On March 25th, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine announced the results of the state certification of higher education institutions in terms of their scientific (scientific and technical) activities.

According to the updated results of the Webometrics ranking, Sumy State University retained its position in the TOP-3 Ukrainian universities together with the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”.

The Webometrics Ranking has published the first edition of its subsidiary the Transparent Ranking in the new year. SumDU took 4th place among the most cited universities of Ukraine, second only after Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.

On October 28th one of the most significant world ranking agencies Times Higher Education published the results of the subject rankings. Sumy State University showed a great improvement in its position and for the first time presented in the ranking in three subjects at once: “Business and Economics” (ranking group 401-500), “Engineering” (501-600), “Physics” (1001+).