APPLICATION PROCESS

Step 1. Choose the programme and review the requirements and application dead line dates.
Step 2. Submit the following via e-mail:
• a video recording of your performance* (2 or 3 pieces in avi/ mp4/ fvl format) for preliminary presentation. Composition applicants are required to submit a copy (sheet music) of two compositions.
• application form (http://istud.conservatory.ru/node/801)
• scanned copies of the following documents:
- Passport valid 1,5 years from the date of arrival
- Education certificate (professional music education), for music students - academic from your
conservatory/ university)
- Russian translation of the certificate certified by Russian notary/ Russian consulate in your home
country
If your preliminary presentation (a video-recording of your performance) is approved, and the documents are accepted, you will be informed about the date when your official invitation is ready.

Step 3. To get the invitation you may order a delivery service company (DHL, FedEx, TNT, etc). You should order and pay the delivery at the local delivery company office. The address of the Conservatory: International Student Office. 3, Teatralnaya sq. St.Petersburg 190000 Russia
Please send us your current address and the tracking number of your letter.

Step 4. Upon receiving the invitation, apply to the Russian consulate in your home country for your visa.

Step 5. Buy a ticket and inform us about the date of your arrival. Please note that your first visa is a one-entry visa and is valid for three months. In order to have it extended you must apply to the authorities in St. Petersburg no later than one month before it expires. We strongly recommend you to arrive within the first month of your visa validity. Applicants who arrive later than 5 weeks before their first visa expires, cannot have their visas extended.

Step 6. Make sure that upon arrival you must submit originals of the following documents:
- Passport valid 1,5 years from the date of arrival
- Education certificate (professional music education), for music students - academic certificate
from your conservatory/ university)
- Russian translation of the certificate certified by Russian notary/ Russian consulate in your home
country
- General health certificate on your current health condition; chest X-ray test results (roentgenogram)
made 1months/2weeks before arrival **
- 13 photographs (3х4 см)

**The conservatory accepts medical insurance policies and certificates ONLY in Russian or English.

Please note that all the applicants must have their migration card registered within three days upon arrival. You are strongly recommended to come to the conservatory on the next day after your arrival to St. Petersburg.