The Student Social Card can be obtained by full-time undergraduate and postgraduates students.

The social card gives you discounts on travel on the metro, MCC and MCD, city transport and on suburban and commuter trains in the Moscow region. 

To verify the discount, a student must carry a student ID at all times.

Fares

Students, postgraduates, and assistant trainees can travel on commuter rail tickets, including on the MCC with a 50% discount from 1 September to 15 June. You can sign up for a one-time ticket and/or a monthly pass for travelling on suburban trains, including the MCD, at suburban railway ticket offices or ticket vending machines

Check the current prices on the Mayor of Moscow website or the Moscow Metro website.

Applying for a social card

Important! To apply an application for the Social Card, foreign citizens need to obtain a SNILS-СНИЛС (Insurance Number of Individual Ledger Account). Learn how to do it here. 

You can apply for the issue of a Student Social card on the mos.ru website.
If you are unable to submit an application online, please contact the My Documents office for assistance.

• To apply for the card, the student's details must be listed in the Moscow Social Register. Please check if your details have been submitted to the register on the website. If the data is missing, the student should contact their programme manager. 
• The Student Social card will be issued within 30 days. Information about the readiness of the Student Social card will be sent to your personal account on the mos.ru website.
• You can pick up your card at the My Documents office selected when submitting your application.

Topping up a social card

The student social card can be topped up at:

• metro ticket offices and moscow transport kiosks;
• in the mobile application (for Android phones with NFC module).