NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
International Students' Day, one of the most popular youth holidays, is celebrated every year on 17 November.
There are about 260,900 university students in Belarus, 93.7% of them attend state-run universities*.
There are 51 institutions of higher education in the country, of which
State-run:
universities - 31
academies - 9
institutes – 2
Privately-held:
universities - 3
institutes - 6.
Belarus' largest universities are:
Belarusian State University (BSU) – 22,800
Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) – 21,100
Belarusian State Economic University (BSEU) – 14,600
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics – 12,600
Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno – 11,100 students.
Belarusian universities train specialists in 15 majors, more than 400 specialties.
Students by major (in % to the total number of students):
Communication. Law. Economy. Management. Economy and industry engineering - 29.9%
Technology. Architecture and construction - 25.7%
Health. Social welfare. Physical culture. Tourism and hospitality – 11.2%
Art and design. Humanities. Natural sciences - 10.9%
Pedagogy. Vocational education - 9.8%
Agriculture and forestry. Garden and park landscaping - 8.7%
Others - 3.8%.
*Here and elsewhere – as of the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year
Source: National Statistics Committee of Belarus
