The number of state-financed places at Tatarstan higher educational institutions to increase by 2, 000

On April 7, at a briefing on universities enrollment campaign 2015, Tatarstan First deputy Minister of Education and Science Andrey Pominov said that the number of state-financed places at regional higher educational institutions will increase from 14488 to 16588.

According to Pominov, there are 71 higher educational organizations with 170, 000 students in the republic and 17,552 students finished schools this year. Documents for enrollment will be submitted on June 19 – July 24.

Andrey Pominov focused on target enrollment, - training of specialists in accordance with the needs of enterprises in qualified personnel. The order of target enrollment has changed when new legislation in the sphere of education came into force. Pominov noted that municipalities that accept applications from employers and make a list of candidates for target enrollment now play more important role. By May 1 the lists are to be given to relevant ministries.

Since candidates do not have results State Unified Exam at the time of submission of the documents, employers should assess current academic progress and potential of candidates.