Information for foreigners
Procedure of admission
A foreign citizen or a head of a firm sends to Lugansk State Institute of Culture and Arts (LSICA) an application form addressed to the Rector. The application should contain the following information about the candidate:
а) country of residence;
b) name and surname;
c) year of birth;
d) attested copy of the certificate of secondary education with marks in all subjects;
e) name of speciality which a foreign citizen wants to get.
Documents named in items а), b), c), d), e) are sent by post or fax.
After the Entrance examination Committee considers and pronounces a positive decision the institute informs a foreign national or a firm-candidate for education about this decision.
On the request LSICA makes an invitation letter for candidates’ education.
After receiving an invitation the candidate should get visa at the Embassy of Ukraine. At the same time the candidate for entering Lugansk State Institute of Culture and Arts prepares the following documents:
а) a copy of the certificate of secondary education with marks in all the subjects;
b) a document testifying the absence of HIV;
c) a medical certificate about the state of health attested by the official health protection body of the country of residence of a foreigner and given not later than two months before his/her coming to study to Ukraine;
d) an attested copy of birth-certificate;
e) 6 photos (size: 60х40 mm);
f) an insurance policy of giving emergency medical help (except citizens of those countries which have signed the agreement about free emergency medical help);
g) a return ticket with the open date of coming back to the motherland; the ticket should be valid during one year.
The admission of foreign nationals from foreign countries to LSICA is accomplished on the basis of bi- or trilateral agreements on the specially provided vacancies (a trilateral agreement is signed if a foreigner comes to receive education on behalf of an intermediary firm which has the license of the Ministry of Education for such kind of activity). The admission of foreign nationals from the countries of the CIS to the institute is accomplished by the results of an interview on the grounds of bi- or trilateral agreements on the specially provided vacancies. The interview includes the curriculum of general disciplines taught at a general secondary school of Ukraine.
Other questions connected with the university entering not covered above are settled by the Entrance examination Committee according to the ‘Procedure of admission to the first year of studies to the Lugansk State Institute of Culture and Arts’.
Procedure of registration
For the period of studies foreign students are registered and receive a residence permit at the LSICA dormitory. In case of renting a private flat a foreign student should conclude a treaty of renting. Then according to the legislation in force an owner of the flat sends in documents to his district department of Home affairs which gives the student a temporary registration by the given address for the period of contract validity.
How to get to LSICA
A foreigner or a head of a firm buys a ticket and informs us (Foreign Students Department of LSICA) about the date of arrival (seven days before the flight) and about the number of the coming group members.
Our address:
- Foreign Students Department
- Lugansk Institute of Culture and Arts
- 7, Krasna Ploshcha
- Lugansk, 91055, Ukraine
- Phone: +38(0642)931716
- E-mail: interlsica@gmail.com
Cost of education and living
Education costs comprise 11,000 - 17,000 (1500-2000 $ USA) hryven' per year depending on form of education, training specialties and directions.
An average cost of living in LSICA dormitory is 150-300 hriven` per month
If students are not satisfied with the living conditions at the dormitory, they can rent a room or an apartment in the city. The rent price varies depending on the living conditions from 85 to 500 $ USA. You can address to numerous real estate agencies which offer these services or follow advertisements every Monday or Wednesday in the newspapers (column “Аренда” (‘Renting’). If a student finds a room or an apartment, he should conclude an agreement with its owner in two duplicates in which all the conditions of living in this room or apartment will be specified. Then this agreement should be registered at the taxation institutions by the place of living of an owner.
Special needs
In case of need students can receive first medical aid calling 103. Medical service is offered for students of the university in the hospital №8 of Lugansk. In case of emergency situations students can turn for help to the Central administrative board dealing with emergency cases of the Luhans’k oblast’ government, telephone numbers of a person on duty: 54-20-59, 53-33-70 and to the Central administrative board of the Emergency Situations Ministry of Luhans’k oblast’, telephone number of a person on duty: 54-45-44.