Where RIS Graduates Enrolled in 2024/2025: Analytics and Educational Trends
Analytics, trends, and a new academic generation
Each RIS graduating class reflects the entire educational philosophy of the school: a combination of strong academic foundations, thoughtful career guidance, dedicated teacher support, and students’ own motivation.
The 2024/2025 academic year became especially significant — it demonstrated how confidently our graduates navigate the global higher education landscape.
Geography of Admissions: How the Directions Were Distributed
The admission results, expressed in percentage terms, present a vivid and revealing picture:
- 25% of graduates chose the United Kingdom, continuing their studies at universities such as King’s College London.
- 13% enrolled in the United States, selecting strong international programs, including Loyola Marymount University (LMU).
- 62% continued their education at leading Russian universities, including Moscow State University (Higher School of Business, Higher School of Contemporary Social Sciences, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine), RANEPA, MIREA, and the Institute of Culture.
This distribution highlights something essential:
our students navigate the global educational landscape not theoretically, but practically. They choose programs not by the name of a country, but by the strength of their academic content, research potential, and long-term development opportunities.
Such conscious decision-making distinguishes mature applicants from those who simply “go where they get in.”
What Drives These Results: The Three Pillars of RIS
Consistently strong admission outcomes are not a coincidence. They are the result of the educational architecture RIS builds.
1. An Academic Foundation That Supports Confident Admissions
The combination of Russian and international programs, advanced subject preparation, and consistent project and research work helps students develop:
- deep analytical thinking;
- the ability to work with primary sources;
- structured logic and academic discipline.
These skills form a strong foundation for successful studies at any level — in UK, US, or Russian universities.
2. Career Guidance That Starts Long Before the Final Exams
Career guidance at RIS is not a short conversation before graduation — it is a complex, ongoing system that includes:
- early exposure to different fields in middle school,
- subject-focused development,
- consultations with academic mentors,
- analysis of personal strengths,
- formation of an individual academic trajectory in Grades 9–11.
This structure allows students to choose their future path consciously, rather than through guesswork.
3. Soft Skills as a Mandatory Component of University Preparation
Teamwork, communication, independence, analytical thinking, presentation skills — all these competencies are developed at RIS just as systematically as academic subjects.
These flexible skills help graduates adapt confidently at universities in different countries, maintain academic pace, and build healthy social and academic relationships.
Creating Conditions for Academic Growth
RIS provides an environment in which students not only identify suitable academic areas, but also build a trajectory that prepares them for admission to top Russian and international universities.
We support students at every stage — from expanding academic interests and shaping professional orientations to preparing for exams and building portfolios.
Each new school year opens new opportunities: advanced subjects, research, projects, consultations, choosing programs and universities.
And we are confident that future achievements will be just as impressive as those of this year’s graduates.
If you would like to discuss your child’s academic path or learn more about RIS’s approach to career guidance and high-level academic preparation, our team is always ready to help.
Coming Next
In upcoming materials, we will share detailed stories of this year’s graduates:
what programs they chose, which decisions proved decisive, and how their admission journeys unfolded.
We are preparing extended interviews where students will share their experiences, impressions, and advice for future applicants.
Stay with us — many insightful and inspiring stories are ahead.