Admission requirements to the master’s program next year will be changed

Draft Admission Procedure for Higher Education Institutions for 2025

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has presented a draft admission procedure for higher education institutions for 2025.

This document is meant to serve as the basis for the admission campaign for future master’s students and includes a series of innovations and changes that applicants should consider.

Main Provisions of the Draft Admission Procedure

1. Conditions for Admission to Master’s Programs: Admission to master’s programs is based on a bachelor’s or master’s degree. For medical, pharmaceutical, and veterinary specializations, admission is based on a complete secondary education or a junior specialist degree.

2. Master’s Program Based on Another Specialty: Applicants with a bachelor’s or master’s degree, even in another specialty, can be admitted to a master’s program provided they successfully pass entrance examinations.

3. Unified Entrance Examination (UEE) and Unified Professional Entrance Test (UPET): Admission to master’s programs in 2025 will be based on the results of the UEE and UPET, as well as consideration of motivation letters. The UEE will include a foreign language test and a general educational competence test. For certain specializations, there will be additional professional tests, depending on the field of study.

4. Passing Threshold for Examinations: The passing threshold for the UEE is set at 5 points for both parts of the test, while for the UPET, it is 35 points.

5. Special Admission Conditions: Applicants who are participants of the Revolution of Dignity, military personnel, or have disabilities will be able to enter based on an interview instead of standard exams. There is also a provision for transferring to vacant budget seats for those initially admitted on a contract basis.

6. Application Submission: Applicants will be able to submit applications through an electronic cabinet, which will be open for registration starting July 1, 2025. Applications for budget-funded places will be submitted with a priority ranking.

7. Competitive Selection and Calculation of Competitive Score: The competitive score will be calculated using a formula that includes assessments from the foreign language test, general educational competence test, and professional exam. Different specializations may have different conditions for calculating scores.

8. Admission Timelines: Registration for participation in the UEE and UPET, as well as the entrance examinations, is scheduled for July-August 2025. The formation of ranking lists of applicants and enrollment for budget-funded places will be completed by August 26, 2025.

9. Additional Admission: Higher education institutions may announce additional registration periods for applications for contract-based admission.

Some provisions may change following the final approval of the document.