🇹🇯 How to apply to university in Tajikistan

Applications go through National Testing Centre (NTC) — centralised entrance exams. Programmes usually start: Once a year, for the academic year that starts in the autumn.

Checked on 20 October 2026 against the official sources listed below.

The essentials

Application system: National Testing Centre (NTC) — centralised entrance examsApplicants register with the National Testing Centre, sit one exam in one of five specialty groups and list up to 12 programme choices; places are allocated on the results.
When programmes start: Once a year, for the academic year that starts in the autumn
International applicants: NTC's applicant guide says foreign citizens and stateless persons living in Tajikistan apply through the same exam but only for paid places. Applicants living abroad should ask the university's international office how it admits them.
Language: Tajik or Russian for most programmes; a few are taught in English or Uzbek

Key dates

The 2026 exams and allocation rounds are over and the National Testing Centre has not yet published its calendar for 2027. Its admission plan for 2026/27 was published on 29 January 2026.

The dates for the next intake haven't been published yet. We add them once the official source does.

Your checklist

The usual steps for an international student applying to a bachelor's in Tajikistan, in order. Tick them off as you go — your ticks stay in this browser, with no account.

1.Pick one of the five specialty groups — it fixes your four exam subjects (Tajik language plus three others).
2.Look through the admission plan for programmes in that group: institution, study form, language, free or paid places and the fee.
3.Register with the National Testing Centre in its registration period, choosing the language you'll sit the exam in (Tajik or Russian) and, where your group has one, the foreign language.
4.Put up to 12 choices from your group in order of preference.
5.If a programme needs a creative or special-skills exam, or an extra exam (Lomonosov Moscow State University's branch, the University of Central Asia), sit that too at the institution.
6.Sit the centralised exam and follow your results and allocation in your NTC account.
7.If you're offered a place, take your documents to the institution — and for a paid place, sign the contract.

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Next steps

Sources

Written by CollegeMatcher in our own words from these official pages, checked on 20 October 2026. Dates change every year.

National Testing Centre — applicant guide 2026 (Роҳнамои довталаб)