Higher education: special admission conditions

16 October 2025

Applicants registered as internally displaced persons (IDPs) can use special admission conditions or transfer to studies funded by the state or regional budget.

These conditions apply to obtaining:

- a bachelor's degree, including in medicine, pharmacy or veterinary medicine, on the basis of complete general secondary education or National Qualifications Framework level 5 (junior specialist/bachelor);

- a master's degree on the basis of National Qualifications Framework level 6 (bachelor) or level 7 (master).

Transfer is possible to vacant publicly funded places if these are available at the educational institution.

How do you enrol in or transfer to state-commissioned studies?

- Read the admission rules on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and of your chosen institution

- Register an electronic applicant account and upload all the necessary documents

- Enter information about your entitlement (IDP status). If necessary, contact any educational institution to confirm the information.

Meet the enrolment requirements and wait for a decision on transfer to state- or regionally commissioned places, if available.

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Details by telephone: 6 (800) 504 425 - education hotline for residents of the temporarily occupied territories