Belarus restricts full-time paid medical degrees for second-time students in 2026
He Asked the Education Ministry: What Should We Do?
In 2026, prospective students will no longer be able to enroll in paid full-time programs at the country's medical universities. This has left several Belarusians—who already hold a higher education degree but wish to pursue a second one in medicine—wondering what options remain. The issue is that those who previously studied on a state-funded basis can only enroll a second time as fee-paying students. The Ministry of Education has now responded, as reported by Zerkalo.
At a press conference held at the National Press Center on the 2026 admissions campaign, multiple people submitted questions to education officials, asking whether they could apply to medical universities if they had already obtained a degree through state funding.
Sergei Pishchov, head of the Ministry of Education's Main Directorate for Vocational Education, clarified: if an applicant's first degree was free, their second can only be obtained on a paid basis. Admission slots for such applicants are allocated above the approved enrollment quotas.
"Given that this year's approved quotas do not include paid full-time places—meaning medical universities are not accepting students for full-time paid programs—those wishing to study in such programs will have no opportunity to enroll beyond these quotas," Pishchov explained.
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