What options were there if you wanted to continue studying after school? How accessible were higher education institutions to the average citizen? How would things like funding work?
Like say you were really good at Physics in school, would you have a realistic chance of being able to get a Physics degree for example?
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Generally, college was free and job placement was 100% since it was government centralized and there was a huge focus on preparing students for the workforce, and education was a priority. You picked a job before you graduated and had to work there for a certain number of years to sort of ‘repay’ the education.
Unfortunately degrees gained in the ussr weren’t transferable (in at least some cases). I know a few professors here who had to redo their PHDs because they weren’t accepted in the us.
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