The Ministry of Education announced the dates for the 2026 admissions campaign for secondary vocational education, BELTA reports. Applications for state-funded places for applicants with a general basic education will be accepted from July 18 to August 3, and for fee-paying places from July 18 to August 10. For specialties with entrance examinations, applications will be accepted from July 18 to 23, with the examinations themselves taking place from July 24 to 29. For specialties in the fields of agriculture and veterinary science, applications for state-funded places will be accepted from July 18 to August 6, and for fee-paying places from July 18 to August 10. Applicants with a general secondary or vocational education will be able to submit documents for state-funded places from July 18 to August 11, and for fee-paying places from July 18 to August 15. For specialties for which entrance examinations are held, admission will be held from July 18 to August 4, and the examinations themselves will be held from August 5 to 8. For the specialty "Legal Support of Public Safety," documents will be accepted from July 18 to August 1, for specialties in the "Agriculture" and "Veterinary Science" fields - from July 18 to August 13 (for paid education - until August 15), and for correspondence education - from October 15 to November 30. Applicants with a general basic education will be admitted to the budget-funded program by August 6, and to the paid program - by August 12. Applicants who passed entrance examinations for their specialty will be admitted to the budget-funded program by July 31, and to the paid program - by August 12. For specialties in the "Agriculture" and "Veterinary Science" fields of study, admission to the budget-funded program will occur by August 8, and to the paid program - by August 12. Applicants with general secondary or vocational education will be enrolled in budget-funded programs by August 13, and in fee-paying programs by August 17. Applicants who have passed entrance examinations in their specialty will be enrolled in budget-funded programs by August 10, and in fee-paying programs by August 17. For the specialty "Legal Support of Public Safety," enrollment will occur by August 7, for specialties in the "Agriculture" and "Veterinary" programs, budget-funded programs will occur by August 14, for fee-paying programs by August 17, and for correspondence programs by December 10. Additional admission to budget-funded programs (if necessary) in secondary specialized education institutions for applicants with general basic education will occur by August 11. In addition, the deadline for additional admission to budget-funded programs on the basis of general secondary or vocational education has been set - until August 16 (including for specialties for which entrance examinations are held, as well as for specialties in the "Agriculture" and "Veterinary" programs).Moreover, additional recruitment for the specialty "Legal Support of Public Safety" will, if necessary, take place until August 8, and for specialties in the educational fields "Agriculture" and "Veterinary Science" in correspondence courses - until December 11.
