The 2026 Applicant’s Online Portal: when does registration begin and where to start preparing
This has been reported by the Ministry of Education and Science.
At the same time, the Ministry emphasises that it is not compulsory to create an account on the first day the system goes live.
You may submit no more than 10 applications: up to 5 for state-funded places, and the remainder for fee-paying places. Applications may be spread across different universities or submitted for several degree programmes at a single institution.
Prioritising applications
Once submitted, it will not be possible to change the order of priority, so you should consider this very carefully. Priority can be set for both state-funded and fee-paying places if the applicant plans to apply for a state grant.
Degree programmes with special state support
For applicants to programmes with special state support, there are more state-funded places and higher grants available.
These include:
- education;
- natural sciences;
- mathematics;
- engineering;
- agriculture;
- transport and services;
- security and defence.
Key dates for the 2026 admissions cycle
- 1 July – start of registration for online accounts;
- 3 July – start of registration for creative competitions and interviews;
- 10 July (by 18:00) – deadline for registration for creative competitions and interviews (for contract-based places – by 25 July);
- 19 July – start of application submission;
- 1 August (by 18:00) – deadline for submitting applications;
- by 6 August – publication of recommendations for admission based on priority applications;
- by 11 August (18:00) – confirmation of choice of study location;
- by 13 August – enrolment on state-funded and contract-based places based on priority applications;
- 15 October – closure of the online application portals.
Applicants from temporarily occupied territories (TOT) and territories where active hostilities are taking place will take part in the selection process based on their National Multidisciplinary Test (NMT) results and will be eligible to apply for state-funded places under Quota 2.
The following groups will also be admitted under separate quotas:
- orphans,
- children deprived of parental care,
- and other specified categories of applicants.
The following will sit an internal interview at the university instead of the National Multidisciplinary Test (NMT):
- war veterans, combatants and persons with war-related disabilities;
- persons who have survived unlawful deprivation of personal liberty as a result of Russian aggression;
- applicants who were refused registration for the National Multidisciplinary Test (NMT) due to the inability to provide special arrangements for sitting the test.
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