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.

For the second year in a row, Sumy State University has been ranked second among Ukrainian higher education institutions in the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP).

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.

According to the updated data of the Web of Universities Ranking (Webometrics), SumDU is second among higher education institutions in Ukraine after Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

On 22 January 2025, Times Higher Education, one of the most authoritative ranking agencies in higher education, published ranking results of the best universities.

On 12 December 2024, results of the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2024 were solemnly announced in São Paulo (Brazil).

This week, the leading British agency “Times Higher Education” for the first time presented a ranking of the best universities offering educational programs via distance technologies.