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Agent sites say PSMU has 4, 7 or 12 hostels and charge anywhere from $250 to $1,800 a year for them. The university's own documents say 5 hostels, 1,310 places, rent of 3,476 to 4,747 roubles a month by rector's order, and one clause nobody quotes: a place is not guaranteed.
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Every Russian state university publishes its tuition in a signed order on its own website. We pulled the 2026-27 orders for Orenburg, Perm and Kalmyk and put the real numbers next to the dollar figures agents quote. Two of those agent fee tables turned out to be identical for two different universities.
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Search Orenburg's FMGE pass rate and the first page of Google gives you three different numbers. Here is every year since 2019 from the NBEMS reports themselves, with the denominators the other sites leave out.
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Only 4,635 of 36,300 candidates cleared FMGE June 2026 — a 12.77% pass rate. Foreign medical graduates protested, the Supreme Court issued notice, and NBEMS ordered a review.
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A NEET score that qualifies, the 50th percentile for General/EWS or the 40th for OBC/SC/ST, is enough for MBBS in Russia; there is no rank race. What the qualifying mark works out to, what a low score means, costs and next steps.
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Yes, NEET is compulsory for MBBS in Russia in 2026 if you plan to practise in India. Here's what NMC's rules require: a qualifying percentile, not a rank.
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The latest Stavropol State Medical University fee structure, taken from the university's own signed 2026-27 order - not the 2025 rate still circulating everywhere else. Plus the full NBEMS FMGE record from 2012 to 2025 with denominators shown, and its live World Directory listing.
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NEET UG 2026 officially cancelled by NTA on 12 May 2026 after CBI probe into alleged paper leak. Fees being refunded, re-exam dates to be announced. Full timeline + how MBBS in Russia compares as backup with ₹24-32 Lakhs total cost.
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A complete 2026 breakdown of NMC rules for MBBS abroad — including the 54-month duration rule, mandatory internship norms, FMGE vs NEXT comparison, country-wise FMGE records, document checklist, and the most common mistakes Indian students make. Updated for the 2026 admission cycle.
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Sechenov University for Indian students: medical teaching since 1758, 1st in RAEX's 2026 Russian ranking for Medicine, 851–900 in the QS World University Rankings 2027, entrance tests in Chemistry and Russian, and tuition of 12.5 lakh roubles in year 1, rising to 17.56 lakh by year 6.
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