Cuba's Public Health Ministry will increase registration in medical sciences faculties during the 2005-2006 school year, the largest matriculation in history.

Health officials said that next school year, 29,000 students will matriculate in medical faculties throughout the country, 20 percent of whom will study Medicine and 11,570 will major in Health Technology.

In addition, 1,000 students will study Stomatology, 8,000 will go to nursing faculties and 500 will major in Psychology.

That number, they said, includes 1,870 places for students from other countries.

Currently, 28,000 youths are studying medicine, and 3,700 students will graduate this year as Doctors in Medicine.

Cuba has four Medical Sciences Institute, 21 Faculties, the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), 20 branches and 256 university venues in polyclinics.

By: Dtcuba