On the evening of 20 September 2026, Russian troops fired a guided bomb at the SumDU campus. Most importantly, nobody was injured. Russian forces are once again targeting civilian infrastructure and educational institutions. As a result of the attack, facades, windows, and doors of the university’s main unit, as well as other nearby buildings, were damaged. 776 windows were shattered. Damage assessment and cleanup efforts are currently underway.

SumDU has been included in the list of 12 Ukrainian universities that, following a competitive selection process conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, have been given an opportunity to advance to the next stage of the CampeX project – “Support for Campuses of Excellence”.

On 8–11 September, Glasgow's Scottish Event Campus hosted the 36th Annual Conference of the European Association for International Education (EAIE) — the largest international higher education event in Europe. This year it brought together more than 7,300 professionals from over 100 countries. Sumy State University was represented at the forum by Tetyana MAYBORODA, Deputy Head of the International Relations Office .

SumDU took the first place among Ukrainian institutions in the updated July 2026 edition of the international Transparent Ranking. In total, this ranking edition (compiled by the Cybermetrics Lab research group) evaluates research activity of about 17,400 universities worldwide.

The Center for International Projects “Euroeducation” in partnership with the international group of experts IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence has published results of the 20th academic rating “Top-200 Ukraine 2026”. SumDU took 4th place among higher education institutions of Ukraine.

The results of one of the most authoritative global rankings – the QS World University Rankings 2027 – have been released. This year’s study by the British agency “Quacquarelli Symonds” covered approximately 9,000 higher education institutions worldwide.

On 25 March 2026, results of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 were published. This year’s edition contains an independent comparative analysis of success of over 18,300 educational programs chosen for study by students from more than 1,700 universities in 100 countries around the world.

On 21 January 2025, Times Higher Education (one of the most authoritative ranking agencies in higher education) announced ranking results of the world best universities in 11 fields of knowledge. Sumy State University was included in five areas of the World University Rankings by Subject 2026: