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Grants
We hold an annual grant competition and invite talented and ambitious candidates to participate.
Grants: EUR 15,000.00, EUR 20,000.00, EUR 30,000.00, EUR 45,000.00.
- up to 75% of the tuition fee
- max EUR 45,000.00
- project defence or business case solution
- special grants from partners
Xenia Frank's Special GrantXenia Frank invests EUR 40,000.00 for a grant for girls under 35 from various regions in Russia. Submit an application, get the opportunity to not only win a study grant, but also talk with Xenia personally.
How do I participate in the grant competition?
Requirements for participants:
- Higher education*
- More than 3 years of experience
- Knowledge of English language at the upper-intermediate level or higher
- Not older than 35 years
* - if you obtained your degree outside the Russian Federation, you must provide a copy of the certificate of recognition or the Russian Federation's equivalence of the education of foreign degrees.
Selection criteria
- Prospects
- The participant has a long-term vision and is consistent in their values and goals
- The participant is able to adapt to changing external and internal conditions
- The participant is ready to step out of their comfort zone
- The participant has an entrepreneurial spirit, is able to think and act outside the box
- The participant sees opportunities, accepts responsibility and risks
- The participant strives for continuous development
- Openness
- The participant is able to work at the intersection of national, age, professional and other cultures
- The participant understands global trends and the Russian domestic agenda
- The participant has excellent communication skills
- Success
- The Participant's major professional achievements
- The Participant's community / social activities
- IQ
- The Participant's high level of intelligence (GMAT / GRE)
- The Participant's English language proficiency (TOEFL, IELS, etc.)
- Additional vocational education & training
- Ambition
- Having an ambitious project, business dream, or career goal
How to participate
Step 2
Application form, documents, essayA confirmation email will be sent to your email address within 2 days. The email will have a link to the Personal Account. To continue participating in the competition, you must:
- fill out the application form,
- attach a set of documents,
- write an essay.
All this will allow you to quickly check your compliance with the main requirements and to enter the next stage of the competition.
Step 3
Talent Q TestSuccessful candidates will be sent a link to take the Talent Q Elements Aptitude Test.
If the GMAT exam results are 650 points or higher, the candidate is exempted from this stage and proceeds to the next stage.
Step 4
Admin feeCandidates pay an Admission Fee of 13 500 RUB.
Step 5
English language proficiency testingEnglish language proficiency testing. The test results must not be lower than B2 (upper-intermediate).
Step 6
Assessment dayMake an appointment with a consultant today!
The participant of the grant competition is invited to the Campus to take part in the Assessment Day: Problem Solving case study and in teamwork.
Step 7
DecisionThe Admissions Committee chooses the competition finalists based on the results of all selection stages.
Only candidates who have successfully passed all the selection stages will qualify for the final stage of the SKOLKOVO MBA grant competition. In the Final, the candidates defend their project or solve and defend their business case in front of a commission.
- Project defence
Project presentation to the commission. This can be either your own business or a project developed within your company.
- Business case solving and defence
Solving a business case based on a real problem and presenting the solution to the commission.
The competition was held with the support of
International Paper
Mastercard
Unilever
Alpha Group
VEB.RF
A1 Investment Company
SKOLKOVO Patrons Club
M.Video
GUM Trading House JSC
PJSC B&N BANK
PJSC NOVATEK
PJSC Severstal
Sberbank of RussiaAlexander Abramov
Noubar Afeyan
Ruben Vardanyan
Filaret Galchev
Herman Gref
Dmitry Zimin
Mikhail Kusnirovich
Arkady Lifshits
Leonid Melamed
Leonid Mikhelson
Konstantin Nikolaev
Sergey Popov
Andrey Rappoport
Alexander Tynkovan
Mikhail Shishkhanov
David Yakobashvili
Interested? Leave your contact details and we will send you instructions on how to participate.
Programme Consultants
Maria Polikarpova
Bakhtiyar Ibrahimov
Daria Yezhova
Levon Kafafov
Timur Guseynov