Human Resources in Science

Over 27,000 people, including almost 18,000 researchers are employed in science and technology in Belarus. Almost 3,200 scientists, including 513 doctors of science and 2,717 candidates of science have the highest scientific qualification.

Young people are actively involved in R&D projects. About 20% of the scientific staff are young scientists.

Some 118 organizations train postgraduates and doctoral candidates in Belarus. An estimated 4,400 postgraduate students and 594 doctoral candidates were studying in Belarus. 61.8% of postgraduate students are under 35 years old; 66.8% of doctoral candidates are under 50 years old.

In order to promote high-tech manufacturing of the 5^th and 6^th technological paradigms, the country has focused on 137 priority competencies. As of early 2019, 2,388 postgraduate students and 270 doctoral students continued their education in these priority areas.