How to apply to study in Tajikistan from Uzbekistan

Table 2.1 of the National Testing Centre applicant guide: a person who has finished the 11th grade submits the attestat of secondary general education together with a copy of it.

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The guide names a supplement only for vocational and higher-education diplomas, not for the school attestat. An Uzbek attestat is issued with its grade supplement, so bring both and let the admissions office say which of them it files.

Table 2.1, identity document: a foreign citizen aged 16 or over submits a foreign citizen's passport, or a stateless person's certificate, or another document that counts as an identity document under Tajik law, together with a copy and a residence certificate carrying a photograph and a seal.

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The HCCH status table shows both countries as parties to the 1961 Apostille Convention — in force for Tajikistan on 31 October 2015 and for Uzbekistan on 15 April 2012 — so an Uzbek education document is apostilled at home rather than put through consular legalisation.

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The guide does not list passport photographs as a separate item; it asks instead for certificates that carry a photograph and a seal. Bring photographs anyway — the university sets what it needs at enrolment.

No official Tajik page read for this file says in which language a foreign education document must be submitted. The Main Consular Directorate page only explains consular legalisation and its fee, so ask the university and the ministry whether a notarised translation is needed before you pay for one.

No official Tajik page read for this file asks a student for proof of funds or names an amount: the consular study-visa page describes the O1 and O2 categories without listing documents. Budget for tuition and living costs and ask the embassy what it wants to see.

Article 7 of the Law on Education: the main language of instruction in the educational institutions of the Republic of Tajikistan is the state language, and the study of the state language is compulsory in every educational institution. The Law names no test and no level for an applicant, so the proof of language is the university's to set.

Article 13 of the Law on Higher Professional and Postgraduate Professional Education: admission to a higher professional education institution is made on the application of persons holding secondary general, primary vocational or secondary vocational education, by competition on the results of the entrance examinations, except in the cases the legislation provides; where the Law itself does not settle it, the Government sets the single admission procedure.

Row 3 of table 2.1: a person who finished school or a vocational institution abroad submits the certificate of recognition and (or) determination of the equivalence of the foreign state's education document of the relevant level, plus a copy. The note under the table limits this to documents of foreign states that have no bilateral or multilateral treaty with Tajikistan on the recognition and equivalence of education documents, so check first whether Uzbekistan is covered by such a treaty.

The guide lists who has the right to register for the centralised entrance examinations. Among them are foreign citizens and stateless persons resident in Tajikistan who finished a foreign school or vocational institution and hold both the education document and the certificate of equivalence — and only for fee-paying specialties. An applicant who does not yet live in Tajikistan is not on that list, so ask the university directly how it admits you.

The Main Consular Directorate page: a category O1 visa is issued to foreign citizens and stateless persons travelling to Tajikistan to obtain education and to enter institutions delivering secondary, technical and vocational or higher education programmes, student exchange programmes and preparatory courses, and to study as postgraduates or doctoral candidates; a category O2 visa is issued to those coming for study, scientific research and language or professional development courses.

The Main Consular Directorate entry page lists Uzbekistan as visa-free for 30 days on every kind of passport, and then says plainly that foreign citizens entering Tajikistan for more than 30 days for the purpose of education must hold a visa matching the purpose of the trip before travelling to Tajikistan.

The same page says foreign citizens under the visa-free regime and those holding visas must register with the internal affairs authorities of Tajikistan within ten working days, apart from citizens of countries exempted from registration for set periods under treaties.

The Law on Education defines nostrification as the determination of the equivalence of the education documents of persons who graduated from educational institutions of foreign states or from international organisations.

The guide says the applicant freely chooses the language of the examination and the place of sitting it, and is also free in choosing the foreign-language subtest of parts A and B: English, German, French or Arabic.

Table 2.1 asks every applicant except those exempted for the receipt number of the payment of the service fee, made at one of the listed banks or through their mobile applications. The page does not name the amount.

Article 7 of the Law on Education also says that the teaching of foreign languages, among them Russian and English, is organised in all educational institutions. That is about languages as subjects: the Law does not state that degree programmes are delivered in them, so ask the university whether your programme is taught in Tajik, Russian or English.

The National Testing Centre publishes a list of diseases whose sufferers have no right to study at medical education institutions, specialty code by specialty code. If you are applying to medicine in Tajikistan, expect a medical examination against that list.

Table 2.1 of the applicant guide asks a graduate of a vocational institution for the diploma together with its supplement and copies of both; the guide itself is written for the bachelor-level intake and does not name a higher-education diploma separately, so confirm the master document list with the university.

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The guide names a supplement only for vocational and higher-education diplomas, not for the school attestat. An Uzbek attestat is issued with its grade supplement, so bring both and let the admissions office say which of them it files.

Table 2.1, identity document: a foreign citizen aged 16 or over submits a foreign citizen's passport, or a stateless person's certificate, or another document that counts as an identity document under Tajik law, together with a copy and a residence certificate carrying a photograph and a seal.

Probably right

The HCCH status table shows both countries as parties to the 1961 Apostille Convention — in force for Tajikistan on 31 October 2015 and for Uzbekistan on 15 April 2012 — so an Uzbek education document is apostilled at home rather than put through consular legalisation.

Probably right

The guide does not list passport photographs as a separate item; it asks instead for certificates that carry a photograph and a seal. Bring photographs anyway — the university sets what it needs at enrolment.

No official Tajik page read for this file says in which language a foreign education document must be submitted. The Main Consular Directorate page only explains consular legalisation and its fee, so ask the university and the ministry whether a notarised translation is needed before you pay for one.

No official Tajik page read for this file asks a student for proof of funds or names an amount: the consular study-visa page describes the O1 and O2 categories without listing documents. Budget for tuition and living costs and ask the embassy what it wants to see.

Article 7 of the Law on Education: the main language of instruction in the educational institutions of the Republic of Tajikistan is the state language, and the study of the state language is compulsory in every educational institution. The Law names no test and no level for an applicant, so the proof of language is the university's to set.

The Law on Education defines magistratura as the second level of higher professional education, which awards a state-standard diploma to graduates of higher education institutions after state examinations or the defence of a master thesis — so a completed first higher-education degree is what you enter it with.

Article 29 of the Law on Higher Professional and Postgraduate Professional Education: the recognition and determination of the equivalence of foreign states' documents on higher professional and postgraduate education is settled in the procedure the Government of Tajikistan establishes, and is confirmed by a certificate issued by the authorised body.

The Main Consular Directorate page: a category O1 visa is issued to foreign citizens and stateless persons travelling to Tajikistan to obtain education and to enter institutions delivering secondary, technical and vocational or higher education programmes, student exchange programmes and preparatory courses, and to study as postgraduates or doctoral candidates; a category O2 visa is issued to those coming for study, scientific research and language or professional development courses.

The Main Consular Directorate entry page lists Uzbekistan as visa-free for 30 days on every kind of passport, and then says plainly that foreign citizens entering Tajikistan for more than 30 days for the purpose of education must hold a visa matching the purpose of the trip before travelling to Tajikistan.

The same page says foreign citizens under the visa-free regime and those holding visas must register with the internal affairs authorities of Tajikistan within ten working days, apart from citizens of countries exempted from registration for set periods under treaties.

The Law on Education defines nostrification as the determination of the equivalence of the education documents of persons who graduated from educational institutions of foreign states or from international organisations.

Table 2.1 asks every applicant except those exempted for the receipt number of the payment of the service fee, made at one of the listed banks or through their mobile applications. The page does not name the amount.

Article 7 of the Law on Education also says that the teaching of foreign languages, among them Russian and English, is organised in all educational institutions. That is about languages as subjects: the Law does not state that degree programmes are delivered in them, so ask the university whether your programme is taught in Tajik, Russian or English.

The National Testing Centre publishes a list of diseases whose sufferers have no right to study at medical education institutions, specialty code by specialty code. If you are applying to medicine in Tajikistan, expect a medical examination against that list.