Registration has been announced for participation in the second attempt of the admission exam for master's programs of higher education institutions.
Information regarding this was provided to Modern.az by the SEC.
The acceptance of applications from bachelors to participate in the second attempt of the master's admission exam is conducted via the internet until April 14, 23:59.
Bachelors who submitted documents to participate in the admission exam held in February 2026, if they wish to participate in the second attempt of the exam, add the exam participation fee (50 AZN) to their "Personal Account" balance and register by accessing the relevant page of the Center's website (//www.e-gov.az/az/services/read/3148/2).
Bachelors who did not register to participate in the first exam can also apply for this exam in the same manner. These individuals, after creating a "Personal Account" on the ekabinet.dim.gov.az page of the Center's website (for those who do not have a personal account), add the required amount for application submission to their "Personal Account" balance. Payment methods for adding the amount to the account can be found on the epayment.dim.gov.az website. These bachelors also access the //eservices.dim.gov.az/erizemag/erize page, fill out the "Bachelor's Electronic Application" form, and confirm it (or have it confirmed).
All bachelors who have graduated from higher education institutions located in the Republic of Azerbaijan and are citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan (those whose higher education information is in the "My Education Data" section of the MyGov.az portal), as well as individuals who have received higher education in foreign countries and possess documents confirming the recognition and establishment of equivalence of their qualification issued by the Ministry of Science and Education (those whose relevant information is in the “Database of Holders of Diplomas from Foreign Higher Education Institutions Recognized and Equated (Nostrified) in the Territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan”) must fill out the "Bachelor's Electronic Application" on the Center's official website and confirm it themselves during the application acceptance period for participation in the admission exam.
Individuals whose diploma information is not in the database must first apply to the relevant institution to have them added to the system, and then confirm the "Bachelor's Electronic Application".
The admission exam for master's programs is conducted by the SEC in a centralized manner to assess bachelors' logical thinking, informatics, and foreign language knowledge.
The admission exam (II attempt) is scheduled to be held on May 17, 2026.
In the exam, bachelors will be presented with 50 test tasks for assessing Logical Thinking (including 5 open-ended), 25 test tasks for Informatics (including 5 open-ended), and 20 test tasks for Foreign Language (including 2 open-ended), as well as a topic for completing a written assignment (essay).
When calculating exam results, each correct answer to a test task by the bachelor is evaluated with one point, incorrect answers do not affect the result of correct answers, and the essay is evaluated with a maximum of 5 points. Thus, the maximum possible score in the exam is 100 points.
In the admission exam, 3 hours are allocated for answering test tasks, and 30 minutes for completing the written assignment (essay), totaling 3 hours and 30 minutes. After 3 hours, answer sheets are collected from bachelors, and special essay sheets are distributed to them for writing the assignment. It should be noted that for choosing specializations taught in English (German), the result for the written assignment (essay) must not be less than 2 points. For choosing specializations taught in Azerbaijani or Russian, there is no score limit for the written assignment (essay) result.
