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SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY

Geographic location Regional peculiarities >>> www.sumdu.edu.ua • Domination of industrial model and agricultural sector • Boom of foreign investment Sumy Population: 1,2 mln Area: 23,8 thousand km 2 Universities: 5

CLASSICAL UNIVERSITY 60 SPECIALTIES WITHIN 40 TRAINING DIRECTIONS

SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY • 62 Chairs • 3 Institutes, 6 Faculties • 4 technical schools, colleges • 15 regional centers of distance education • 80 full professors • 550 PhDs • about 19.000 students

SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTES • MEDICAL INSTITUTE • Medical faculty • Faculty of postgraduate medical education • SHOSTKA INSTITUTE • KONOTOP INSTITUTE FACULTIES: • TECHNICAL SYSTEMS AND ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES • ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIS • ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT • FOREIGN PHILOLOGY AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS • LAW • PROFESSIONAL RETRAINING AND PEDAGOGIC INNOVATIONS CENTRES: • PART-TIME AND DISTANT FORMS OF TRAINING • POST-GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

MAJOR DIRECTIONS, SPECIALTIES Engineering and material - Mechanic Engineering processing - Machine-building technologies - Equipment for Chemical Production and Enterprises of Construction Materials Energy and Power - Power Engineering Machines Automation and - Systems Engineering Control - Computerized Control Systems and Automation Chemical Technologies - Chemical Technologies of Macromolecular and Engineering Compounds Electronics - Micro and Nano Electronics - Physical and Biomedical Electronics - Electronic Devices and Systems System sciences and - Applied Mathematics cybernetics - Informatics - Information Technologies of Design

MAJOR DIRECTIONS, SPECIALTIES Natural Sciences - Ecology, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources Medicine - General Medicine - Health care Economics and - Enterprise Economics , Marketing , Finances Entrepreneurship, - Management , Administrative Management Management - Business Administration - Economics of Environment and Natural Resources Journalism and - Journalism Information - Advertising and Public Relations Philology - Translation Law - Jurisprudence

Faculty of Foreign Philology and Social Communications • Faculty includes 7 Departments • Faculty staff includes 6 Doctors of sciences, 47 PhDs • Number of students - more than 700 • Departments of the Faculty prepare specialists in: – Translation – B,S,M – Journalism – B,S,M

Department of journalism and philology Student body includes 319 students Staff: • Teaching staff - 12 teachers • 2 Doctors of sciences • 9 PhDs Major scientific directions: • Representation of regional mass communication: historical and theoretical, thematic, typological, genre and philological aspects • Socio-linguistic conceptuality of Ukrainian national idea in modern mass media

EXPERIENCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND PHILOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL GRANT ACTIVITY • The Media Development Fund grant program administered by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy of USA in Ukraine – SUP 3001 GR091 “Development and modern technical equipment of the laboratory of TV journalism of Sumy State University for the improvement of study process for students- journalists” (period of realization – 2010-2011); • EU international grant project 001- 1195 “Media in transition” coordinated by the Uppsala University, Sweden (period of realization – 2012-2013).

ACADEMIC PROCESS • High results of student education • Wide range of educational services to society • English language instruction for specialties: informatics, management, medicine, marketing and nanoelectronics • International recognition of programmes • Double-diploma and joint degree programmes • Development and wide introduction of e-learning tools

HIGH QUALITY OF EDUCATION By the number of prize-winning places in All-Ukrainian contests of student scientific works and Olympiads on specialties and disciplines SSU holds leading positions among Ukrainian HEIs 12

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF CURRICULA • Marketing • Management of enterprise • Economics • Economics of • Environment and • Natural Resources • Finances

SERVICES TO SOCIETY • LL programmes • Local industry-specialized education • Educational centers of private companies • Academic services for society sectors, also launched by Tempus

EDUCATIONAL CENTERS OF WORLD-KNOWN ENTERPRISES

IT SPACE OF SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY • Information-analytical management system • Library-information system • Web-system • E-Learning system • Scientific research in the field of IT

LIBRARY-INFORMATION SYSTEM • Full electronic catalogue • Electronic library • Repository of scientific works • Access to more than 100 world databases of scientific electronic resources • Centre of scientific-technical information • Free access to reading halls • Virtual reading halls 17

STUDENT-ORIENTED POLICY • Developed system of student self-government, participation in decision making • Wide range of possibilities for academic mobility • Practical placement and career services • Free access to e-library funds, 36 free wi-fi zones, dozens of web-services • 27 kinds of sports, clubs and extracurricular activities

STUDENT FAMILY EMBRACES MORE THAN 1200 FOREIGN STUDENTS FROM 52 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

COOPERATION WITH FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES About 100 foreign partners Germany Italy Turkey China Great Britain Bulgaria Latvia Russian Federation France USA Lithuania Belorus Romania Canada Japan Moldova Austria Czech Republic Israel Kazakhstan Sweden Poland Egypt Georgia Norway Ireland Tajikistan 20 Belgium Portugal

MEMBERSHIP IN IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS • International Association of Universities • European University Association • Eurasian Association of Universities • Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region • Association of Slavonic Universities •

INTRODUCTION OF EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS Sumy State University is a signatory of Magna Charta Universitatum University targets itself at ESG implementation

SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY IS HIGHLY RATED AMONG UKRAINIAN HEIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ACCORDING TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RATINGS: WEBOMETRICS (8), SCOPUS (17), 4ICU (17) IN 2012, TopCoder and others 3rd place among Ukrainian classical universities

SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY – A RELIABLE PARTNER FOR INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PROJECTS AND MOBILITY SCHEMES • TEMPUS • Erasmus Mundus • EuropeAid • LLP • Framework Programme • Joint research projects in frames of intergovernmental agreements • UN Development Programme • Grants of World Bank, DAAD, Fullbright etc.

Participation of SSU in EU programs - Tempus and Erasmus Mundus Realized projects: • TEMPUS SM_SCM-T017B06- 2006 “Practicum to Improve Ukrainian e - Learning System” • 144742-TEMPUS-2008-DE-JPHES ECESIS "Educational Centers' Network on Modern Technologies of Local Governing Current TEMPUS projects: • 530181-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-DE-TEMPUS-SMGR INTEGRATED UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: EU EXPERIENCE ON NIS COUNTRIES’ GROUND • 530601-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-PL-TEMPUS-SMHES INFORMATICS AND MANAGEMENT: BOLOGNA-STYLE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS • 530349-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-FR-TEMPUS-JPHES Inter-university Start-up centers for students ’ innovations development & promotion; • 530519-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-UK-TEMPUS-JPCR 530519-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-UK-TEMPUS-JPCR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SUPRA-REGIONAL NETWORK OF THE NATIONAL CENTRES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION, FOCUSED ON PBL (PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING) AND VIRTUAL PATIENTS • 530599-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPCR Crossmedia und Qualit ä tsjournalismus • 530244-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-SE-TEMPUS-JPCR MODERNIZING HIGHER ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN GEORGIA, UKRAINE AND UZBEKISTAN TO MEET THE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE Current projects of ERASMUS MUNDUS • 372298- ЕМ -1-2012-1-PL-ERA MUNDUS-EMA21 INTEGRATION OF NEIGHBOURING EASTERN REGIONS THROUGH COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

CUQ: CROSSMEDIA UND QUALIT Ä TSJOURNALISMUS Sumy State University team: • Volodymyr Lyubchak – Vice-rector for international affairs and technical innovations • Kostyantyn Kyrychenko – Head of International Affairs Department • Olena Tkachenko – Head of the Department of journalistic • Volodymyr Sadivnychyi – associate professor of the Department of journalistic • Olena Sushkova - associate professor of the Department of journalistic • Tetyana Kyznetsova - Deputy Head of the Department of journalistic • Iryna Serebryanska – Deputy Head of the Department of journalistic • Inna Gavryliuk - associate professor of the Department of journalistic • Maryna Ponomarenko – Deputy Head of International Affairs Department • Olena Gorobchenko – international project manager

SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY WELCOMES COOPERATION • Address: 2, Rymskogo-Korsakova Str., • 40007 Sumy, Ukraine • http://sumdu.edu.ua • International Affairs Department • Tel/fax: +38 (0542) 33-10-81 • e-mail: info@dir.sumdu.edu.ua Licence№ - 122099 Series АА