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The majority of ninth-graders this year plan to enroll in colleges, and 11th-graders - in universities, says the SuperJob study. 63% of 11th-graders this year plan to enroll in universities, and 11% plan to continue their studies in colleges and schools. This is evidenced by the results of a survey of their parents conducted by the SuperJob service (available to RBC).
The study involved 2 thousand parents of ninth and 11th grade students from all federal districts. The survey was conducted from April 1 to April 20, 2026 in 383 localities.
In turn, among parents of ninth-graders, 56% reported that their children would go to college this year. Another 29% of respondents said that their child has not yet made a decision about continuing education. Among 11th graders, the share of undecideds is 13%.
According to the study, the most popular areas in universities were engineering and medicine (15% each), IT (12%), as well as the professions of translator and linguist (11%), lawyer and teacher (6% each), PR manager and economist (5% each).
Among those entering colleges and schools, IT areas remain the leaders. 20% of parents said that their children would master the profession of a programmer or IT specialist, 15% - workers in construction and manufacturing, 14% - medicine, 10% - pedagogy, 7% - jurisprudence and construction.
On June 1, the main period for taking the Unified State Exam starts in Russia. To receive a certificate, schoolchildren will have to pass Russian language and mathematics (minimum scores are 24 and 27, respectively). To enroll in a university, you can additionally choose an unlimited number of disciplines.
Previously, Gosuslugi introduced a free service for preparing for the Unified State Exam, with which you can practice solving standard tasks, systematize your knowledge, and become familiar with the test format.
According to the rating of the Ministry of Labor, the leaders in training bachelors in the field of Informatics and Computer Science among universities with a large number of graduates are the Higher School of Economics, Innopolis University and ITMO University. In the field of clinical medicine, these are Surgut State University, Tyumen State Medical University of the Ministry of Health and Mari State University. And in the field of economics and management, the Ministry of Labor recognized the leaders of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade and the Financial University under the Government of Russia.
