For international students

Thank you for your interest in applying to the Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts!

There are two ways of admission for international students:

Each semester we welcome exchange students from our partner institutions. You can experience life and culture of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the biggest republic of Russian Federation. 

How to Apply

First, your home institution must approve you. After approval you can submit your documents through the program coordinator at your institution. Please be sure to include all required documents with your application.

Application Deadlines

• Fall semester - by June 30; 
• Spring semester - by October 30.

Once you are admitted to the Program, we will send you and your program coordinator an Invitation letter via email.

After enrollment, students are responsible for:

1. Migration services: upon arrival, you need to visit the Central Admission Office as soon as possible to get a registration and dactylography to avoid violation of the migration laws
2. Tuition fee ~ tuition fees are calculated based on the cost of your program and may vary.
3. Accommodation ~ 8 000 rub per month
4. Health insurance ~ 3 500 rub per year
5. Annual medical examination ~ 5 500 rub per year
6. Visa extension expenses ~ 2 000 rub once a year
7. Living expenses

Address 677000, YAKUTSK, ORDZHONIKIDZE str., 4 Office 219

Email priem@agiki.ru

phone number of the admissions committee:

phone: +7 (4112 )42-11-67

International students can stay in the modern, comfortable sectional dormitory of the Institute, designed for 246 places, which is located at the address: Yakutsk, Gubina str., 5.

Students live in rooms of two or three people. For 2 rooms in the section there is a sanitary unit, a shower room, a shared kitchen.
Video surveillance systems and fire alarm systems have been installed for security reasons. All students living in the dormitory receive safety training.

A student council has been formed in the dormitory, and curators of study groups work with students. The Department of educational work is responsible for the organization of work in the hostel and accommodation. Meetings with interesting people, doctors, and representatives of law enforcement agencies are organized.

International students from some countries need a visa to enter Russian Federation. 

Visas are obtained at a Russian embassy or a consulate abroad. 

You can’t get visa in Russia. 

If your application is successful, you need to fill out the visa application form which will be sent you from the Central Admission Office, and enclose all necessary documents: 

• Copy of passport
• Copies of the education certificates of secondary and/or university education including academic transcripts, which have to be legalized in the student’s home country, translated and notarized
• Standard medical certificates, X-Ray, certificate of the HIV-negative status (the certificates should be issued 2 months prior to arrival to Yakutsk)

Once you fill out the visa application form and prepare all the necessary documents, we will send you an invitation letter for Russian embassy or a consulate after 20 business days. 

Once you arrive, we will extend your visa one month prior to visa expiration date to cover the entire period of your education.

Federal Law No. 109-FZ of July 18, 2006 "On Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation" is in force in Russia.

All international students are required to have a valid Voluntary Health Insurance (VMI) policy for the entire period of their stay in the Russian Federation. The Institute provides assistance in obtaining a VMI policy. If you have a Capital Life VMI policy, medical care is provided at the NEFU Clinic.

For the first time our Institute offers courses of Russian language for A1 level. Program includes all the aspects of language: Lexis, Listening, Writing, Reading, Speaking, Grammar.

Russian language programs help you to widen horizons both in language and in culture. Pronunciation and speech practice during the classes will develop your vocabulary and reading of Russian literature will improve your writing skills. The program includes meeting with interesting people. Learning Russian language with native speakers, trips to villages of Yakutia. Upon completion of each module, students are required to make a project. 

Deadline for application:

June 30 for Fall semester

October 30 for Spring semester

To be enrolled to the Russian language courses you need to submit the following documents:

• Copy of passport
• Copies of the education certificates of secondary and/or university education including academic transcripts, which have to be legalized in the student’s home country, translated and notarized
• Standard medical certificates, X-Ray, certificate of the HIV-negative status (the certificates should be issued 2 months prior to arrival to Yakutsk)

Once you fill out the visa application form and prepare all the necessary documents, we will send you an invitation letter for Russian embassy or a consulate after 20 business days. 

Once you arrive, we will extend your visa one month prior to visa expiration date to cover the entire period of your education.

If you need any information, please contact us: cdpo@agiki.ru

In the main building of the Institute at 4 Ordzhonikidze St., Yakutsk, there is a student canteen offering full meals.

International students, along with all students, participate in all youth policy activities and student activities. Additionally, ASICS conducts work for international students in the following areas::

• adaptation - meetings, talks and other events for social and household adaptation to conditions
• cultural and educational adaptation for getting to know culture
• informational - meetings and conversations on organizing and participating in student life and on learning issues

An individual approach to work is applied to each student.

The multifunctional Library of the Arctic State Institute of Arts and Culture is available to international students. The library was established in 2000, the year the institute was founded. The volume of the fund for 2024 is 50,756 copies of books.