Students have accused Kazan's online university, Urban, of defrauding them of money.

Over a thousand Urban University students from across Russia have united and started demanding tuition refunds. So far, with the help of Rospotrebnadzor, they have been able to return 87 million rubles. But hundreds of victims haven't received the money yet. have not received.

The agency reported that complaints about the "university" had been received throughout 2024. Rospotrebnadzor should intervene. had to back in July. However, in September, the Kazan mayor's office widely advertised a joint projectThe authorities have chosen Urban University, which offered its services, as a platform for free retraining of SVO participants and their relatives in IT professions. Admission to this program is still open on the "university" website.

Urban University, a resident of Skolkovo and Innopolis (a satellite city of Kazan), was called a "young and thriving company." However, students were dissatisfied with the quality of IT courses, priced from 120 rubles, and, most importantly, with the deception of the managers who lured them into studying.

To people promised Compensate for six months of free tuition with a state grant. True, they had to take out a loan, and the "university" transferred funds to pay it off every month. Starting from the seventh month, the loan had to be repaid in person, but the students were promised employment by that time. But in early 2025, dozens of students from all over the country stopped responding to their messages, and the money was no longer available. did not arrive to accounts "in connection with financial difficulties».  

In the Innopolis mayor's office, after the publicity, they began assure, who fought against Urban University's activities as best they could—they even terminated their lease agreements back in December.