March 3, Minsk /BELTA/. The 2014 admission campaign in Belarus will start on March 5. It is on this day that the registration of applicants for professional and psychological interviews begins, as reported to BELTA by the press secretary of the Ministry of Education, Yulia Vanina.
Registration will be held from March 5 to March 31 inclusive, and only in those higher education institutions that have been designated as venues for interviews for specific groups of specialties.
Applications for interviews must be submitted by all those who wish to enter higher education institutions for the specialties "Public Administration and Law", "Public Administration and Economics", "International Relations", "International Law", "Jurisprudence", "Economic Law", "Journalism" (including if it is a second specialty), "International Journalism", "Customs Affairs".
Applicants must register for the interview regardless of the future form of education (full-time, part-time, day, evening, obtaining a second higher education). Applicants can register independently - for this, they must come to the admissions committee of the higher education institution and submit an application expressing their desire to participate in the interview. A personal identification document (passport) must be presented. If the application is sent by mail, a copy of the identification document must be attached. Applications sent by mail must be received by the higher education institution no later than March 31. Applications received after March 31 will not be considered. Registration for the same specialty (group of specialties) at different higher education institutions is not allowed.
The professional and psychological interview will be held from April 5 to April 30 in accordance with the schedules approved by the higher education institutions conducting the interviews.
The interview is conducted in the form of an individual conversation between the commission and the applicant with the aim of identifying personal and professional qualities, abilities, and motivation for studying the chosen specialty (group of specialties). Questions may be asked not only about why this profession was chosen, but also about the aspects of professional activity that the applicant considers most attractive, the prestige of the profession, and its social significance.