Total number of universities:

• 33 universities
• 9 academies
• 8 institutes

Main areas of study: Communication, Law, Economics, Public Administration, Industrial Management, Engineering and Technology, Architecture and Construction, Medicine (MBBS), Social Welfare, Physical Education, Tourism and Hotel Business, Arts and Design, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Pedagogy, Vocational Education, Agriculture and Forestry, Landscape Design.

The best universities in Belarus (TOP-5):

• Belarusian State University (BSU) – 22,900 students
• Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) – 21,100 students
• Belarusian State University of Economics (BGEU) – 14,400 students
• Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) – 12,600 students
• Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno – 10,600 students

There are 50 higher education institutions in Belarus:

• 42 public
• 8 private
• Students study in 15 areas and more than 400 specialties and specializations.

Accommodation for international students:

• Each university has an accommodation department that helps with obtaining a residence permit and finding housing
• Most students live in dormitories, which are comfortable and inexpensive
• Accommodation costs: from 400 to 700 US dollars per year

Tuition costs:

• Depends on the university and faculty
• On average: from 600 to 2500 US dollars per semester

Orthodoxy is far from the only religion in Belarus. Other faiths are also widely represented in the country:

• Roman Catholic Church — 499 churches
• Protestants — more than 1,000 communities
• Jews — more than 50 Jewish communities
• Muslims — 24 communities and 9 mosques

In total, there are up to 25 religious denominations in Belarus, and the total number of religious communities is more than 3,400 (as of January 2023).

Belarusian cuisine has evolved over the centuries.
It is a combination of simple folk recipes and exquisite dishes of the nobility, active use of local products and unusual cooking methods.

Features of Belarusian cuisine:
Complex and lengthy processing of products
Several cooking methods are often used in one dish: stewing, simmering, baking, boiling, blanching, frying
Preservation and revival of traditional recipes
Modern dishes with elements of haute cuisine
Consideration of seasonality and variety of products

Today in restaurants you can try both classic and modern variations of traditional Belarusian dishes. Here are some of them:

• Pickled porcini mushrooms with vegetable oil, hot potatoes, toasted wheat bread and leeks
• Zhur with eggs, smoked meat and sour cream
• Grechaniki - buckwheat and minced meat cutlets with sour cream and onion sauce
• Draniki with apple and sour cream sauce
• Vereshchaka - meat sauce with buckwheat pancakes
• Bigos - a dish of sauerkraut with smoked meat, mushrooms and prunes
• Pyachisto - large pieces of baked ham
• Pear baked in honey with spices

Number of mobile subscribers: 11.77 million (2022)

LTE coverage: 98% — services are available in Minsk, all regional centers and large district centers across the country

Number of fixed-line subscribers: 47.5 phones per 100 residents

Number of Internet users: over 12 million, of which over 3.2 million are fixed broadband subscribers

International bandwidth: 2.770 Gbps (2022)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ICT Development Index ranking: 32nd in the world (2017)

Universal Postal Union Integrated Postal Development Index ranking: 20th out of 170 countries (2020), 21st out of 172 countries (2019)

Position in UN E-Government Survey: 40th out of 193 countries (2020)