Today, the State Examination Center (SEC) will conduct the admission exam (second attempt) for master's programs in higher education institutions.
It was reported to Medianews.az from the SEC that the exam will be held in 7 cities and regions of the republic – Baku, Sumgait, Nakhchivan, Ganja, Absheron, Mingachevir, and Lankaran, in a total of 92 buildings. A total of 23,089 bachelors have applied to take the exam. Among them, 21,372 will take the exam in the Azerbaijani division, and 1,717 in the Russian division. Of the bachelors, 15,293 are graduates of the current year, 7,796 are graduates of previous years, and 55 are foreign nationals.
In this exam, 23 bachelors with disabilities (visually impaired, cerebral palsy, hearing impaired, and others) will also participate. Special halls have been allocated for their comfortable participation in the exam, and individual supervisors have been assigned to persons determined to have 81-100 percent impairment of bodily functions due to visual impairment. Conditions have also been created for bachelors with mobility restrictions to enter the building and move within the hall. In addition, special training has been conducted with the supervisors assigned for participants with disabilities.
The exam starts at 10:00 AM in all buildings. The admission regime ends at 09:45 AM. Participants arriving after this time will not be allowed to enter the exam building.
In the master's admission exam, the listening and comprehension skills in a foreign language of the bachelors are also tested. The exam will begin with the playing of the listening text. To prepare for the playing of the text and to ensure silence in the building, everyone must be in the hall 15 minutes before the exam starts.
The duration of the exam is 3 hours and 30 minutes. Three hours after the start of the exam, the allotted time for answering test questions ends, and the answer sheets are collected by the hall supervisors. After this, writing assignments (essays) are distributed. Participants are given 30 minutes to write the essays.
The exam results will be announced in two stages. Within 2-3 days after the exam, the results of closed and coded open-ended questions will be announced. The final exam score will be presented after the essay assignments have been reviewed.
It is forbidden to bring mobile phones and other communication devices, electronic devices, calculators, electronic data carriers, books, notebooks, journals, notes, information booklets, dictionaries, tables, bags, and other aids into the exam building. All of these interfere with the efficient organization of the admission regime work and its timely completion.
Bachelors must definitely bring the following documents with them when coming to the exam:
- The original identity document;
- Admission ticket to the exam.
Persons found to have discrepancies among these documents or lacking any of them will not be allowed to take the exam.