General provisions


Unified state examination on the territory of the Russian Federation has the right to take any person, regardless of age and nationality. To access the exam, you must apply before March 1 of the current year. The statement must specify the list of items you intend to donate. Therefore it is better to specify in advance which exams takes faculty you want to enroll.

Be careful, because in different universities for the same faculty may require different tests. And, of course, remember that you have the right to file a certificate of the exam in five different universities.


With the application accepted certificate and copy of passport. If the passport at the time of filing is missing, the exam can be taken on a temporary identity.

Where to apply


The easiest way school students - for them a question about applying for the exam itself is engaged in educational institution. What about those whose wonderful school years have already passed?

Ultimately receives the applications for participation in the exam should be the Department of education, which will bring you to the database as future graduates of schools. The Department of education is available in every city. In large cities, the units you can even find in some areas. Determine what unit closer to you, and go there to write a statement. Alternatively, you can contact the educational institution graduate who was once, and write a statement there.

After that until may 10, you will need to make a repeat trip to the Department to obtain a pass. The pass will contain all the necessary information about where and when will be your exam. Without this paper for the exam, the Commission will not allow it.

Additional terms


In life there are situations when you were unable for personal reasons to apply before March 1. It is not necessary to lower hands and to postpone admission to the University until next year. You can try to pass the exam in the additional terms (the second wave). For this you have until July 5 to apply to the University in which you primarily want to do and write a statement there.

The only difficulty that can seriously screw up your plans, can become the order of the State Examination Commission. According to this order, your application will be rejected in the absence of a good reason that you are unable to pass the exam in fixed time. So better to resolve this issue and to collect evidence.

How many actual results of the exam


In connection with the new law "On education" in wanting to do this arose many questions about how valid the results of the exam of graduates of previous years. In the new law the validity of the certificate increased to 4 years. The law was adopted on 29 December 2012 and entered into force on 1 September. On the official website of the exam said that the results of the graduates of 2012 also fall under this law. This position was confirmed by the letter of the Minister of education on the website of Rosobrnadzor.