Program choice
Level 2
Major only
University
SPbU
St. Petersburg State University
Ranking positions
- QS (2026) = 375
- THE (2026) = N/A
- RAEX (2025) = 4
Educational model
Flexibility coordinates
Course choice
Level 1
Restricted electives, ("1 of N")
Parameters
- Program duration (bachelor's and specialist degrees):
- 4 - 6 years
Sources
- Academic Regulations for bachelor, specialist, master, and secondary vocational programmes https://spbu.ru/openuniversity/documents/pravila-obucheniya-po-osnovnym-obrazovatelnym-programmam-bakalavriata
The regulations apply to bachelor, specialist, master, and secondary vocational students and organize study according to curricula.
They confirm conditional post-enrollment profile allocation when admission is to a field as a whole, and regulate elective course choice in the variable curriculum component.
- Order No. 470/1 appendix: Academic Regulations https://spbu.ru/sites/default/files/2026-01/20260116_rules_study.pdf
Current PDF version of the rules with provisions on profile allocation by student application, GPA-based competition, and elective selection through the student account.
Shows that changing a programme or profile outside the planned allocation process is handled as a transfer rather than a free pathway switch.
- Rules and grounds for student transfer and reinstatement https://spbu.ru/sites/default/files/2025-12/20251217_rules_study_transfers_restorations.pdf
Clarifies that transfer to another educational programme and profile changes are competitive procedures subject to available places.
Used as a limiting source: transfer with curriculum differences does not raise the programme-choice coordinate.
- SPbU Institute of Chemistry elective courses https://chem.spbu.ru/learning/studyoffice/elektivnye-distsipliny
The official institute page explains annual selection of elective courses from the variable curriculum component through the student account.
Published elective lists by year and programme confirm programme-level choice blocks, but not a university-wide free elective pool.
- SPbU Institute of Earth Sciences educational programmes https://earth.spbu.ru/study-programs-1
The page publishes bachelor curriculum plans by programme and admission year, including geology, cartography, hydrometeorology, soil science, and ecology.
Used as a cross-check across several curricula: course choice is organized within specific programmes rather than as university-level distribution requirements.