The 2026 Applicant Calendar: Every Date from Account to Enrollment

From 1 July: register your electronic account

Registration of applicants’ electronic accounts starts on 1 July. The account at vstup.edbo.gov.ua is where you will submit all your applications from. Without it you cannot apply online.

Set it up in advance rather than on the last day: you will need to confirm your details and add documents. Step by step — how to create an EDBO applicant’s electronic account.

19 July — 1 August: submit your applications

Applications for the main session are open from 19 July to 18:00 on 1 August. This is the campaign’s main window.

How many applications you can submit:

• up to 10 applications in total across all specialties and funding sources;
• of those, up to 5 applications for state-funded places (places under the national or regional order).

You assign a priority to each state-funded application, where 1 is the highest. The priority cannot be changed once submitted, so think the order through in advance. How not to lose a state-funded place through the order of your applications — how to order your priorities for admission 2026.

Before applying, check what type your competitive offer is — that determines how the places are distributed: types of competitive offers and the wide competition. The convenient way to find and compare offers is the specialty catalogue and the institution comparison.

By 6 August: the ranking lists and the recommendations

The list of applicants recommended for enrollment on state-funded places is published through EDBO by 6 August. That is where you find out whether you get into the specialty you want.

The ranking lists are updated throughout the campaign, so do not panic if your name is below the cut-off line at first — the picture will still change.

An important point about the cut-off score itself: it is not calculated within a single offer. All the offers for one specialty — often across different institutions — are combined into a wide competition, and the targeted placement algorithm distributes applicants across the whole competition at once, by competitive score and priority. The cut-off of a particular offer is the outcome of that shared distribution: the lowest score among those recommended for that specific offer. So judging your score “within a single offer” is a mistake — your chances depend on the whole wide competition.

How to read these lists without panicking — how to read ranking lists and cut-off scores in 2026.

11–13 August: meet the requirements and get enrolled

Once you have a recommendation for a state-funded place, you have to meet the enrollment requirements by 18:00 on 11 August. Usually that means confirming your choice of study place in your account and submitting the original documents within the deadline set by the institution.

Miss the deadline and the recommendation is annulled, and the place goes to the next person on the list. Enrollment on state-funded places happens by 13 August.

Exactly what to do after a recommendation, step by step — after the recommendation: the enrollment requirements.

Did not get a state-funded place: fee-paying study and other options

A state-funded place is not the only route. If your score was not enough:

• A fee-paying place (funded by individuals). You can enroll in the same specialty on a fee-paying basis. Part of the cost is sometimes covered by state study grants.
• A transfer to a vacant state-funded place later — if places free up after enrollment and your competitive score is not below 130 (for the specially supported specialties, not below 120).

Priority categories have their own conditions — quotas and admission by interview. If that is your case, check against the Ministry Applicant Guide and with the admissions committee.

Frequently asked questions

When exactly do applications open?
19 July. The account opens earlier, on 1 July, so set it up ahead of time.

How many applications for state-funded places?
Up to 5 applications for state-funded places and up to 10 applications in total.

Can I change a priority after submitting?
No. The priority of a submitted application cannot be changed. The application can only be withdrawn — the algorithm then skips it and considers the next one.

What if I took the NMT in 2025?
NMT 2025 results also count towards the 2026 competition — the score is calculated by the same formula.

Do these dates apply to master’s programs?
No. These are the deadlines for bachelor’s admission on the basis of complete general secondary education. Master’s and PhD programs have their own deadlines.

In plain words

• EDBO — the Unified State Electronic Database on Education. Applications are submitted and recommendations published through it.
• The applicant’s electronic account — your personal section at vstup.edbo.gov.ua, from which you submit applications.
• Competitive score — the final score by which you are ranked in the list.
• Priority — the order of your state-funded applications (1 = the most wanted); it cannot be changed once submitted.
• Targeted placement — the EDBO algorithm that, by score and priority, issues a recommendation for the highest option you clear.

The tools you will need along the way

• Work out your competitive score for each specialty — the NMT calculator
• Find and compare competitive offers — the specialty catalogue and the institution comparison
• Go through admission in practice mode so that you do not slip up in the real account — the admission simulation
• Shore up your weak NMT topics — NMT tests and the AI tutor

Source of the deadlines: the Procedure for Admission to Higher Education in 2026 (Ministry of Education and Science Order No. 373 of 26/02/2026), sections III–IV.