Kyrgyzstan universities enroll over 35,000 students

Kyrgyzstan's higher education institutions have successfully concluded their admission campaign, enrolling a total of 35,099 students. The data, compiled by the 'Abiturient Online' automated information system, reveals a significant preference for contract-based education, with nearly 80% of admitted students securing places through this funding model.

Out of the total enrolled, 27,800 students, or 79.3%, were admitted on a contract basis. In contrast, approximately 7,300 students, representing 20.7%, were admitted to state-funded (budget) places. This enrollment figure falls short of the universities' initial target, which aimed to admit around 65,000 applicants, including 9,500 for budget places and over 55,000 for contract places.

The most popular fields of study attracting the highest number of enrolled students were pedagogy and humanities, followed closely by economics and finance, medicine, information technology, law, architecture, and construction. State-funded places were predominantly allocated to education, information technology, medicine, and architecture and construction programs.

Several key universities saw the highest number of registered applications. These include the Kyrgyz State Technical University named after I. Razzakov, the Kyrgyz National University named after J. Balasagyn, Osh State University, the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy named after I. Akhunbaev, and the Bishkek State University named after K. Karasaev. These institutions also received the largest allocations of budget places.

The admission process involved six rounds, and the academic year is set to commence on September 15. Notably, medical students will begin their online classes earlier, on September 2.