According to the results of the 2024 admission campaign to vocational education institutions, the most popular professions in Ukraine are cook, car mechanic, electric and gas welder, pastry chef, driver and tractor driver, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine reports.
“The admission campaign to vocational schools ended in October. The most popular professions were cook, car mechanic, electric and gas welder, confectioner, driver and tractor driver. Also, the top nine most sought-after professions on the Ukrainian labor market in terms of the number of vacancies on job search sites include cook, driver, and mechanic,” the Ministry of Education said in a statement.
It is noted that in 2024, more than 94,803 thousand students chose vocational education, and a total of 219,438 people started studying.
The Ministry said that the volume of regional order fulfillment is 92%, which is 4% higher than in 2023 (88%). This demonstrates a positive trend in how institutions are adapting to the needs of local businesses.
According to the report, the leaders among the regions that received the largest number of applications for training under the regional order are: Dnipro region – 5,423 students, Lviv region – 4,829 students, and Kyiv – 4,526 students. Among the regions that received the largest number of applications for state-funded education are: Kharkiv region – 809 students, Odesa region – 435 students, and Khmelnytsky region – 426 students.
