Science and Education in Belarus

Belarus is a country with highly developed science and advanced education. The adult literacy rate in Belarus is 99.7%, and the country has a high primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio (89.5 % according to UN Human Development Report 2007/2008). The ratio of university students (407 per 10,000 people) is the level of leading European countries, including Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Finland.

The Belarusian educational system includes more than 4,100 preschool institutions, nearly the same number of comprehensive schools, colleges and lyceums, and 55 higher educational institutions. Students from 83 countries study at the Belarusian universities.

Belarus ranks high in the number of scientists and engineers per capita. The total number of organizations and institutions conducting scientific research is 301 with approximately 32,900 scientists and engineers being involved in applied and fundamental research. The number of scientists working in the educational sphere is 20,000. Of the total scientific population of Belarus, about 3,800 are doctors of sciences.

Belarusian Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, founded in 1929, is the leading scientific center of Belarus. The Academy scientists have achieved significant success in R&D activities in the field of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, Earth science, social sciences and the humanities. As of 01.01.2009, the staff of the Academy and affiliated institutions included more than 17,470 researchers and technicians, 510 Doctors of Sciences (equivalent of Prof.) and 1,870 Candidates of Sciences (equivalent of Ph.D.). Intergovernmental agreements on cooperation in the field of sciences and technologies have been signed with 60 countries, including Great Britain, Germany, India, China, Russia, the US, and Japan.

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