How much does education differ in leading and provincial universities in Russia?

Question

IT education

Good evening.
I am an applicant and I am going to enter the university. However, I have a couple of questions.
The fact is that I sincerely would like to get good knowledge. But I hesitate with the choice of a higher educational institution. I am not interested in the prestige of the university, but only specifically the level of education.
To be specific: there is a choice between paid education at the country's leading university (conditionally St. Petersburg State University with its Mechanics and Mathematics, or something closer to programming, for example, PMI) and free education at a secondary university (conditionally UrFU or Moscow Polytechnic University with the same faculties) .
Then a couple of questions arise:
1) Is a paid education really worth the money spent on it, when there is a free one, if I may say so, an analogue?If the training program is the same, why pay more?
2) How much does the level of education provided differ between these two conditional universities? Obviously, instead of these conventions, others can be accepted, the essence is the same. Will the level of education suffer?
3) If everything is relatively clear with mathematics, is it the same everywhere (or not ..?), What about applied computer science in universities? Is the level of education of the conditional Ural Federal University or the Polytechnic University really far behind the leading universities of the country?
I sincerely apologize if the question may seem silly, but I'd love to see full, well-founded answers. Thank you.

Answer 1

I sincerely would like to give you a higher education in one of the leading universities. But I hesitate: are you worthy of it? Wouldn't it be better to send you to one of the provincial universities, where you will sit your pants on the budget?
Mathematics is different everywhere, it's you who are the same everywhere, and that's the ass. What is in a cool university, what is in a canopy - you will wait to be fed from a spoon. But it doesn't work. You will be fed from a shovel.

Answer 2

In some "leading" universities, the probability of getting to competent teachers is much higher. And vice versa. Let 's say that this institution has always been and remains "an institution where they enter because they live close", where the teachers themselves do not know what they are talking about, students drink in the classroom and no one teaches or learns anything. And located a few blocks from it MSTU. Bauman, although he has all sorts of riff-raff in the teaching staff, but does not consist entirely of riff-raff. In the first one, even if you wish, you will not be able to get any useful knowledge except completely on your own, in the second - if you wish, you will receive it. So it is important where to study and how to study (and, judging by the text of the question, you have a lot of problems with this).

Answer 3

A good university in the provinces and a bad university in the capital - how do you like it?
If in the same university, then the program is exactly the same and the teachers are the same, paid students study with free students together.
Then, that not everyone manages to enroll for free.
You need to look exactly what specific pairs of universities and not conditional
It doesn't matter for future work.
1-2 universities in the country, such as MIPT - yes, it's worth it.
The rest are not very significant.

Answer 4

1) Is a paid education really worth the money spent on it, when there is a free one, if I may say so, an analogue? If the training program is the same, why pay more?

Yes, and the quality in all respects corresponds to the definition of "free analogue". The program is not everything.
A university is also a place where it is located, and as a result, conferences and meetups, internships, offices of large companies, international student exchange programs, networking, and simply a different level of life.
In Russia, we have two and a half cities that are more or less suitable for life, so you have to choose between them.
Of course, the quality will be higher in the universities of Moscow / St. Petersburg. But! Your level of education depends only on you. The university will help you learn to think correctly, etc., but you have to invest a lot of effort for this.
I do not know about these specific universities, but I would recommend that you go to Moscow / St. Petersburg, why - I wrote above.
It's good that you understand the need for education, but if you are confused by the opinion on this matter from some people, then here is my answer, which may help you: University after the 11th?

Answer 5

There is a great video that will clarify some points. Just take a look, you won't regret it.
https://youtu.be/0C4uQ_MgYY8