Национальный исследовательский Томский государственный университет
Russian Scholarship Project
"Global Universities" Association

About the University

About TSU

Research laboratories

TSU has a wide range of scientific schools that preserve and develop rich research traditions. The achievements of the leading schools are part of the golden treasury of Russian science and are supported by numerous grants and awards.

TSU's main areas of development include human sciences, chemical technologies and materials science, radiophysics, robotics, biotechnology, computer science, and artificial intelligence technologies. The research results are widely used in collaboration with partners to create new technologies and tools aimed at ensuring Russia's security and strengthening its sovereignty.

TSU employs more than 600 doctors of science and more than 1,300 candidates of science. The university's staff includes 32 academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Education, the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and other state academies, as well as about 100 members of public academies in the Russian Federation. Six Nobel laureates have worked at TSU at various times.

TSU has 24 dissertation councils. Every year, the university graduates more than 100 young researchers.

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Unternational cooperation

TSU has well-developed ties with leading federal and foreign universities, as well as with international foundations. TSU's list of foreign partners includes more than a hundred universities in Europe, Asia, America, Africa, and Australia.

A quarter of TSU's students are international students. The number of students from abroad, especially from the CIS countries and Southeast Asia, is growing every year. In total, students from almost 70 countries study here.

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Educational programs with international accreditation

Today, more than 40 TSU educational programs have international accreditation, including programs in chemistry, innovation, radiophysics, philology, physics, mathematics, computer security, and others.

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Peculiarities of admission for foreign applicants

TSU provides foreign citizens and stateless persons with the opportunity to receive higher education on an equal basis with Russian citizens.

Entrance exams for English-language bachelor's or master's programs are conducted in English; one entrance exam is set for the profile, as well as an interview in English.

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Video materials

International students on the TSU | Wilda Astri Ananda

International students on the TSU | Perry Muchelemba

Ahmed Sarker | Winner of the “Global Universities” Olympiad

Paul Jeremiah | A Day with a Student

TSU Anniversary | TSU Turns 147

TSU Student Procession — 2026

Students from India about waste management

Video about Tomsk State University in Vietnamese

Student from Egypt about Russian traditional food

Expectations and reality. Student from China about Russia