Universities
Sumy State University is a powerful higher educational institution of the Sumy region of the IV level of accreditation. The University currently serves about 14,000 students who are pursuing prebachelor, bachelor, specialist and master degrees in 51 majors and 22 fields of knowledge. About 1600 foreign students represent almost 50 countries worldwide. The university comprises the following educational institutes: Medical Institute, Oleg Balatskyi Academic and Research Institute of Finance, Economics and Management, Academic and Research Institute of Business Technologies “UAB”, Academic and Research Institute of Law, Konotop and Shostka Institutes, Chemical and Technological College of Shostka Institute; faculties: of Electronics and Information Technologies, Foreign Philology and Social Communications, Technical Systems and Energy Efficient Technologies, Industrial Pedagogical Technical School of Konotop Institute, Polytechnic School of Konotop Institute, Chemical and Technological College of Shostka Institute and other structural departments. There are more than 3000 employees in the university, including Corresponding Members of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, about 130 Doctors of Sciences, Professors and 660 Candidates of Sciences (PhD), Associate Professors represent academic staff of the University. There are postgraduate and post-doctoral programmes in 21 majors, degree awarding academic councils. The University holds the highest position among Ukrainian higher education institutions for the number of prize-winning places in All-Ukrainian competitions of students’ research works and is among leaders in All-Ukrainian Olympiads in educational disciplines, training directions and majors. Advanced library information system contains over 3,1 million items both in hard copies and e-copies and provides access to the most famous electronic databases of the world. The University’s library is a prize winner of All-Ukrainian contest “Library of the Year”. Web of Science Core Collection database indexes the University’s two scientific journals such as “Marketing and Management of Innovations” and “Nanomaterials: Applications and Properties”. The letter one and “Journal of Nano- and Electronic Physics” are also indexed by SCOPUS database. There are TOEFL-center, resource and educational centers of Microsoft, Cisco, PortaOne, Delcam, NETCRACKER, 1С, Siemens, SAS, MindK and other companies operating at SumDU campus. 40 kinds of sports and about 100 sports groups are available at the University. Sports teams perform at the premier league level. About 100 students are the record breakers and prize winners of the Olympic Games, World, European and Ukrainian Championships. The students of the university have an opportunity to develop and improve their skills in 16 clubs in accordance with their interests.
Established in 1993, Sumy State University is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the small city of Sumy (population range of 250,000-499,999 inhabitants), Sumy Oblast. This institution has also branch campuses in the following location(s): Konotop, Shostka. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Sumy State University (SumDU) is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 10,000-14,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Sumy State University (SumDU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 27 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations. The admission rate range is 80-90% making this Ukrainian higher education organization a least selective institution. International applicants are eligible to apply for enrollment.
