Academic leave for medical reasons

Application process

Fill out the application in the my.itmo app or on my.itmo.ru / Requests and queues (Заявки и очереди) / Requests (Заявки) / Academic leave (Академический отпуск) / Academic leave for medical reasons (Предоставление академического отпуска по медицинским показаниям);
Attach scanned copies of documents relevant to your request: a certificate issued by a medical committee of a state medical organization;
Submit your request for approval to the Student Services Office;
Once the Student Services Office approves the request, you’ll be invited to the office to apply in person.

NB! The certificate issued by a medical committee you provided will be forwarded to the medical institution that issued it for verification.

The decision on granting academic leave for medical reasons is made by the head of the Student Services Office or a responsible official in case of their absence. If the decision is positive, the corresponding order will be issued within five days after the decision is made.

You will need to move out of your dorm room within three days after the order is approved. Students on fee-based positions do not pay for their education during academic leave.

Extension of academic leave

An academic leave for medical reasons can last for up to two years.

If you were granted academic leave for one year, but you have grounds for its extension, you need to:

Fill out the application¹ in the my.itmo app or on my.itmo.ru / Requests and queues (Заявки и очереди) / Requests (Заявки) / Academic leave (Академический отпуск) / Extension of academic leave for medical reasons (Продление академического отпуска по медицинским показаниям);
Attach scanned copies of documents confirming the need to extend your leave: a certificate issued by a medical committee of a state medical organization;
Submit your request for approval to the Student Services Office.

Once the Student Services Office approves the request, you’ll be invited to the office to apply in person. The order confirming the extension of your leave will be issued within ten days after the application.

Returning to your studies

Students have the chance to end their academic leave ahead of time². For this, they need to file a request to return to their studies:

Fill out the application in the my.itmo app or on my.itmo.ru / Requests and queues (Заявки и очереди) / Requests (Заявки) / Academic leave (Академический отпуск) / Return to studies after academic leave for medical reasons (Допуск к обучению после академического отпуска по медицинским показаниям);
To your application, attach scanned copies of documents confirming your ability to return to your studies: a certificate issued by a medical committee of a state medical organization;
Submit your request for approval to the Student Services Office;
Once the Student Services Office approves the request, you’ll be invited to the office to apply in person.

If you don’t apply for return to your studies, the Student Services Office will issue an order approving your return to studies once the period of your leave has ended.

Students continue their studies on the same conditions (tuition-free or fee-based) as before their leave.

NB! You can return from academic leave only to the same year of studies that you left from.

¹You need to apply for extension before the end of your academic leave.

²If a student started their academic leave in the spring semester, they can choose to resume their studies at the start of the academic year. If the leave started in the fall semester, it is not possible to return in the spring semester; resumption of studies is only possible at the start of an academic year.