HAVANA. - The Department of Higher Education of Cuba (MES) will offer 84 thousand 845 places of university studies for the next school course, according to information provided by authorities of the entity reported today by the local press.

According with the director of Revenue and Labor Place of the MES, René Sánchez, of the whole of places, 37 thousand 763 correspond to the Day Regular Course, 36 thousand 897 to the Course for Meetings, four thousand 195 to the Course at Distance and five thousand 990 to the Higher Education of Short Cycle.

The process of filling of ballots for the access to the places begins on Monday, February 18th, while the entrance examinations, in their ordinary call, will be carried out on May 3rd, 7th and 10th.

The extraordinary call will take place on June 18th, 21st and 25th and the special one will be done on August 26, 28 and 30.

Information of the MES indicates that the registration of the higher education in Cuba to the beginning of the course 2018-2019 was near to 240 thousand pupils.

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez