In 2025, 28,383 people were admitted to Russian universities under the benefit for war participants in Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science told Vedomosti. This is 74.2% more than last year. In total, for the 2025-2026 academic year, the Ministry of Education and Science allocated more than 619.1 thousand budget places. Thus, the number of admissions under the benefit amounted to 4.6% of the total number of budget places in the country.
At the same time, the military and their relatives did not fully utilize the benefit: in total, there were 50,957 benefit places for war participants in the country this academic year, 55.7% of them were filled. Last year, 50,496 places were allocated under the benefit, of which military families filled 32.3%.
As the publication writes, 370 students were admitted to the Higher School of Economics under a separate quota (+37% compared to 2024), 355 people to RANEPA (+70%), 295 people were enrolled at Bauman Moscow State Technical University (+54%), 252 students at SPbPU (+70%), and 41 applicants at MIPT (+105%).
The fewest students under the quota were admitted to the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI — 52 people (+21%).
The share of places under such a quota in Russia is at least 10% of the total number of budget places. At the same time, universities can increase it independently.