Program choice
Level 1
Minor only
University
UrFU
Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Ranking positions
- QS (2026) = 519
- THE (2026) = 801-1000
- RAEX (2025) = 11
Educational model
Flexibility coordinates
Course choice
Level 3
Unrestricted elective
Parameters
- Program duration (bachelor's and specialist degrees):
- 4 - 6 years
Sources
- UrFU Core Program https://daily.hse.ru/post/kak-formirovat-universalnye-kompetentnosti-v-universitetax
The HSE Daily article describes UrFU's core curriculum as a mandatory core program for all bachelor and specialist students with elective courses called minors.
It states that bachelor students choose minors each semester from the third to the seventh semester, supporting a university-wide pool of additional elective modules while the main program remains fixed.
- A Place Where the Elite Grows: What Higher Education Gives Beyond a Diploma https://ural.aif.ru/education/mesto_gde_rastyot_elita_chto_krome_diploma_dayot_vysshee_obrazovanie
The interview on UrFU's model explains minors as a way to gain additional competences and specializations on top of the core curriculum.
Used as evidence that students choose credit-bearing courses from different areas and assemble their educational program as a structured set of options.
- Half of the University's Students to Study Through Individual Trajectories in 2021 https://urfu.ru/ru/news/31159/
The official news item describes UrFU's strategic shift toward individual educational trajectories, online courses, and choosing a specific subject within an educational program.
It confirms the university-wide scale of individualization, but is not used as standalone evidence of post-admission main-specialization choice.
- Studying: UrFU First-Year Student Navigator https://privet.urfu.ru/education
The official student navigator includes an Individual Educational Trajectories section and describes personalized learning for some fields across more than 15 educational programs.
Used as an official student-facing source for the operating IET model, including choice of format, difficulty level, and learning teams.
- Documents Regulating UrFU Educational Activity https://nti.urfu.ru/sveden/document
The official local-regulations page lists documents on educational policy, elective and optional disciplines, transfer, and recognition of prior learning.
Used as regulatory context: elective choice is governed by local rules, while changing the main program remains a transfer procedure rather than open major choice.
- Regulation on Expulsion, Transfer, and Reinstatement of UrFU Students https://nti.urfu.ru/data/pages/26/prikaz_po_osnovnoj_deyatelnosti_1115_03_ot_19_12_2022_vedenie_v_dejstvie_polozhe1.pdf
The local regulation describes changing an educational program through administrative transfer and reinstatement.
Used as a limiting source: the university-wide minor model does not turn the bachelor's main program into an openly selectable major.