(A CIS intern called VUST a few months ago about their ability to accept foreign students and was told "call us back in a couple of months, maybe we will have our third letter by then.") As we have mentioned before, the DHS agency regulating schools for foreign students does not require that such schools be credentialed by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Setting aside Moscow State (which I think I would have dropped from my resume were I in his shoes), that's eight institutions that could have said "sure, we accept VUST transfer students." And so VUST cannot accept foreign students. Meanwhile, VUST remains off the government's long list of institutions that may admit foreign students; the list is maintained by SEVP.