Registration for Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project 2026/27 has closed. Over 277,000 people from 209 countries have registered to take part in the intellectual competitions, submitting 696,000 portfolios detailing their personal achievements and professional accomplishments. In total, since the project began, nearly 900,000 people from over 200 countries have taken part in the Olympiad, with more than 16,700 emerging as winners.

The 2026 Olympiad shows the following breakdown: the bachelor’s track features achievements in over 343,000 portfolios; the master’s track – nearly 256,000 portfolios; the doctoral track – over 64,500 portfolios; and the post-doctoral track – over 32,600 participants.

The First stage of Open Doors will come to a close on 13 November, when the lists of participants who have progressed to the Second stage will be published on the project’s official website. These participants will then face the intellectual challenges of the Second stage, which runs from 13 November to 21 December 2026.