The Odesa region ranked among the top five in terms of the number of applicants to universities

The Odesa region ranked among the top five regions with the highest number of students admitted to higher education institutions for bachelor’s and master’s programs in medicine—17,619 applicants.

This was reported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

According to the Ministry, institutions in Kyiv admitted the most students—54,395. Next are the Lviv region with 27,914 admitted students and the Kharkiv region with 20,782.

The top five also included the Odesa region with 17,619 admissions and the Dnipropetrovsk region with 13,975.

By comparison, institutions in the Zaporizhzhia region admitted 7,548 applicants, those in the Mykolaiv region—4,158, and those in the Sumy region—3,489.

The Ministry of Education and Science noted that the regional statistics reflect the registered location of the institutions—including those that have been relocated—rather than the applicants’ place of residence or actual place of study.

As of October 20, 226,932 applicants had been admitted to bachelor’s degree programs at Ukrainian higher education institutions—31,770 more than last year. Separately, 10,249 applicants were admitted to master’s programs in medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine immediately after high school.

In terms of the number of applications submitted for bachelor’s and medical master’s programs, the 2026 admissions cycle set a record since the start of the full-scale invasion.

A total of 64,625 applicants were admitted to state-funded bachelor’s programs, and 162,307 to tuition-based programs. This represents an increase of 11.5% and 18.3%, respectively, compared to 2025.

Among the leaders in state-funded bachelor’s degree enrollment:

• secondary education—5,749 admitted;
• construction and civil engineering – 3,318;
• computer science – 2,946;
• electrical engineering – 2,864;
• agronomy – 2,343.

Compared to 2025, state-funded enrollment in construction and civil engineering increased by 31.8%, in electrical engineering by 40.1%, and for automation, computer-integrated technologies, and robotics—by 29.9%.

Ірина Глухова