📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has started the winter admission campaign for the zero course for all interested parties. Winter admission is an experimental project initiated by the President of Ukraine for a preparatory department with an expanded program for applicants. Applicants can choose a specialty and a higher education institution and already join the university campus and community. The zero course will provide systematic preparation for the NMT, help make up for educational losses, and adapt to university studies.
Winter admission is a bridge between school and university programs: without unnecessary barriers for youth from frontline areas and military personnel, with support for those in need, and with a real advantage for those who decide on a university in advance, as enrollment will take place in the so-called zero course, explains the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, Oksen Lisovyi.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has developed rules and teaching standards so that all interested parties have a competent and systematic approach to preparation within the main admission campaign. State support is possible with clearly defined parameters and obligations for higher education institutions, namely: quality standards, duration of study, volume of material, as well as additional conditions for privileged categories. The program can last from three to six months. This is a minimum of 360 hours of study, where each mandatory subject of the NMT (Ukrainian language, mathematics, history of Ukraine), as well as an elective subject, will have at least 90 hours of teaching.
Higher education institutions can also provide additional support: teaching of Ukrainian studies components, psychological support, and assistance in choosing professional orientation. The zero course is useful and accessible to graduates of this and previous years of study, Ukrainians abroad, and those who have already returned, as well as certain categories of individuals whose educational losses are related to the consequences of the war. Targeted support is for those who need it the most. The state provides free education in the zero course for children and adults from temporarily occupied territories, military personnel, and veterans. Higher education institutions will announce enrollment for the zero course after the programs are approved. Information about submitting applications, admission conditions, and study periods can be found on the universities websites. The first enrollments of zero course students will begin their studies in January 2026. Specific conditions, deadlines, and a list of documents can be found on the website of the chosen higher education institution in the Winter admission section.
