expire no earlier than 1.5 years after the start date of the intended stay in the Russian Federation. The copy or scanned image of the passport must meet the following requirements: the image must be clear, high-contrast, well readable, and must not contain glare or foreign objects. Both black-and-white and color images are acceptable.
A foreign student may submit the request for the invitation (application form and passport scan) electronically by sending it to the Directorate of International Education at
study@mpei.ru.
The invitation is issued
in electronic form and sent to the email address of the invited foreign student (applicant) indicated in the application form.
When applying to a
consular office or diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation for a visa on the basis of an invitation issued as an electronic document, it is sufficient for the foreign national to present its
short printed form. At the same time, the visa can be obtained
only in the city specified in the short and full printed forms of the electronic invitation.
! If it is necessary to issue the invitation on paper, please inform about this separately.The processing time for the invitation is
30 days from the date of receipt of a
properly completed application.
After receiving the issued invitation form, the foreign national independently applies to the overseas missions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation to obtain a visa.
Foreign citizens arriving at MPEI to study under the quotas of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation obtain student visas on the basis of a visa directive of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia.
If a foreign national arrives for the purpose of
employment at NRU “MPEI,” an invitation is required to obtain an
ordinary work visa.
Issuance of invitations for employment purposes is carried out only upon prior coordination of the possibility of issuing such an invitation with the International Cooperation Department.