Financial Aid Available to Students

No.

Ground (Reason) / Student Category

Necessary Documents

1

difficult financial situation

(students with an average per capita family income less than the subsistence minimum in St. Petersburg (from 01.01.2026 - 20 644 rubles), established for the current year)


Financial aid on the ground of "difficult financial situation" is provided once an academic year.

– paper confirming the composition of student’s family from local utilities office, SPB multifunctional centre, housing co-op, or local housing office;

– papers confirming learner’s parents’ income over the last six months;

– papers over the last six months on the income of adult brothers and sisters living together with the student (or a certificate of their full-time education or a certificate confirming the income absence);



Additional documents (if available):

for students with unemployed parents:

– confirmation from employment service that he/she is registered as unemployed or a copy of his/her employment record with an entry made at their last place of work.

for students with parents who are pensioners:

– a copy of parents’ pension certificates; a copy of page from their employment record with an entry made at their last place of work.

for students with parents with a group I or II disability:

– a copy of document confirming disability of the parent

for students with certificate confirming that they were affected by the accident at Chernobyl Nuclear Plant (or another nuclear accident):

– a copy of certificate confirming that he/she a student was affected by the accident at Chernobyl Nuclear Plant (or another nuclear accident).

for students with group III disability:

– a copy of document confirming disability.

for students who are veterans and participants in combat:

– a copy of veteran certificate.

for students from large families:

– a certificate or a copy of document confirming large family (many children).

for students from single-parent families:

– a copy of parent’s death certificate or copy of document confirming a single-parent household.

2

treatment / rehabilitation following an illness, accident, etc.

– paper confirming the composition of student’s family from local utilities office, SPB multifunctional centre, housing co-op, or local housing office;

– papers on earnings over the last six months of all members from learner’s family who reside with him/her: parents, adult siblings (or a certificate confirming their full-time studies at an academic institution);

– copies of documents confirming treatment, accident and costs incurred in relation thereof (treatment agreement, receipts for medications etc.); the timeframe for submitting documents: no more than six months from the date when such circumstances occurred;  

3

birth of a child

– a copy of child’s birth certificate; the timeframe submitting documents: no more than six months from the date of the child’s birth;

4

death of a parent (or legal guardian)

• a copy of the parent’s death certificate (or legal guardian’s);
• a copy of learner’s birth certificate;

Timeframe for submitting documents: no more than six months from the date of the parent’s/legal guardian’s passing;

5

loss of essential personal property

– copies of documents issued by the Russian authorities or institutions, confirming incident; copies of documents confirming financial/property losses borne. Timeframe for submitting documents: no more than six months from the date of the incident;

6

orphans and children without parental care; persons from among orphans and children without parental care; persons who have lost one or both parents during their studies

– a copy of the parent’s death certificate, or a copy of a document, confirming the learner’s wardship, or a copy of a document confirming absence of parents or that parents are not able to raise their children;

7

children who have a group I and II disability, or disability since childhood

– a copy of certificate confirming disability;

8

students with children under 18 years of age

– a copy of the child’s birth certificate.