Postgraduate education

Postgraduate education is a level of basic education aimed at developing the personality of a postgraduate student, doctoral student, or applicant and realizing their intellectual and creative potential, as well as forming professional skills in organizing and conducting scientific research.

Postgraduate education is divided into two levels:

• Postgraduate studies (adjunct studies) is the first level of postgraduate education aimed at training specialists with the skills to plan and independently conduct scientific research, with deep theoretical knowledge that allows them to prepare a qualifying scientific work (dissertation) for the degree of Candidate of Sciences.
• Doctoral studies is the second level of postgraduate education aimed at training specialists with the skills to organize research work in a new area of scientific research or to develop existing relevant areas of scientific research, analytical generalization of the results of scientific activity, which allows them to prepare a qualifying scientific work (dissertation) for the degree of Doctor of Sciences.

The procedure for admitting individuals to obtain higher education of the second level (including foreigners) is regulated by the Rules for admitting individuals to obtain higher education of the second level, approved by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated 02.02.2012 No. 110.

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More detailed information about the education of foreigners in the Republic of Belarus is available on the website of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus: http://edu.gov.by/.