Answer: Yes. This requirement is set out in Presidential Decree No. PQ-5117 dated May 19, 2021 https://www.lex.uz/docs/5426736.

    According to the decree, from the 2022/2023 academic year, i.e. from the current year, the procedure for participation in Olympiads in the specialties of magistracy and postgraduate education will be passed by persons with national or relevant international certificates.

    This requires at least a national or equivalent international certificate level C1 in philology and a national or equivalent international certificate B2 in non-philological fields.