On September 23, a meeting of the Council of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of the Zaporizhzhia Region was held on the basis of the Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University.

The meeting was opened by the Chairman of the Council of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of the Zaporizhzhia Region, Rector of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University Viktor Greshta.

The meeting was attended by representatives of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University, D. Motorny Tavri State Agro-Technological University, Khortytsk National Educational and Rehabilitation Academy of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Council, B. Khmelnytskyi Melitopol State Pedagogical University, Berdyan State Pedagogical University, and Zaporizhzhia Institute of Economics and Information technologies

Andrii Khmelnytskyi, deputy director of the Department of Education and Science of Zaporizhzhia City Council, took part in the event. He emphasized his readiness to continue supporting the Zaporizhzhia educational community, its ideas, initiatives and projects.

The participants of the meeting summed up the results of the 2025 admission campaign and outlined the key problems of the functioning of the ZVO of the Zaporizhzhia region in the conditions of martial law. Special attention was focused on key issues: the decrease in the number of entrants to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the region and from the temporarily occupied territories, as well as the lack of material resources for the proper preparation of civil defense facilities intended for shelter.

According to the results of the meeting of the Council of Rectors of the Zaporizhzhia region and with the aim of preserving human capital and ensuring industrial potential in the regions, which are fundamentally important for the preservation of the country’s defense capability and economy, consolidated proposals of higher education institutions of the Zaporizhzhia region regarding the formation of the Procedure for admission to higher education in 2026 were developed, the key of which are:
– provide for special admission conditions for persons whose place of residence is registered (declared) in the territory of possible hostilities, to universities located in the territory of possible hostilities, in the form of participation in a competition based on the results of an interview/entrance exams at the university (for specialties specified in the List of specialties that are provided with special support) on the condition that the requirements for entrants to the relevant educational program are met by the dates determined by the educational institution, but no later than the dates admission to the attestation of higher education applicants
– increase the value of the regional coefficient for entrants to higher education institutions of the Zaporizhzhia region from 1.07 to 1.10
– adjust the formula for calculating the competitive score for entrants for specialties specified in the List of specialties that receive special support
– suspend for the period of martial law the effect of the Procedure for the Formation of the Minimum Tuition Fee for obtaining higher education on the basis of indicative cost

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