Documents
Only the institution you are applying to sets the exact list of documents. Below are the rules common to every institution.
Your document packet
The requirements that are the same across the country. Your institution announcement adds its own on top — see the last row below.
Choose a specialty and a route, and the two rows below adjust to you.Choose your specialty
- Not required
Diploma and employment-record copies
You do not submit these — they are pulled automatically through «Raqamli hukumat». Many guides in circulation still ask for them, which is why this comes first.
Foreign-language certificate
The level depends on the specialty. Choose yours and the exact level appears.
Scientific publications
The count depends on the route you apply by. Choose one and the exact number appears.
Filing the documents through the portal
- Note
Further documents from your institution announcement
There is no single national list: each institution sets the document list in its own announcement. That is why this one cannot be ticked — you learn it only from your own announcement.
These are no longer requested
Copies of your diploma and employment record are not requested. Bachelor's and master's diploma data, along with employment history, are pulled automatically through the Digital Government interagency integration platform.
This rule was introduced by the amendments of 30 December 2025. Many guides still say a diploma copy is required.
Where to find the exact list
By law every institution publishes an announcement no later than 1 September, and that announcement states four things: the document deadline, the list of documents, the entrance examinations or interview, and the quota.
Exact dates, the list of documents and the examination subjects are in the announcement of the institution you are applying to.
Articles and theses
Almost every institution asks for copies of your articles and theses together with links to them. The number required depends on the track.
Foreign-language certificate
A certificate proving your foreign-language proficiency is required to submit documents. The level depends on the specialty — find yours below.
What the law states
- C1Foreign-language directions — C1 at minimum.
- B2Humanities, biological and related sciences, mathematics and statistics, business and management, law, services, social and behavioural sciences, journalism and information, and information-communication technologies — B2 at minimum.
- B1All other education areas, plus culture and sport specialties — B1 at minimum.
Type a specialty name or code — entering 08 returns the whole branch.
If your specialty is not listed
The list does not cover every specialty: those introduced later are absent from it. That does not mean no certificate is needed — for them the level follows the general rule above, according to the education area.
This is the level required to submit documents. Certificates that exempt you from the entrance examination are a different matter.
Certificates that exempt you from the examThe per-specialty list is taken from a document circulated by the ministry. The number of the act approving it is not stated in that document, so it is not presented here as a clause of law. The final requirement is set by the announcement of the institution you apply to.
Where documents are submitted
Documents are submitted through the Unified Electronic System. Independent researchers may also use the Unified Interactive State Services Portal.