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Please be advised that you need to comply with the Russian Migration Law.
For more information on visa and migration rules, read our Before-arrival and Upon-arrival checklists.
For more information on visa and migration rules, read our Before-arrival and Upon-arrival checklists.
During pandemic restrictions the Academy provides education using Google Classroom platform for all foreign students who can’t enter the Russian Federation to study. All lessons are held in Russian.
For more information on hoe to use the Google Classroom platform check out our guidelines.
Please be advised that if the current regulations of your country allow border crossing for students, then you MUST come to Russia to study offline.
For more information on hoe to use the Google Classroom platform check out our guidelines.
Please be advised that if the current regulations of your country allow border crossing for students, then you MUST come to Russia to study offline.
For training, the student needs a personal computer connected to the Internet. The Internet speed should be appropriate for video and audio calls. The computer must be equipped with a web camera, speakers and microphone, because the educational process includes webinars and audio courses.
Also, we recommend using the following browsers: Google Chrome version 55 and higher, Mozilla Firefox 36.0 and higher, Internet Explorer 8.0 and higher. To view video and audio content, it is recommended to install Adobe ® Flash ® Player software version 25 or higher on your computer. To view materials in PDF format, you must install the Acrobat Reader DC software. To send and download archive files, you must install the WinRar, 7ZIP software.
Also, we recommend using the following browsers: Google Chrome version 55 and higher, Mozilla Firefox 36.0 and higher, Internet Explorer 8.0 and higher. To view video and audio content, it is recommended to install Adobe ® Flash ® Player software version 25 or higher on your computer. To view materials in PDF format, you must install the Acrobat Reader DC software. To send and download archive files, you must install the WinRar, 7ZIP software.
If you can't enter Russia for studies due to pandemic restictions, you must start your classes online according to the official schedule.
Check out our guidelines to prepare for your studies.
After successfully passing entrance exams and confirmation of payment of your education at the Academy, you will be given a personal e-mail address in the @gnesin-academy.ru domain (based on gmail). You can access your classes via Google Classroom by entering a specific classroom code.
If you need any assistance with your classes, please contact indekanat@gnesin-academy.ru.
Check out our guidelines to prepare for your studies.
After successfully passing entrance exams and confirmation of payment of your education at the Academy, you will be given a personal e-mail address in the @gnesin-academy.ru domain (based on gmail). You can access your classes via Google Classroom by entering a specific classroom code.
If you need any assistance with your classes, please contact indekanat@gnesin-academy.ru.
To reserve a classroom on your own, you must PERSONALLY visit the Control Room and leave your student ID card in exchange for the classroom key. If there are no vacant classrooms, you can wait until some of them get free. As a rule, there are free classrooms either early in the morning or in the evening, after 6 pm.
Note! Often lost things (student ID cards, grade books and bank cards) are brought to the Control Room.
Control room of the Academy (Classroom management Department) contacts:
Ground floor of the Main Academy Building (to the left of the turnstile, view map).
Tel.: +7 (495) 691-62-90
E-mail: dispatcher@gnesin-academy.ru
Control Room of the Gnesin State Musical College contacts:
Ground floor of the College Building (view map)
Control room of the Musical College of Pop and Jazz Art contacts:
Bldg. 1, 27/6, Bolshaya Ordynka Str., Moscow
Tel.: +7 (495) 953-58-80
Control room of the Academy (Classroom management Department) contacts:
Ground floor of the Main Academy Building (to the left of the turnstile, view map).
Tel.: +7 (495) 691-62-90
E-mail: dispatcher@gnesin-academy.ru
Control Room of the Gnesin State Musical College contacts:
Ground floor of the College Building (view map)
Control room of the Musical College of Pop and Jazz Art contacts:
Bldg. 1, 27/6, Bolshaya Ordynka Str., Moscow
Tel.: +7 (495) 953-58-80
If you are a student of the Academy, you can lease a musical instrument for training. Contact the Musical Instruments Storage Department along with your teacher. Then you can select an instrument and sign a lease agreement. This is a fee-based service. The term of agreement amounts to 1 academic year. Before the summer holidays, the instrument should be returned to the Musical Instruments Storage Department (Location: Main Academy Building, behind the stage of the Large concert hall, vew map; E-mail: g.norshtein@gnesin-academy.ru)
To repair your musical instrument, you may contact your professor. Professors of the Academy provide their students with contacts of reliable masters.
The structure of the Student Council of the Academy comprises a volunteer corps; after you join it, during the first term the Student Council members select the most active students and invite them to participate in the Student Council.
To become a part of the student community of both Colleges, it’s necessary to address the student activists of the Colleges.
To become a part of the student community of both Colleges, it’s necessary to address the student activists of the Colleges.