OREANDA-NEWS. March 13, 2009. Dmitry Medvedev met with the Rector of Moscow State University, Viktor Sadovnichy, and Rector of St Petersburg State University Nikolai Kropachev.
 
They discussed current problems in higher education, in particular the possibility of permanently waiving tuition fees for high-achieving students if it is possible within the budget-funded quota of places.

They touched separately on the problem of employment for university graduates.