FOR STUDENTS FROM IVORY COAST
From Ivory Coast, a good number of international students come to Belarus every year and study at state universities for their different courses.
The most popular courses among international students from the Ivory Coast in Belarus are normally general medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, engineering, and arts courses.
International students from the Ivory Coast have a good academic record in Belarus, and for this reason, Belarus warmly welcomes Ivory Coast nationals to Belarusian universities in different cities.
In Ivory Coast, the official language is French, and Ivory Coast nationals are not that good at English, so in their first year, these international students from Ivory Coast study at the Russian language faculty and then join their desired courses in Belarus.
If any international student from the Ivory Coast knows English well, he or she may pursue a course of interest in English as a medium of instruction in Belarus at state universities.
ADMISSION PROCESS FOR IVORY COAST NATIONALS IN BELARUS
Ivory Coast nationals who have passed their secondary school in Ivory Coast may apply for admission in Belarus at any undergraduate faculty.
Those international students from Ivory Coast who want to study for a master’s in Belarus must submit their bachelor’s degree at the time of admission assessment.
Interested Ivory Coast nationals send their educational documents with a travel passport copy to the email of the admission office in Belarus for admission assessment.
The assessment time is 2 days, and after the assessment, admissions staff inform the applicant in Ivory Coast of his or her admission assessment results.
Those international students from Ivory Coast who are found eligible to study in Belarus send their admission fee and scan the receipt to the admission office for their records.
Once the admission fee is received, admissions staff forward their documents to the Migration Department, as in Belarus, admissions for international students are issued by the Migration Department and not by the universities and colleges in Belarus.
At the migration department, the official study invitation processing time is 2 weeks.
Once issued, this official study invitation is sent to the applicant in Ivory Coast for his or her Belarus student visa processing.
POPULAR COURSES IN BELARUS AMONG STUDENTS FROM IVORY COAST
1: General Medicine
Ivory Coast nationals come to Belarus every year and study at general medicine faculties.
In Ivory Coast, the official language is French, so these international students studying general medicine study their first year at the preparatory faculty for a Russian language course and then start studying their general medicine course at state medical universities.
International students from the Ivory Coast come to Belarus to study a general medicine course after passing their secondary school science subjects.
Ivory Coast nationals are always warmly welcomed in Belarus at state medical universities.
2: Pharmacy
Ivory Coast nationals always show great interest in studying pharmacy, and they come to Belarus every year to study this course at state medical institutes working under the Health Ministry of Belarus.
Pharmacy courses are offered in Belarus in English as a medium of instruction for those foreign students who have good knowledge of English. These international students study directly in English as a medium of instruction in their pharmacy programs.
Ivory Coast nationals are good at French, so in their first year, they join a Russian language faculty and then join their pharmacy courses in Belarus, where the medium of instruction is Russian.
3: Nursing
Nursing is a very popular medical course among international students from the Ivory Coast, and every year, they come to Belarus to study nursing courses at a state medical college.
Nursing is offered in Belarus with a Russian medium of instruction only, so these international students from Ivory Coast study their first year at the Russian language faculty and then join their nursing course.
From the Ivory Coast, nursing international students may apply for admission in Belarus once they have passed their secondary school in the Ivory Coast.
Not only international students from Ivory Coast studying nursing in their first year at a Russian language faculty, but all foreign students studying nursing in their first year at a Russian language course, no matter how good they are at English.
4: Dentistry
Dentistry courses are very popular medical courses among national and foreign students from any country, and from Ivory Coast, a few international students come to Belarus and study dentistry courses at state medical universities.
Dentistry courses are taught with both mediums of instruction in Belarusian, English, and Russian.
Ivory Coast nationals have good knowledge of French, as it is their official language, so in their first year, these international students from the Ivory Coast study at a Russian language faculty and then join their dentistry course in Belarus at medical institutes.
5: Masters
A huge number of foreign students come to Belarus to study different master’s courses at state universities.
Ivory Coast nationals come to Belarus and study master’s courses in all areas of study.
Master’s courses are offered in both English and Russian mediums of instruction in Belarus, but Ivory Coast nationals always study their master’s course in the Russian medium of instruction after a 10-monthRussian language course.
Ivory Coast nationals who want to apply for higher education in Belarus for master’s courses must send their bachelor’s degree by scan at the time of admission.
Graduate faculties in Belarus always welcome international students from the Ivory Coast positively.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR IVORY COAST NATIONALS
1: Travel Passport Copy
2: Educational Certificate copies
3: Processing Fee (for eligible applicants only)
BELARUS STUDENT VISA FOR IVORY COAST NATIONALS
A Belarus study visa for Ivory Coast nationals is issued on arrival at Minsk International Airport once they have with them an official study invitation from the Migration Department and are OK to board for departure from the country’s international airport.
According to student visa processing, admitted applicants from the Ivory Coast buy a return air ticket and scan it to the admission office. After receiving the return ticket copy, the admission office processes an OK TO BOARD letter at the migration office in Belarus, and within 2-3 days, an OK TO BOARD is issued.
Once issued, only applicants from Ivory Coast may depart from the country’s airport.
FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS EVERY STUDENT FROM IVORY COAST MUST BRING WITH HIM/HER TO BELARUS
1: Official study invitation
2: Valid Travel Passport
3: Birth Certificate
4: Medical Fitness Certificate
5: Educational Certificates
6: Photographs 10
Once they arrive at Minsk International Airport, the immigration office pastes the Belarus student visa in the international passport of an Ivory Coast national.
Interested students from Ivory Coast may contact us freely anytime for their admission state universities in Belarus.
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