The Constitution Day symbolizes our fundamental rights to freedom, dignity, security; right to live, work, and create in our homeland. It is about an opportunity to raise children, achieve dreams, and rejoice in each new day.

The Euroeducation International Projects Center (in partnership with IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, an international group of experts) presented the latest version of the Top 200 Ukraine ranking. Compared to last year’s ranking, SumDU improved its position, moving up to fourth place, behind Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Lviv Polytechnic National University, and Ihor Sikorskyi Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

On 19 June 2025, SumDU became the venue for presenting results of state certification of scientific and technical activities among Ukrainian institutions. The event was attended by Denys KURBATOV (deputy minister for education and science of Ukraine), Hryhorii MOZOLEVYCH (director general of the Directorate for Science Development), Iryna KRASOVSKA (deputy director of the Directorate for Innovation and Relations with the Real Economy Sector) and Heorhii VASYLIEV (consultant of the Education Ministry).

The British rating agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has published results of the QS World University Rankings 2026. It features 1,501 higher education institutions from over 100 countries, including 10 higher education institutions in Ukraine.

Times Higher Education, one of the world’s most influential ranking agencies, has published results of its annual THE Impact Rankings. It assesses scientific, educational, managerial, and support activities of higher education institutions across all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

On 13 April 2025, as a result of a missile strike on the Sumy center, historical sites, in particular architectural monuments on Petropavlivska Street, suffered significant damage and destruction. These sites are of local cultural and historical value. They are part of the city’s unique historical and architectural environment.

Every year, the Osvita.ua web portal summarizes the ranking results of Ukrainian higher education institutions by indicators of publication activity in the Scopus database. The total number of publications and citations is analyzed, and the final ranking is based on the h-index.

On 12 March 2025, the results of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 were published. This year's edition includes 171 new institutions compared to 2024. Here, we can see 10 best Ukrainian universities from Kyiv, Lviv, Sumy and Kharkiv.