Experimental project 'Open Path to Higher Education'
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has approved the list of higher educational institutions for admission to the 'zero course', which will start in 2026 as part of the experimental winter admission project. This project aims to prepare applicants for study at higher educational institutions.
Details of the preparatory courses
Enrollment for the preparatory courses will last from the beginning of 2026. The duration of the courses will be from 3 to 6 months. As part of the program, participants will study mandatory subjects, including Ukrainian language, mathematics, and the history of Ukraine. Furthermore, each participant will have the opportunity to choose a fourth subject from among a foreign language, literature, or natural sciences. A total of 90 classroom hours is provided for all subjects.
It is important to note that applicants who successfully complete the 'zero course' will be able to receive up to 15 additional points when enrolling in the first year. The order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1726 establishes the list of educational institutions participating in the experiment.
The list of institutions involved in the experiment includes:
- Sumy National Agrarian University
- National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine
- Black Sea National University named after Petro Mohyla
- National University 'Lviv Polytechnic'
- National University of Water and Environmental Engineering
- Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics
- Ukrainian State University of Science and Technology
- Kharkiv National University of Urban Economy named after O. M. Beketov
- Volyn National University named after Lesya Ukrainka
- Ternopil National Technical University named after Ivan Puluj
- Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies named after S. Z. Gzhytskyi
- National Technical University of Ukraine 'Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute'
- Odesa National Polytechnic University
- National Forestry University of Ukraine
- Western Ukrainian National University
- National University 'Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic'
- Poltava National Pedagogical University named after V. G. Korolenko
- Mykolaiv State University named after Mykola Hohol
- State Higher Educational Institution 'Donetsk National Technical University'
- Centrally Ukrainian National Technical University
- Vinnytsia National Technical University
- Kherson State University
- Kharkiv National Economic University named after Semen Kuznets
- Kharkiv National University named after V. N. Karazin
- Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- National Technical University 'Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute'
- State Trade and Economic University
- State Non-Commercial Enterprise 'State University 'Kyiv Aviation Institute'
- National University 'Chernihiv Collegium' named after T. H. Shevchenko
- National University 'Poltava Polytechnic named after Yuri Kondratiuk'
- Polissia National University
- Lviv National University named after Ivan Franko
- Tavria National University named after V. I. Vernadsky
- State Higher Educational Institution 'Priazov State Technical University'
- Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko
- East Ukrainian National University named after Volodymyr Dahl
- Cherkasy State Technological University
- Kamianets-Podilskyi National University named after Ivan Ohiienko
- Zaporizhzhia National University
- Maritime State University
- Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University
- Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University named after Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi
- Poltava State Agrarian University
- Odesa National University named after I. I. Mechnikov
This experimental project aims to improve the preparation of applicants for higher education and can be an important step in reforming the education system in Ukraine.
The introduction of the 'zero course' will allow young people who may not have a sufficient level of knowledge to receive the necessary preparation for successful admission to universities. The participation of a large number of educational institutions in the project indicates the interest of higher education in Ukraine in enhancing the quality of future students' preparation.