Admission of foreign applicants to state-funded higher education places shall take place within the quota for foreign nationals, on the basis of referrals issued by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to applicants awarded state scholarships under international treaties, nationwide programmes or other international obligations of Ukraine and recommended for enrolment by the competent authorities of foreign states with which international treaties have been concluded and/or by their representative offices. Ukrainians abroad whose status is confirmed by a Certificate of a Ukrainian Abroad (except those permanently residing in Ukraine) may be enrolled in state-funded places within the established quotas for foreign nationals.

Citizens of the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Belarus and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who do not hold a permanent residence permit in Ukraine shall be admitted only with individual authorisation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Citizens of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and were granted combatant status in accordance with the Procedure for Granting and Revoking Combatant Status and War-Related Disability Status to Foreign Nationals and Stateless Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 719 of 18 June 2025, as well as the children of such citizens, may be admitted without individual authorisation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Foreign applicants may participate in remote admission if they have received an electronic invitation to study and have had their educational documents authenticated in the country of origin by the method officially applicable in that country (consular legalisation, including legalisation by the relevant Ukrainian diplomatic or consular mission abroad, or an apostille for countries party to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents), except for documents issued in Ukraine.

For remote admission to higher education, NUUPES shall verify applicants' identities and conduct entrance examinations remotely, with video recording (including a recording of the applicant's device screen). Video recordings of entrance examinations for foreign applicants shall be retained by NUUPES for five years after the examination, and a link to the recording shall be entered into the Unified Database. In the case of remote admission, the foreign applicant shall send NUUPES, by post, legalised copies of documents certifying previously obtained education and notarised translations of those documents into Ukrainian. Upon first crossing the state border of Ukraine and arriving at NUUPES, the foreign applicant shall personally submit the original documents.

Admission of foreign applicants to a level of higher education shall be based on documents confirming previously completed levels and degrees of education and the academic rights to pursue further studies conferred by those documents in the country of issue, taking into account academic grades that entitle the holder to continue studies at the next level of higher education, where such requirements are established by the legislation of the country that issued the qualification document.