The district's only vocational school, with 538 students, says it has been selected among the 13 institutions in the country included in the new phase of CONSEPT — a four-year programme (2026–2029) to modernise technical and vocational education, funded by Liechtenstein. What it means, concretely, for Ungheni's students and teachers.
The district's only vocational school has announced its 2026 admission: nine trades — from welder, electrician and car mechanic to IT operator and dual-system seamstress — with applications filed from 20 July, exclusively online, through the national platform eadmitere.sime.md. Behind it lies a state bet: for the 2026–2027 school year the Government approved 12,282 state-funded places in vocational education, of which 2,669 are in the dual system — 535 more than last year. Here is what you can study, which documents you need, how much the file costs and who has priority.
From March to May, the Ungheni Vocational School — the only one in the district — took its trades offer into the lower-secondary schools of four districts through a campaign it called the 'Trades Caravan 2026'. Behind a routine recruitment drive sits a trend that runs against the demographics: while the district lost almost 22,000 residents in 11 years, the school has reached 538 students, nearly a third more than three years ago, and vocational education is rebounding nationwide too. Here is what a lower-secondary graduate from Ungheni can study at home in 2026 — and why it matters.
