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Based on Azerbaijan entrance examination results, most popular specialty of each group determined

11 February 2015 09:02 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Konul Kamilqizi – APA. The State Student Admission Commission (SSAC) has determined the highest and lowest competitive situations on the country’s higher education schools over the course of 22 years.

SSAC Chairwoman Maleyka Abbaszade said during the presentation of the 12th edition of the magazine Abituriyent that the competitive situation on higher schools from 1992 to 2014 was the highest in 2008 and the lowest in 2002. According to her, the comparative analysis of the trend of vacancies and student applications reveals that the admission plans of higher education schools have increased 2.23 times, the number of student applications 2.41 times over this period.

“The annual trend of these indicators has been diverse. Despite the prognosis about the number of applications to be presented, the anticipated number of applicants often didn’t use to be taken into account while admission plans were being compiled. The highest number of vacancies for higher education schools was seen in 2014 and the lowest in 1993, while the number of applications was the lowest in 1992 and the highest in 2008. The lowest competitive situation over past years was observed in 2002, when the number of school graduates dwindled twice, whereas the number of vacancies was roughly the same as the previous year. As a result, the low competitive situation also had a negative effect on the quality of admission, with a considerable drop in passing scores,” said Maleyka Abbaszade.

The SSAC chairwoman also said the most popular specialties of each group have been determined, adding that this year students of the Azerbaijani sector mostly selected the specialty of mathematics teacher at the Baku State University on the first group, the specialty of finance at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics on the second group, the faculty of foreign language teacher (English) at the Azerbaijan University of Languages on the third group, the specialty of treatment at the Azerbaijan Medical University on the fourth group. Excluding the first specialty group, the preference of students of the Russian sector on other specialty groups was the same as those of the Azerbaijani sector. Students of the Russian sector generally preferred the specialty of oil and gas engineering at the Baku Higher Oil School on the first group.