The admission to colleges and vocational schools begins on July 16, simultaneously with admission to high schools, IPN reports, quoting the Ministry of Education.

This year the colleges will enroll 9,065 students, 4,309 of whom will benefit from a budget-funded place. Of the total number of places, 735 were allocated for private institutions. As many as 1,161 places were earmarked for general medicine, 670 – for road transport auto, 505 – for informatics, 485 – for bookkeeping, 271 – for pre-school teaching, while 250 – for social assistance.

“At colleges, the candidates have the right to take part in the admission contest simultaneously at three specialties, at the same education institution, but can be admitted to only one specialty,” acting deputy minister of education Loretta Handrabura told a news conference. Admission to colleges will end on August 8, while the results will be posted on August 10. A new contest to fill the vacant places will be held on August 11-13, while the results will be made public on August 15.

A number of 11,000 students will be admitted to vocational schools, 9,701 of which are budget-funded. The largest number of places - 2,475 - were allocated for the construction specialty.

The students who didn’t graduate from the secondary school, but turned 16 can take part in the admission contest at vocational schools and will be admitted to specialties teaching a profession during two years.

Admission at vocational schools will end on August 14, while the results will be announced on August 16. The contest will be rerun on August 17-20, while the final results will be posted before August 25.