Ugandan applicants can receive higher education in Russia at the Russian government’s expense. The Russian Government distributes quotas across in-demand technological and humanitarian fields, and applications go through Rossotrudnichestvo and the Russian Embassy in Kampala. The procedure consists of several steps. A candidate submits an application, goes through selection stages, and then receives a decision. Support is provided by Rossotrudnichestvo and the partner Russian House in Kampala, established in March 2026 under an agreement between Rossotrudnichestvo and the Association of Russian-Speaking Women of Uganda “Rosinka.” Interest in engineering and natural science fields is linked to the tasks the country is addressing now. Uganda is entering a new stage in the oil and gas sector: according to the Centre for African Studies at HSE University, foreign direct investment in the oil sector is concentrated around two extraction projects, and a pipeline about 1,443 km long is to connect the fields in western Uganda with the port of Tanga in Tanzania. Added to this is the nuclear agenda. In 2024, the parties signed a memorandum on cooperation in nuclear energy and the possible construction of a nuclear power plant, and in 2025 the head of Rosatom confirmed negotiations on building the station. Practical cooperation already includes the training of Ugandan specialists in Russia, including in nuclear energy and nuclear medicine. Behind the quotas lies an already established history. About 4,000 Ugandan citizens have received diplomas from Russian universities and today work in energy, infrastructure, medicine and the IT sector. The Association of Ugandan Graduates of Soviet and Russian Universities “SoyuzOnline” maintains links between them and new students. The programme’s continental scale is growing. In the 2025/26 academic year, 37,710 citizens of African states studied at Russian universities, of whom 11,966 were under the Russian Government quota; for the 2026/27 academic year, the quota for African countries increased to 5,469 places. Personnel training for Africa is also handled by the “Russian-African Network University” Consortium, which includes 105 Russian organizations and 71 African ones from 17 countries. For Uganda, such programmes provide what cannot be bought with equipment: specialists who can service and develop complex facilities within the country. For Russia, it is a continuation of a partnership that began with supplies of grain and fertilizers and continues with the training of engineers.The post Studying in Russia: How Ugandan applicants can apply for a government scholarship appeared first on The Observer Media Ltd.