KYIV. Sept 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The most popular specialties among Ukrainian entrants in 2017 were Philology, Law and Management, and the least popular were Theology (without taking into account theological higher educational institutions) and Hydropower, the Ukrainian Education and Science Ministry reported on September 14.
According to the report, the most popular specialties among applicants for the bachelor’s degree (master’s degree in medicine, pharmaceutics, and veterinary science) were Philology, Law and Management. A total of 85,000, 74,000 and 59,400 applications respectively were submitted for these specialties.
The top specialties also included Medicine, Computer Science, Tourism, Secondary Education, Psychology and Economics (from 40,000 to 46,000 applications).
Software Engineering (33,000 applications) closed the Top 10.
“We see that traditionally such specialties as Law, Management, Tourism and Economics remain one of the most popular among entrants even though they are not in demand on the labor market. At the same time, economics requires such specialties as Computer Science and Software Engineering,” the ministry’s press service quoted Director of the Higher Education Department at the Education and Science Ministry Oleh Sharov as saying.
The least popular specialties in 2017 among Ukrainian applicants were Theology (185 applications, not taking into account theological universities) and Hydropower (193).
“Unfortunately, the least popular specialties also include those that are now in demand on the labor market, for example, the specialty ‘Nuclear Power Engineering,'” Sharov said.
