About the university:
Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov is a modern cultural and educational center, combining centennial traditions and innovations in higher education. The University is multi-profile higher education establishment, offering bachelor and master programmes in most advanced, prestigious and popular specializations.
VSU today is a high level of professionalism, deep scientific knowledge, a wide range of sociocultural interaction, the key to successful self- realization in the future.
Academic licenses granted by the university and Offering Programs
The University has 6 faculties. They grant the following licenses:
FD Faculty of Design
Specialties (5 years’ apprenticeship)
Departments
Design (Object and Space) (designer)
Design (Communication) (designer)
Design (Costume and Fabrics) (designer)
Design (Virtual Environment) (designer)
FITR Faculty of Information Technology and Robotics
Specialties (4 years’ apprenticeship)
Departments
Machine-building Technology (engineer)
Information Systems and Technologies (in Design and Production)- (software engineer)
Organizations’ Power Equipment Maintenance (power engineer)
Automation of Technological Processes and Production (Light Industry)- (automation engineer)
Computer Mechatronics (engineer)
3D-Technology for Product Manufacturing Based (engineer)
FMT Faculty of Manufacturing Technology
Specialties (4 years’ apprenticeship)
Departments
Manufacturing of Clothing, Footwear and Leather Goods (engineer)
Metrology, Standardization and Certification (engineer)
Merchandising and Goods Expertise (merchandiser expert)
FEBM Faculty of Economics and Business Management
Specialties (4 years’ apprenticeship)
Departments
Information Systems and Technologies (in Business Management) (programmer, business analyst)
Finance and Credit (economist)
Enterprise Economy and Management (Light Industry) (economist-manager)
Marketing (marketing economist)
specialization «Marketing in E-Commerce»
specialization «Industrial Marketing»
E-Business Economics (economist-programmer)
CF Correspondence Faculty
Specialties
Machine-building Technology (engineer)
Information Systems and Technologies (in Design and Production)- (software engineer)
Organizations’ Power Equipment Maintenance (power engineer)
Automation of Technological Processes and Enterprises (Light Industry)- (automation engineer)
Computer Mechatronics (engineer)
Production of Clothing, Footwear and Leather Goods (engineer)
specialization «Design and Technology of Sewing Products»
Enterprise Economy and Management (Light Industry) (economist-manager)
Marketing (marketing economist)
specialization «Marketing in E-Commerce»
specialization «Industrial Marketing»
Economics of E-Business (economist-programmer)
FQISR Faculty of Qualifications Improvement and Staff Retraining
Specialties (based on higher education)
Logistics (correspondence/distance)
Financial Management
Accounting and Control in Industry
Examination of Consumer Goods
Economics and Management in Entrepreneurship (correspondence/distance)
Information Systems’ Software Engineering
Graphic Design
Marketing (correspondence/distance)
Labour Protection in the Branches of Non-production Sphere
Admission and Requirements. Fees structure and details
Russian Language Course
| Faculty | Educational profile, specialties | Language of tuition | Form of study | Period of study | Tuition / per year |
| Preparatory Department of VSUT | Russian as a foreign language | Russian | Full-time / Remote | from 3 months | from 560 |
Preparatory Department
The Preparatory Faculty trains international students for entering the University. The tuition is paid, on a contract basis. During the 1st semester a course of Russian is taught. During the 2nd semester the applicants are obliged to complete a special Preliminary Training Course where they take the course of Russian and profile subjects in accordance with the specialty chosen. Those, who successfully finish this language course and pass exams, can be admitted to further education on the chosen course.
Period of study: 8 months.
Academic year: from 1 November- until 30 June, include 2 semesters. Foreign citizens are accepted till the 1st November.
Winter holidays: 1 week in February.
The first stage of Higher Education
The tuition is paid on a contract basis. The contract guarantees educational services, a place in dormitory, provides the use of library, reading halls, computer classes.
Period of study: 4-5 years.
Academic year from 1 September –until 30 July, include 2 semesters. Foreign citizens are accepted till the 15th of October.
Winter holidays: 2 weeks in February.
Fees for international students in 2022-2023 academic year
| Full – time (academic year) | |
| For all specializations | 2350 U.S. dollars |
| 182 830 Russian rubles | |
| Part – time (academic year) | |
| For all specializations | 1000 U.S. dollars |
| 77 800 Russian rubles | |
| Preparatory faculty (academic year) | 1000 U.S. dollars |
Before the enrollment to VSUT a student sings an individual contract in accordance with approved form (Marketing department, room 236) and pays for the whole academic year.
Banking Information for payment:
EI «VSTU», Moscow Av., 72, 210038 Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus
Transit currency account in the U.S. dollars № 3632903000240 branch № 200 HEU ОАО «АСB «Belarusbank», MFO 150801635 UNP 300031282 Currency code 840
Bachelors’ Degrees
| Faculty | Educational profile, specialties | Language of tuition | Form of study | Period of study | Tuition / per year |
| Faculty of Design | Technical profile | Russian | Full-time | 5 years | 2 200 |
| Design (Object and Space) | |||||
| Design (Communication) | |||||
| Design (Costumes and Fabrics) | |||||
| Design (Virtual Environment) | |||||
| Faculty of Information Technology and Robotics | Technical profile | Russian | Full-time | 4 years | 2 000 / 2 200 |
| Machine Building Technology | |||||
| Information Systems and Technologies ( in design and technology) | |||||
| Technical Maintenance of Power Equipment of Organization | |||||
| Automation of Technological Processes and Production (light industry) | |||||
| Computer Mechatronics | |||||
| 3D Technology for Product Manufacturing | |||||
| Faculty of Manufacturing Technology | Technical profile | Russian | Full-time | 4 years | 2 000 / 2 200 |
| Manufacture of Clothing, Footwear and Leather Goods | |||||
| Metrology, Standartization and Certification (light industry) | |||||
| Merchandising and Goods Expertise | |||||
| Faculty of Economics and Business Administration | Economic profile | Russian | Full-time | 4 years | 2 200 |
| Information Systems and Technologies ( in business management) | |||||
| Finance and Credit | |||||
| Enterprise Economy and Management | |||||
| Marketing | |||||
| Economics and Production Management | |||||
| Specialization «Industrial Marketing» | |||||
| E-Business Economic | |||||
| Correspondence Faculty | Technical, Economic profile | Russian | Part-time | 5 years | 1 200 |
| Enterprise Economy and Management | |||||
| Marketing | |||||
| Finance and Credit | |||||
| E-Business Economics | |||||
| Technical operation of power equipment of organizations | |||||
| Computer Mechatronics |
Master’s Degree
Information for foreign citizens entering the second stage of higher education (Master’s Degree course)! The Educational Institution «Vitebsk State University of Technology» (EI «VSUT») trains personnel with higher education of the II stage (Master’s Degree course) in 9 specialties in accordance with a special permit (License) for the right to carry out educational activities No. 02100/244 with the Russian language of tuition:
| Admission conditions | Specialty code | Name of the specialty | Form of training | Standard period of study | Qualification | |
| Acceptance of documents for training on full payment terms | 1-19 80 01 | Design | full-time | 1 year | Master | |
| 1-25 80 01 | Economics | full-time/ part-time | 1 year/1,5 years | |||
| 1-26 80 01 | Social and Economic Systems Management | |||||
| 1-27 80 01 | Engineering Business | |||||
| 1-36 80 02 | Innovative Technologies in Mechanical Engineering | |||||
| 1-40 80 02 | System Analysis, Information Management and Processing (by industry) | 1,5 years/2 years | ||||
| 1-50 80 01 | Production of Textile products | 1 год/1,5 года | ||||
| 1-50 80 03 | Production of clothes, footwear and leather good | |||||
| 1-53 80 01 | Industrial Automation |
Also, EI «VSUT» trains personnel with higher education of the II stage (Master’s degree course) in 4 specialties with the English language of tuition:
| Admission conditions | Specialty code | Name of the specialty | Form of training | Standard period of study | Qualification |
| Acceptance of documents for training on full payment terms | 1-19 80 01 | Design | full-time | 1 year | Master |
| 1-25 80 01 | Economics | full-time/ part-time | 1 year/1,5 years | ||
| 1-27 80 01 | Engineering Business | ||||
| 1-40 80 02 | System Analysis, Information Management and Processing (by industry) | 1,5 year/2 years |
Training in the specialty 1-19 80 01 «Design» with the Russian language of tuition at EI «VSUT» was opened in 2021. In 2022, admission to train in the specialty with the Russian as well as English languages of tuition is planned. The form of study (full-time), the period of obtaining the second-stage level of higher education (1 year) are approved by the educational standard of higher education
Training in the specialty 1-27 80 01 «Engineering business» with the Russian language of tuition at EI «VSUT» has been conducted since 2009, with the English language of tuition – since 2020. The form of study (full-time and part-time) and the period of obtaining the second-stage level of higher education (1 year and 1.5 years, respectively) are approved by the educational standard of higher education.
Training in the specialty 1-40 80 02 «System analysis, management and information processing (by industry branches) with the Russian language of tuition at EI «VSUT» has been conducted since 2018, with the English language of tuition – since 2020. The form of study (full-time and part-time) and the period of obtaining the second-stage level of higher education (1.5 years and 2 years, respectively) are approved by the educational standard of higher education.
| Faculty | Educational profile, specialties | Language of tuition | Form of study | Period of study | Tuition / per year |
| Faculty of Economics and Business Administration | Economic profile | Russian / English | Full-time | 1-2 years | 2 400 |
| Economics | |||||
| Social and Economic Systems Management | |||||
| Engineering Business | |||||
| Faculty of Information Technology and Robotics | Technical profile | ||||
| Industrial Automation | |||||
| Innovative Technologies in Mechanical Engineering | |||||
| System Analysis, Information Management and processing (by industry) | |||||
| Faculty of Manufacturing Technology | Technical profile | ||||
| Production of Clothes, Footwear and Leather Goods | |||||
| Faculty of Design | Design |
Postgraduate Programmes
| Faculty | Educational profile, specialties | Language of tuition | Form of study | Period of study | Tuition / per year |
| Faculty of Information Technology and Robotics | Mechanical Engineering (Technical profile) | Russian | Full-time / Part-time/ Degree-seeking | 3 years / 4 years / 5 years | 3 500 |
| Machines, Assembly units and processes (light industry) (Technical profile) | |||||
| Automation and Industrial Process and Production Management (Technical profile) | |||||
| Faculty of Economics and Business Administration | Industrial Management (light industry) (Technical, Economic profile) | ||||
| Economics and Management of the National Economy (by industry) (Economic profile) | |||||
| Faculty of manufacturing Technology | Materials science of textile and light industries (Technical profile) | ||||
| Processing and Primary Treatment of Textile and Raw Materials (Technical profile) | |||||
| Processing of Leather, Fur, Footwear and Haberdashery; (Technical profile) | |||||
| Geoecology (Earth Science profile) |
In order to enroll in the Master’s Degree course of EI «VSUT», to study, continue and complete their studies, foreign citizens ought to personally arrive in the Republic of Belarus. It is necessary to get an education, pass the final certification (Master’s thesis defense) in full-time with direct presence in the university classrooms.