Russia’s General Prosecutor Office has launched a probe into student admissions at the Russian State Medical University (RSMU, a leading Moscow medical school formerly known as the Second Medical Institute). Since 2003, students to most Russian colleges and universities, including the RSMU, have been admitted on the basis of the results of the independent Unified State Exam (USE), partly with a view to avoid admissions bribery. However, it has emerged that of 800 applicants admitted to RSMU in 2011 with state stipends, 700 are fictitious persons. Apparently, the plan was to later sell the places to other applicants that do not have the necessary USE points. The price for a place was reported to be about $13,000. The university explains that the incident merely involves a “computer malfunction.”
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1693067
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=353222 (video)
UPDATE: RSMU chancellor fired over admissions scandal
http://lenta.ru/news/2011/08/10/gpmed/
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