Rosatom offers South African studentscomprehensive scholarships to top Russian nuclear universities

March 1st, 2017. – Following the successful completion of two online physics Olympiads in 2016, Rosatom Africa announced for another consecutive year that it will be selecting top students to receive free bachelors’ degree education at its world class nuclear universities.

Rosatom regional vice-president for Sub-Saharan Africa, Viktor Polikarpov noted that the global nuclear leader viewed education as a vital aspect for nuclear development.“We see education as one of our key objectives and therefore play an active role in assistingstudents from across the globeto receive the highest-quality international education, and we have a number of bursaries available for South African students.”

The first step in selecting future students for Russian nuclear universities is an online physics Olympiad “Nuclear education in Russia”, which will be held on the 9th of March 2017 from 9:00 until 22:00. Any learner can try his or her hand –to qualify for the Olympiad students need only to register on the website beforehand.The web address is Winners will be announced at a special prize giving ceremony at the end of March.

The top-threeachievers will be awarded withfabulous prizes. The winners of the2016 Olympiad received a top of the line laptop as 1st prize, a tablet and smartphone as 2nd and 3rdplace prizes respectively.The top 10 highest test score holders will be offered the unique opportunity tobe shortlisted for one of ten free bursaries for a bachelor’s degree majoring in nuclear studies in one of Russia’s leading universities.

How to participate:

  1. Register on the contest website and prepare for the multiple choice Olympiad. Example of a typical question: Harmonic oscillation with 2 cm amplitude and 2 Hz frequency can be expressed in the SI system with the following equation.
  2. Wait for results – if you are announced winner – submit application and support documents via website

Support documents include:

  • Copy of passport (expiry date of your passport has to be more than 18 months);
  • Copy of the Original of education document, with the subjects and marks attachment (if any);
  • Copy of the Medical certificate indicating the absence of medical contraindications to study in Russia;
  1. Review of application by the Russian Ministry of Education
  2. Qualifying round.
  3. Receive invitation from university
  4. ReceiveVISA
  5. Jump on the next flight to Russia for a world class education

Contact persons for learners:

  1. PavelNovozhilov, head of Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) in South Africa at r +27 12 362 1337 (desk) or +27 72 999 00 56 (mobile).
  2. Elena Tonkonogaya, manager ofinternational programs of Rosatom Corporate Academy at or +7(499) 922 42 49 (ext. 2173).