1.4 million applications were submitted to the “Professionality” programs in 2026
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- For the programs of the federal project “Professionality”, 1.4 million applications were submitted for the 2026 admissions campaign, about 300 thousand students have already been enrolled, which is 51 thousand more than in 2025.
- The most popular majors were Nursing, Tourism and Hospitality, and Vehicle Maintenance and Repair.
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Why It Matters
The federal project “Professionalism” was launched in 2022 to synchronize the personnel needs of enterprises with the capabilities of the secondary vocational education system. Since 2025, it has been implemented as part of the national project “Youth and Children”.
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“Nursing,” “Tourism and Hospitality,” and “Maintenance and Repair of Motor Vehicles” were among the most popular professions and specialties among “Professionality” applicants.
1.4 million applications were submitted to the programs of the federal project “Professionalism” for the 2026 admissions campaign.
About 300 thousand students have already been enrolled, which is 51 thousand more than in 2025.
MOSCOW, September 17 - RIA Novosti. “Nursing”, “Tourism and Hospitality”, “Maintenance and repair of vehicles” are among the most popular professions and specialties among applicants to colleges and technical schools of “Professionality”, the press service of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation reported.
“The most popular professions and specialties among applicants for “Professionality” included “Software development and management”, “Nursing”, “Tourism and hospitality”, “Maintenance and repair of vehicles”, “Construction and operation of buildings and structures”, “Welder (manual and partially mechanized welding (surfacing)”, “Mechanical engineering technology”, - the message says.
It is clarified that 1.4 million applications were submitted for the programs of the federal project “Professionalism” in the 2026 admissions campaign. About 300 thousand students have already been enrolled, which is 51 thousand more than in 2025.
The federal project “Professionality” was launched in 2022 and is aimed at synchronizing the personnel needs of enterprises with the capabilities of the secondary vocational education system. Since 2025, it has been implemented as part of the national project “Youth and Children”.
Since 2022, clusters of secondary vocational education have been formed annually within the framework of “Professionality”. In 2026, 95 clusters will be created, with more than 3.15 thousand partner enterprises involved in the work.
Open Questions
- Which partner companies are involved in the project?
- How are enrolled students distributed by major and region?
