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Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russian Federation. With regard to its importance and scope it appears interesting to shed some light on the profiles of its typical students. This paper analyzes the personality of the modern first-year student at the Ural Federal University. The study is based on a systematic approach and involves a survey of 215 students who were asked to participate in several tests. Our analysis completed satisfactorily to the importance of pedagogical approach at Russian higher educational institutions. Our results help to create a psychological profile of a typical first-year student and describe his main goals and motivations with regard to the expectations from studying at the Ural Federal University.