By order of the Ministry of education all future teachers pass profile exams

The Ministry of Prospects believes that “deep knowledge of your subject is fundamentally important for the teacher.” Of course you would. But a consistently high competition in pedagogical universities, an increase in the flow of admissions by 30% over several years and even the equalization of the gender composition of applicants occurred against the background of easier admission. Three exams, among which "dopom" was most often social studies. And now instead of it — physics, profile mathematics, computer science, biology, literature ... Complicated objects, no matter what.

It is not for nothing that some experts and deputies (in particular, Oleg Smolin) call among the consequences of the decision on the profile exam a reduction in the number of applicants in pedagogical universities. Some graduates who considered such a university as relatively affordable may reject this idea. Criticism was also subjected to narrowing the choice for graduates. After all, the introduction of a mandatory profile exam limits the possibility of submitting documents for different areas of training within one university. Insufficiently high score in the profile exam and "non-competition" in one direction close the way to other areas of study in pedagogy.

Another view of the subject expresses the "and let" position. Let the introduction of the profile exam weed out of schools and in general from the pedagogy of random people, and going to the teacher by vocation – the profile only motivates.

And yet, at the beginning of the reform, it is possible to reduce the indicators of admission, primarily the average score of the USE. Universities, especially regional ones, may face a decrease in competition for individual programs (for example, physics and mathematics). What's next?

If we recall that in 2027-2028, universities are waiting for a global shake-up from the Ministry of Education and Science, with such new rules as two serious additional exams for engineers and technologists, a mandatory history for sociologists-humanities, strengthening the target set in medicine, the agrarian complex ... With the total reduction and redistribution of paid places, the closure of private or low-ranking universities, etc., changes in teachers seem to be a “light option”.

- I believe that for leading pedagogical universities (MGU, Herzen RSPU, TPGU, etc.), this decision in the competition will not change anything, says educational expert Maria Bushueva. The high competition will remain there. But in small regional universities, the situation can be heterogeneous.

But in general, pedagogues are no longer a "quiet harbor" with the arrival of "just where." The competition there was high before the introduction of the profile exam. And if we talk about the flow in technical areas, and such forecasts sound that engineering or IT will go to pedagogical universities for physics, mathematics, computer science or chemistry, then it is quite difficult there. In any case, this is not a mass story. Here, for example, an applicant from a technical university changed his mind, realized that he would not enter, and decided to go to pedagogy, having the result of a profile exam (in physics, chemistry or computer science). How many factors should there be? And is the gap in the scores of the conditional MIREA and MPGU so great.

"MK" has clarified the statistics from the previous university campaign. In 2026, the competition for the program “Mathematics, Physics” exceeded 30 people per place, and for “Informatics and artificial intelligence in education” reached 87 applications per place with an average score of 86.2. This means that the “outflow” from technical universities, if it happens, will be directed not to the void, but also to the “overheated” competition of leading pedagogical universities.

If an overflow occurs in the technical areas of training, schools will be only happy - there are not enough such specialists. Applicants from other universities may be tempted by the double quality of training in two programs. Not necessarily contiguous, like the classic “dual pairs” (history-social science, Russian language and literature or biology-chemistry). And, for example, mathematics-computer science, physics-informatics, physics-mathematics.

But if you enter two programs, will two profile exams be required in a pedagogical university? Over time, nothing can be ruled out, but the ministries do not have such plans for the coming years. For two-profile programs, there is still one subject profile. That is, one exam corresponding to the main (leading) profile of the training program. The second subject, as a rule, will remain in the list of subjects of choice (entry test 3 or 4). On the other hand, with high ambitions of the applicant with admission to leading pedagogical universities, the second profile exam will become his insurance and competitive advantage.

Example in the program "Mathematics and Informatics"

Previously, it was possible to do by passing the Russian language, profile mathematics and social science on the exam. Since 2027, social studies in this program is replaced by a mandatory profile exam. For a future computer science teacher, this means that computer science becomes compulsory, and profile mathematics can remain as the second exam of choice. Or vice versa, depending on what profile the university will make the leader.

In 2027, there is no need to pass the exam in two subjects – mathematics and computer science – “mandatory”. It is enough to pass one profile exam (the subject that the university will determine as the leading one for your program). But, making an estimate for the future, it is worth thinking about two exams - both in mathematics and computer science.