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Institute of Foreign Languages
Institute of Foreign Languages
We know that it can be very hard to adjust to a new country and culture
That’s why we’ve created this guide 25 tips to help you!
TOP-5 TIPS FOR APPLICANTS
Scrutinize the list of documents and the procedure for submitting in advance
The list of documents for admission of foreign students is long, thus it’s preferable to familiarize yourself with it and start compiling them with a margin of time enough to prepare everything.
Send your documents in the first days of the submission of application
It takes long time to send documents by mail, so it’s better to send them in the very first days of the submission of application in order to avoid worrying whether they will arrive in time.
Get in touch with your friends in Moscow
It’s advisable to make friends and acquaintances in the city where you are going to enroll at the university: they can help both with passing your documents to the university and with finding a place to live in the future.
Make sure you can pay in currency
Sometimes it’s required to make a payment in dollars so you need to be sure you will be able to do it when the time comes; in Russian shops, malls, cafes, etc. prices are in rubles.
Learn the basic laws of Russia
It’s crucial to find out what you are allowed and not allowed to do before you come to the country, otherwise you may be penalized or arrested for certain actions.
TOP-5 TIPS FOR FRESHMEN
Throw a party
You may feel lonely being far from home, so in order to make friends or just chat with someone you can hang out with classmates at home or in a bar.
Take part in the activities of University International Cultural Centre
If you are talented and willing to meet versatile students, join Interclub: here you can dance, sing, perform in plays, attend international fairs and themed events, etc.
Join a sports club
Sport unites and brings people together, so a sports club will help not only to keep fit and win a competition but also to meet interesting people.
Group tours will help you explore Moscow anew, see fascinating and significant places and fall in love with the city; besides, it’s a good opportunity to befriend fellow students.
Go on a group tour
Sign up for language courses
Learning Russian from scratch or improving language skills can help foreign students feel more confident in a new country as well as provide an opportunity to communicate and discuss various topics.
Those interested in studying foreign languages in RUDN are welcome to the Institute of Foreign Languages. Be it frequently chosen French, Spanish, German or exotic Arabic, Farsi, Japanese – you will get a chance to study them here! Curiosity about life in all its aspects, we believe, is still the secret of great creative people.
TOP-5 MUST-VISIT PLACES IN MOSCOW
Red Square and the Kremlin
The most famous attraction of Moscow, the oldest part of the city with numerous cathedrals, palace buildings, museums and historical monuments; you can attend festivals, fairs and concerts here in summer and go ice-skating on a temporarily installed ice rink in winter.
The best-known shopping centre in Russia and the main store of the country where you can find brand outlets, Gastronome №1 and even historical toilet rooms; besides, the building is marked as an architectural monument.
GUM
TsUM
The largest luxury store in Russia which can boast the range of branded goods, European quality products, an exemplary level of service and a superb location in the historic centre of Moscow.
The Old Arbat
The most famous pedestrian street of the capital where you can see various places of interest: profitable houses, residential mansions, museums, theatres and a myriad of souvenir shops.
One of the largest and most significant art history museums in Russia displaying more than 3000 unique works of painting and sculpture from ancient times to the present day.
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
TOP-5 CHINESE CUISINE RESTAURANTS
«Jimmy Lee», Prospekt Mira, 12, building 1
An authentic family restaurant designed in the industrial style with artifacts and symbols of the Chinese culture where you can taste the Beijing, Sichuan and Shanghai cuisines.
«Chiho», a chain restaurant
A modest noodles shop where you can taste authentic (as well as vegetarian) Asian dishes; an informal atmosphere, attractive interior and affordable prices cannot but please its visitors.
«Chinese news», Profsoyuznaya St., 126-3
A chain restaurant decorated in the style of a shopping street in the centre of Taiwan with neon signs, aged posters and billboards, colourful lanterns; the menu includes the Taiwanese version of the Chinese cuisine.
«Druzhba», Novoslobodskaya, 4
A Chinese restaurant covering dishes of all regions of China; you can sit at a traditional round table with a rotating table top and enjoy the extensive menu which offers portions impressive in size.
«J.Z. Peking Duck»,Tsvetnoy boulevard, 21-2
A large restaurant focused on the cuisine of five regions: Sichuan, Guangzhou, Huai’an, Beijing and Shaanxi; there is a bistro on the ground floor and a restaurant with VIP rooms on the second and third floors.
TOP-5 SHOPS WITH CHINESE PRODUCTS
A wide selection of authentic – original, with a history, famous and popular at home – products for preparing national dishes.
«Chinese Food Store», Prospect Mira, 12, bld. 1
A shopping centre distributing products and spices in Russia straight from China for preparing national dishes.
«Wei Wang», Krasnobogatyrskaya st., 89 building 1
Online shop of the original line of Asian and Pan-Asian ingredients produced in accordance with the classical recipe in the spirit of age-old traditions.
Takemura
«Tea-Place», Leninsky avenue, 32
A shop for those who miss the real Chinese tea which is collected from the best plantations in China and stored according to traditions.
«ТhaiBro», Dmitry Ulyanov street, 1
A shop of products for Asian and Pan-Asian cuisines: Chinese, Thai, Japanese products.
СONTACT US
If you would like to talk about your experience of studying at Institute of Foreign Languages and living in Russia, or if you have any questions feel free to contact us!
Natalia S. Erokhova
erokhovanat@gmail.com
Marina G. Petrova
petrmar2005@mail.ru
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