In 2015, the WPC Energy Russian National Committee launched the “Golden Legacy of the World Petroleum Council” Scholarship, which aims to identify and support the most talented and promising students from all over Russia. This competition is held annually.

The main criteria for eligibility for this scholarship are:

• Full-time enrollment as a bachelor's, specialist's, master's, or postgraduate student;
• Study in the field of oil and gas at an institution with state accreditation;
• High academic performance throughout the entire period of study;
• Demonstrated achievements in science or public activities.

To date, ten rounds of the competition have been held. 91 representatives from 25 Russian universities have already received the “Golden Legacy of the WPC” Scholarship.

How to apply for a scholarship

Candidates should fill in the registration form and attach the following documents:

• Nomination form of the approved sample;
• Certificates of appreciation and other documents (including scans of publications in science books) confirming achievements should be uploaded to a file sharing service in JPEG, PNG, PDF format and a link should be provided in the registration form. Each acknowledgement file must be named by the short name of the achievement indicated in the nomination form;
• essay "Why I deserve the Scholarship?" (design requirements: no more than 1 page of A4 format, in MS Word (.doc or .docx), Times New Roman font (12 pt.) with line spacing – 1.5, indent "first line" – 1 cm, all margins are 2 cm) must be attached to the registration form;
• video message in English on "My role in shaping sustainable future of the energy industry" (requirements: duration not exceeding 5-7 minutes, video file). A link to the video message must be provided in the registration form.

Universities - project participants:

• Almetyevsk State Oil Institute
• Astrakhan State Technical University
• Bashkir State University
• Gubkin University
• Dagestan State Technical University
• Far Eastern Federal University
• Irkutsk National Research Technical University
• Kazan National Research Technological University
• Kazan Federal University
• Kuban State Technological University
• National University of Science and Technology MISIS
• MGIMO University
• Murmansk Arctic University
• Murmansk State Technical University
• Novosibirsk State University
• North Caucasus Federal University
• Perm National Research Polytechnic University
• Saint Petersburg Mining University
• North (Arctic) Federal University
• Siberian Federal University
• Tomsk Polytechnic University
• Tyumen Industrial University
• Udmurt State University
• Ufa State Petroleum Technological University
• Ufa University of Science and Technology
• Ukhta State Technical University

Gallery of fellows

August 2025

Radmir Bakhtigaraev, Kazan Federal University
Ilya Balov, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Dmitry Belov, Tyumen Industrial University
Maxim Chizh, Ufa State Petroleum Technical University
Ekaterina Filatova, Astrakhan State Technical University
Kamil Ishmukhametov, Tomsk Polytechnic University
Darya Kiseleva, Tyumen Industrial University
Nikita Nikitin, North Caucasus Federal University
Anna Novikova, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Anna Zenovskaya, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

August 2024

Dmitry Alexandrov, Ufa University of Science and Technology
Anastasia Barshenina, Murmansk Arctic University
Darya Belikova, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas  
Anastasia Pushina, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Marat Sabitov, Tyumen Industrial University
Mikhail Samarin, Kuban State Technological University
Maria Sivkova, Tyumen Industrial University
Insaf Shamanov, Tomsk Polytechnic University
Sofia Volkova, Tyumen Industrial University

April 2020

Boris Anikhushin (Gubkin University)
Sofia Dunaeva (Siberian Federal University)
Kirill Goridko (Gubkin University)
Lilia Lunkova (Far Eastern Federal University)
Nailya Nugmanova (Gubkin University)
Ivan Oleynik (Saint Petersburg Mining University)
Vyacheslav Popov (Tyumen industrial University)
Evgeny Rudykh (Irkutsk National Research Technical University)
Maksim Voronov (Tyumen industrial University)
Daria Yakovleva (Ufa State Petroleum Technological University)



In Moscow in April 2021, on the site of the National Oil and Gas Forum, Award ceremony scholarship winners was held. The new group of scholarship winners was congratulated by Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Pavel Sorokin and the industry veteran, President of the Union of Oil and Gas Producers of Russia Genady Shmal. The ceremony was attended by Valery Yazev, Chairman of the Association “Russian National Committee of the World Petroleum Council”, and Vlada Streletskaya, Director of RNC of the WPC.

October 2019

Vilena Valiullina (Bashkir State University)
Anzhelika Eremeeva (Saint Petersburg Mining University)
Gleb Kashin (Udmurt State University)
Alexey Kishankov (Gubkin University)
Alexander Kochnev (Perm National Research Polytechnic University)
Kirill Sinebrukhov (Tomsk Polytechnic University)
Anastasia Sitalo (Kazan National Research Technological University)
Linara Telekova (Astrakhan State Technical University)
Alexander Ustuzhanin (Irkutsk National Research Technical University)
Ivan Shibaev (National University of Science and Technology MISIS)



The honouring of students and post-graduate students, who were awarded scholarships "Golden Legacy of the World Petroleum Council" according to the results of the competitive selection, took place on 23rd October in St. Petersburg, at the main site of the 3rd Russian-UK Raw Materials Dialogue in the multifunctional complex "Gorny". In the presence of leading experts of the two countries in the field of subsoil use, the awards were presented by Valery Yazev, Chairman of the Russian National Committee of the World Petroleum Council, and Vlada Streletskaya, Director of the RNC of the WPC.

June 2019

Valentina Bliuk (Gubkin University)
Dmitrii Ermolovich (Novosibirsk State University)
Roman Inshakov (Far Eastern Federal University)
Arslan Isaev (Dagestan State Technical University)
Maksim Ivanov (Ufa State Petroleum Technical University)
Marsel Kadyrov (Tyumen Industrial University)
Artur Khisamov (Bashkir State University)
Aleksandr Kormishin (MGIMO University)
Grigorii Krivilev (Udmurt State University)
Viktor Morev (Tomsk Polytechnic University)
Dmitrii Nechaev (Tomsk Polytechnic University)
Ivan Perepletkin (Tyumen Industrial University)
Valeriia Starshaia (Saint Petersburg Mining University)
Miliausha Urazaeva (Kazan Federal University)



The scholarship winners were honoured in the Congress Hall of the multifunctional complex "Gorny" on June 23, 2019 right after the Key Plenary Session of the VI Youth Forum of the World Petroleum Council. The rewards to future oil and gas industry specialists who were awarded with the “Golden Legacy of the WPC” scholarship for excellent studies and active social work were presented by Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, and Tor Fjaeran, President of the World Petroleum Council.

July 2017

Arthur Akhmetov (Gubkin University)
Lesana Kurbonnshoeva (Gubkin University)
Alexei Vikhrov (Gubkin University)

November 2016

Ivan Belozerov (North (Arctic) Federal University)
Pavel Dedeev (Tomsk Polytechnic University)
Maria Gusarova (Gubkin University)
Shamil Islamov (Saint Petersburg Mining University)
Gulshat Karimova (Ufa State Petroleum Technological University)
Ivan Kurchatov (Gubkin University)
Tagir Nafikov (Almetyevsk State Oil Institute)
Olga Paveleva (Tyumen Industrial University)
Igor Zerkin (Murmansk State Technical University)

June 2016

Yaroslav Aleksandrov (Gubkin University)
Eleonora Belova (Gubkin University)
Mikhail Lyalinov (Gubkin University)
Azamat Nurashov (Gubkin University)
Iurii Raiskii (Gubkin University)

October 2015

Anna Evdokimova (Tyumen Industrial University)
Vladislav Konovalov (Almetyevsk State Oil Institute)
Dmitrii Koshechkin (Gubkin University)
Alexandra Malaya (Murmansk State Technical University)
Gulnur Minnegulova (Saint Petersburg Mining University)
Veronika Reznova (Ufa State Petroleum Technological University)
Daria Rozhkova (Tomsk Polytechnic University)
Ekaterina Selivanova (Ukhta State Technical University)
Indira Valeeva (Gubkin University)

September 2015

Zhansaya Alimaganbetova (Gubkin University)
Roman Boitsov (Murmansk State Technical University)
Igor Chaplin (Tomsk Polytechnic University)
Daniil Kobylinskii (Tyumen Industrial University)
Alexei Lobanov (North (Arctic) Federal University)
Vadim Sayakhov (Almetyevsk State Oil Institute)
Ekaterina Semitkina (Ukhta State Technical University)
Aigul Telesheva (Ufa State Petroleum Technological University)
Dmitrii Timchenko (Saint Petersburg Mining University)
Marat Tukhvatullin (Gubkin University)

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