title: Republican Institute for Vocational Education
text: # Republican Institute for Vocational Education
  
  The Republican Institute for Vocational Education (or RIPO, Russian: Республиканский институт профессионального образования) is a higher education institution in Minsk, Belarus. Founded in December 1992, it is managed by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus.
  
  ## Structure
  
  * 3 science-methodological centres
  * 8 departments in the Faculty of Improvement of Skills
  * centre for economic education, created with support of Germany.
     * more than 200 employees work in this institute.
  