Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

• Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia,
• Age of students: from 17 years,
• Type of training: mixed,
• Language of instruction: Russian.

The Academy was founded in 1927 in the city of Nizhny Novgorod.

The learning process includes a course of lectures and seminars, practical exercises, educational and pre-diploma practice.

The educational process is organized at the following faculties:

• Training of the operational staff of economic security and anti-corruption units,
• Training of specialists in the investigation of economic crimes,
• Training
• Distance learning,
• Retraining and advanced training.

The Academy conducts research activities within the framework of the following scientific schools:

• Actual problems of ensuring the economic security of modern Russia,
• Using the capabilities of the ARD in ensuring economic security,
• Forensic and criminal procedural means of ensuring the economic security of Russia,
• Implementation of criminal policy in the field of combating official and economic crime,
• Improvement of legal technique as a regularity of the law-making process in Russia (history, theory, practice),
• Theoretical and practical problems of development and implementation of the principles of modern criminal procedure,
• Economic forensics.

The Academy conducts international cooperation with the following organizations:

• Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus,
• Karaganda Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after Barymbek Beisenov,
• Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
• Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic named after Major-General of Militia Aliyev E.A.,
• Educational Complex of the Police of the Republic of Armenia,
• Mogilev Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.

The university provides nonresident full-time cadets with two nine-story dormitories. The total capacity is 417 people.

For meals for cadets and employees, the university has a canteen with three meals a day at the expense of the federal budget.

To involve students in social and scientific activities, the university organizes and takes part in the following events:

• All-Russian Sambo Tournament,
• Tournament among law enforcement agencies in Nizhny Novgorod,
• Educational and creative intellectual game "K.V.N. Conspiracy. Suddenness. Secrecy",
• Interuniversity Practical Motivational and Educational Forum "Development of the System of Higher Legal Education in the Russian Federation",
• Event "Taking the oath of an employee of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation",
• Olympiad in Accounting,
• Interuniversity educational and practical event "Guarding the Economy",
• All-Russian Congress of Councils of Young Scientists and Student Scientific Societies,
• Competition "Flight of Knowledge. Uniting Capitals",
• Action "The First Dawn of War",
• Pedagogical competition "Seraphim teacher",
• Ecological and patriotic action "Garden of Memory",
• Children's Art Contest "Under the Banner of Victory",
• Action "Day of Peace in the North Caucasus",
• All-Russian round table on the topic "Topical issues of interaction between operational and investigative units in the detection and disclosure of crimes."

Educational activities take place in a single campus, equipped with classrooms for lectures, seminars and practical work. The classrooms are equipped with modern technology: projectors, screens and computers.

Cadets are given free access to the library with a fund of 220,000 copies of educational and methodological literature.

For sports, the university has a gym.

The academic year is divided into two semesters: autumn and spring. At the end of each, an examination session is held, after passing, cadets can take a summer or winter vacation. All cadets are fully supported by the state.

For admission to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, you must provide:

• Proof of identity, citizenship,
• State-recognized certificate of education and qualifications,
• Confirmation of registration in the system of individual (personalized) accounting (if any),
• Certificate of registration at the place of stay (if you do not live at the place of permanent registration indicated in the passport),
• A certificate from the embassy (consulate) of a foreign state confirming the absence of foreign citizenship, if you were born (lived) in the territory of another state or had foreign citizenship,
• Autobiography
• Characteristics from the school and a statement of final grades for the first half of the year,
• Documents of military registration - for persons liable for military service and citizens subject to conscription for military service,
• Employment record book,
• Notification or certificate of registration with the tax authority.

If necessary, the applicant also provides:

• Proof of use of the right to admission within a special quota,
• Confirmation of individual achievements, the results of which are taken into account at admission,
• Proof of disability or disability.

The necessary package of documents is submitted to the university in person to the admissions office.

At the moment, the academy has more than 400 state-funded places.

After completing the training, cadets become qualified specialists in the legal field and can work in the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

For admission to bachelor's and specialist's educational programs, an applicant must:

• Completed education not lower than secondary general,
• Points received for the exam are not lower than:
  • Mathematics — 27,
  • Russian language — 36,
  • Social Studies — 42,
  • History — 30

For admission to master's programs, you must:

• Completed higher education,
• Successful completion of university entrance examinations with scores of at least 40.

For admission to postgraduate programs, you must:

• Completed higher education,
• Successful completion of entrance examinations, with scores not lower than:
  • Special discipline – 55,
  • Philosophy — 50,
  • Foreign language — 40.

The following types of scholarships are distinguished:

• of the President of the Russian Federation,
• Government of the Russian Federation,
• Nominal Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

In addition, the university provides financial assistance to students in need.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision