How to apply to study in Kyrgyzstan from Uzbekistan

Clause 4.6: foreign citizens must present to the admissions committee an education document equivalent to the Kyrgyz state document on secondary general, secondary vocational or higher vocational education.

Clause 4.4 asks for the original or a certified photocopy of the state-standard education document and does not name the grade supplement separately; an Uzbek attestat or diploma is issued together with its supplement, so bring both.

Clause 4.4: with the application the applicant submits the original or a certified photocopy of the documents proving identity and citizenship.

Clause 4.4 also asks for the required number of photographs; the Order does not say how many, so the university names the number and the format.

The HCCH status table shows both countries as parties to the 1961 Apostille Convention — in force for Kyrgyzstan on 31 July 2011 and for Uzbekistan on 15 April 2012 — so an Uzbek document is apostilled at home and needs no consular legalisation for Kyrgyzstan.

None of the official Kyrgyz pages read for this file states in which language a foreign education document must be submitted. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs legalisation page explains only how an apostille is put on a document and says nothing about translation, so ask the university and the Ministry of Education whether a notarised translation is needed before you pay for one.

The Instruction's list of documents for a study visa (type S), clause 36(6), does not include proof of funds: it asks for a copy of the valid travel document, a written request from the head of the educational organisation registered in Kyrgyzstan, and a certified copy of the individual study contract for a long-term visa. Budget for tuition and living costs anyway — no official amount is published.

Clause 8.6 gives a preferential right at state and municipal higher education organisations to applicants holding the state certificate of state-language proficiency issued under the Kyrgyztest system; the Order sets no level and makes no language test compulsory for a foreign applicant.

Article 11 of the 2023 Law on Education says the state creates conditions for learning the state, the official and one foreign language at all levels of education, and that educational services may be provided in a foreign language; the Law sets no entrance language level, so the teaching language and the level required are the university's to state.

Clause 1.8 of the Admission Order: study by citizens of other states at Kyrgyz universities is carried out under the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic, under international treaties in force, and on the basis of contracts between educational organisations or with individual citizens.

Clause 4.6: the expertise of a foreign citizen's documents is carried out by the Ministry of Education and Science, and enrolment of a foreign citizen without its certificate of conformity of the level of education is not allowed.

Clause 5.3: the university holds entrance examinations exclusively for applicants to programmes that do not require ORT results and for applicants who are foreign citizens — so a foreign applicant sits the university's own examination rather than the Kyrgyz national ORT.

Clause 4.1 opens document intake for fee-paying places on 20 June; clause 5.7 runs the entrance examinations from 10 July to 20 August and allows them to be extended to 15 October for foreign citizens; clause 8.4 closes enrolment on fee-paying full-time places on 25 August, extendable to 15 October for foreign citizens.

Clause 18 of the MFA Instruction: a study visa (type S) is issued to an applicant entering the Kyrgyz Republic in order to study, for up to 90 days, and a type S visa is issued inside the Kyrgyz Republic for up to one year where the holder studies at an educational organisation registered in Kyrgyzstan.

Article 11 of the Law on Education allows educational services to be provided in a foreign language, but no Kyrgyz official page read for this file publishes a national English test minimum, so no IELTS or TOEFL score is stated here — ask the university for its own.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs table of visa-free regimes based on mutual agreements lists the Republic of Uzbekistan at up to 60 days for ordinary passports, so an Uzbek applicant can travel for the entrance examinations without a visa and arrange the study visa afterwards.

Neither the Admission Order nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visa Instruction read for this file asks a foreign student for a medical certificate or health insurance; a university may still ask for one on enrolment, so check with yours.

Clause 4.6 covers the master applicant too: a foreign citizen presents an education document equivalent to the Kyrgyz state document on higher vocational education, and the Ministry examines it.

Clause 4.4 asks for the original or a certified photocopy of the state-standard education document and does not name the grade supplement separately; an Uzbek attestat or diploma is issued together with its supplement, so bring both.

Clause 4.4: with the application the applicant submits the original or a certified photocopy of the documents proving identity and citizenship.

Clause 4.4 also asks for the required number of photographs; the Order does not say how many, so the university names the number and the format.

The HCCH status table shows both countries as parties to the 1961 Apostille Convention — in force for Kyrgyzstan on 31 July 2011 and for Uzbekistan on 15 April 2012 — so an Uzbek document is apostilled at home and needs no consular legalisation for Kyrgyzstan.

None of the official Kyrgyz pages read for this file states in which language a foreign education document must be submitted. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs legalisation page explains only how an apostille is put on a document and says nothing about translation, so ask the university and the Ministry of Education whether a notarised translation is needed before you pay for one.

The Instruction's list of documents for a study visa (type S), clause 36(6), does not include proof of funds: it asks for a copy of the valid travel document, a written request from the head of the educational organisation registered in Kyrgyzstan, and a certified copy of the individual study contract for a long-term visa. Budget for tuition and living costs anyway — no official amount is published.

Clause 8.6 gives a preferential right at state and municipal higher education organisations to applicants holding the state certificate of state-language proficiency issued under the Kyrgyztest system; the Order sets no level and makes no language test compulsory for a foreign applicant.

Article 11 of the 2023 Law on Education says the state creates conditions for learning the state, the official and one foreign language at all levels of education, and that educational services may be provided in a foreign language; the Law sets no entrance language level, so the teaching language and the level required are the university's to state.

Article 2 of the 2023 Law on Education defines a bachelor as the level of higher vocational education qualification that gives the right to enter a master programme.

Clause 1.8 of the Admission Order: study by citizens of other states at Kyrgyz universities is carried out under the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic, under international treaties in force, and on the basis of contracts between educational organisations or with individual citizens.

Clause 4.6: the expertise of a foreign citizen's documents is carried out by the Ministry of Education and Science, and enrolment of a foreign citizen without its certificate of conformity of the level of education is not allowed.

Clause 4.1: acceptance of documents for study on master programmes begins on 20 June and ends on 1 October; clause 3.4 leaves the list and the form of the master entrance examinations to the university's own admission rules.

Clause 18 of the MFA Instruction: a study visa (type S) is issued to an applicant entering the Kyrgyz Republic in order to study, for up to 90 days, and a type S visa is issued inside the Kyrgyz Republic for up to one year where the holder studies at an educational organisation registered in Kyrgyzstan.

Article 11 of the Law on Education allows educational services to be provided in a foreign language, but no Kyrgyz official page read for this file publishes a national English test minimum, so no IELTS or TOEFL score is stated here — ask the university for its own.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs table of visa-free regimes based on mutual agreements lists the Republic of Uzbekistan at up to 60 days for ordinary passports, so an Uzbek applicant can travel for the entrance examinations without a visa and arrange the study visa afterwards.

Neither the Admission Order nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visa Instruction read for this file asks a foreign student for a medical certificate or health insurance; a university may still ask for one on enrolment, so check with yours.