The Sechenov Olympiad in Biology and Chemistry

It closed on 29 October 2026 at 23:59 Moscow time.

The official 2026/27 timetable: registration from 1 October 2026 at 00:01 to 29 October 2026 at 23:59, and the first stage 10 – 30 November.

That window was for registering in the olympiad and the first stage together. So anyone who didn't register cannot enter the qualifying stage held in November.

International participation is officially documented in the latest completed edition, 2025/26.

The organiser published its list of final-stage venues, with 6 venues outside Russia (Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Mongolia) alongside 17 venues inside Russia. Sechenov also described a specific mechanism for the results of foreign year-11 students through the «Интеробразование» system.

🏛️ The olympiad is also number 18 on the Ministry of Science list for 2026/27, whose own title ties it to the quota for educating foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia.

📄 The 2026/27 regulations include "those studying these programmes abroad" and accept a foreign citizen's passport as the identity document. ⚠️ But final-stage registration asks you to upload a СНИЛС number (the Russian insurance number), and the regulations don't say what a foreigner uses instead — so ask the organisers before you register.

No. This is the most important answer on the page, so take it in full.

① The officially published benefit is the right to 100 points — the winner or prize-winner is treated as having scored 100 in the entrance exam for the matching subject (biology or chemistry). That's an exam score, not a place or funding.

② And it's conditional: you need at least 75 points in the ЕГЭ or the general internal exam in the same subject, and the winning result must be from year 10 or 11. Otherwise the benefit doesn't apply.

③ And it's not "admission without an exam": the same admission document states that the university does not grant admission without entrance exams on the basis of school-olympiad results.

④ And admission itself is competitive, depending on available places, the university's rules and the applicant's status.

Bottom line: a real, strong advantage in the competition — but not a scholarship or a place.

It's a possibility, not a guarantee.

Sechenov University's official statement says the olympiad organisers themselves submit the results of year-11 students from foreign countries to the «Интеробразование» system, and thanks to this, foreign citizens can receive a «направление» to study at one of the Russian universities from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

🔴 "Can" — not "will". The source speaks of a possibility, and does not promise a guaranteed scholarship, guaranteed admission or a reserved quota place, nor does it limit the destination to Sechenov itself (the text says "one of the Russian universities").

🧩 And it's a completely separate route from Sechenov's right to 100 points — don't mix them up.

Not all of it.

The qualifying stage is remote per the 2026/27 regulations — a test in your personal account from wherever you are.

The final is in person on one day between 1 February and 1 April 2027, at the University and regional venues — and the venue list hasn't been published yet. In 2025/26 the venues were inside and outside Russia.

⚠️ Don't assume you can sit the final from your country: the venues abroad in the last edition were in six countries only, and the 2026/27 venues haven't been announced yet.

It is, but differently from a year-11 student.

Biology accepts from year 5, and chemistry from year 8 (per the last completed edition). So you're eligible for both subjects.

But the admission benefit is another matter: Sechenov's admission rules require the winning result to be from year 10 or 11, and the officially described «Интеробразование» mechanism is for foreign year-11 students.

The university's statement says winners from years 5–9 receive places at summer and science schools and trips to the «Орлёнок» and «Сириус» centres.

So treat it now as real practice and level-building — the bigger reward comes when you enter it in year 10 or 11.

Russian — per the 2026/27 regulations («Рабочим языком проведения Олимпиады является русский язык»), and the registration form is filled in Russian.

What we saw ourselves: the official trainers from past seasons are all in Russian, as are the regulations, instructions and results, and the personal-account portal.

⚠️ No English track is published — and we won't invent one. If you need a definitive answer, ask the organiser before registering.

No. The official registration instructions say that registration is done afresh every year, and accounts from previous years are not valid.

So you need a new account in the registration window (1–29 October 2026), to complete the form, and to choose the olympiad profile from the start.

The first-stage dates are officially published for 2026/27 on the organiser's page, and we verified them on 8 September 2026.

For the final stage, the 2026/27 regulations (Положение / Регламент) set the window and the format: in person on one day between 1 February and 1 April 2027 — the exact day and the venues haven't been announced yet.

So check the official page before each stage — the link is in the "Official sources" section above.