On January 18, 2026, the State Examination Centre held a practice test for bachelors preparing for the entrance exam for the master's degrees of higher educational institutions.
The exam was organized in the electronic examination building of the State Examination Centre in Baku and in the administrative buildings of the Center's regional branches located in the cities of Ganja, Sheki, Shamkir, Goychay, Shirvan, Barda, Lankaran, Khachmaz, and at school No. 4 in Nakhchivan. 493 candidates were registered and 441 of them attended the test.
SEC followed policies and procedures to ensure that all students can test under a uniform set of conditions.
The exam started at the same time in all buildings - at 11:00 and lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes. After the end of the time allotted for the exam, the participants were able to familiarize themselves with both the results and the explanatory solution to each task on the computer. On January 19, the scores of the participants on closed and open-ended tasks with coded answers will also be posted on the SEC website.
Examination protocols and answer sheets of applicants will be processed and the results will be announced within 2 weeks.