Changes in legislation

The new procedure for licensing of educational activity will be established from January 1^st to December 31^st, 2021 by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation as of 18.09.2020 No. 1490.

The licensed activity is the provision of educational services on implementation of educational programs.

The approved licensing authorities are:

- The Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor) - in relation to:

• higher educational organizations,
• secondary vocational educational organizations in the following fields: defense, manufacture of products by the defense order, activities of law enforcement agencies and Russian guard forces, safety, nuclear energetics, transport and communication, science absorbing industry (the list is approved by the Government of the RF),
• organizations, situated outside the Russian Federation,
• organizations, established in accordance with the Russian international agreements,
• organizations, operating in the territory of diplomatic representatives and consular institutions of Russia,
• branches of foreign organizations.

- Executive government bodies of the constituent entities of the RF – in relation to:

• organizations, operating in the territory of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation, its branches in other constituent entities.

Educational organizations, operating in the territory of Skolkovo Innovation Сentre as well as innovation scientific and technological centers, may work without licenses, in accordance with the article 17 of the Federal law as of 28.09.2010 No. 244-FL and the article 21 of the Federal law as of 29.07.2017 No. 216-FL respectively.

The Provision, approved by the Decree of the Government, contains the licensed requirements for license applicants and licensees, the list of educational services, the documents and information necessary for the registration of a license.

A state fee is charged for the issuance or renewal of license.

The users of the Information and Analytical system Globas have access to all the available information (including archive data) about all educational organizations. Currently, there are almost 39 thousand active licenses for these types of activities.