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A working meeting dedicated to implementation of the project “Dreams of the Heroes of Ukraine: Art That Preserves the Future” took place at SumDU. The initiative aims to preserve the memory of Ukraine’s defenders through their dreams, life values, and personal stories, as embodied in works of visual art.
SumDU hosted the training program “People with War Experience. Dignity. Cooperation”. It was organized within the all-Ukrainian mental health program “How Are You?”, which is being implemented at the initiative of Ukraine’s First Lady Olena ZELENSKA. Participants in the training included specialists from the Sumy Regional Employment Center, who enhanced their knowledge and practical skills in working with male and female veterans as well as family members.
Unspeakable grief has engulfed SumDU. Our colleague, Andrii YEVDOKYMOV (PhD in Economics and associate professor) was killed while defending his homeland against the Russian aggressor.
Representatives of the SumDU Department of Applied Hydro- and Aeromechanics participated in the 10th Summer Nuclear School of NAEK “Enerhoatom”. It took place on 13-24 July 2026 at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant. Young researchers (Dmytro BONDARENKO, Stanislav SUKRUT, Vladyslav ANDRUSIAK, and Oleksandr KULIKOV) and associate professor Oleksandr RATUSHNYI were invited to participate.
Sumy State University has been awarded funding under the Horizon Europe programme and is preparing to launch the international project RESTART – Resilience and Excellence for Social Transformation and Adaptive Recovery in Turbulence under the Horizon Europe Twinning instrument. The project has a total budget of €1,499,998.96 and will run for 36 months.
SumDU Representatives Explore European Alumni Engagement Practices at SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Representatives of Sumy State University took part in the Third Study Visit of the international project ALMEX – “Alumni Management Excellence: Building University Capacity for Sustainable Graduate Engagement” (Project No. 101236357, ERASMUS-EDU-2025-CBHE), held on 6–10 July 2026 at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics in Poland. The five-day programme focused on one of the key priorities of a modern university: building systematic and sustainable engagement with alumni as an important component of institutional strategy.
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.
">On July 4, a Study in Ukraine exhibition of Ukrainian universities was held at the Hyatt Regency Baku hotel, organized by the "Ukrainian State Center for International Education (USCIE)" together with the "Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan". More than 20 leading higher education institutions of Ukraine took part in the event, including Sumy State University.
Vasyl KARPUSHA (SumDU rector) participated in a new episode of the podcast “Hands-On Medical Education”. It was hosted by Mykhailo VYNNYTSKYI, a well-known sociologist and professor.
In his opening remarks, the host called SumDU “a phenomenon worth discussing” noting that the university, located in a border region, has demonstrated impressive educational and scientific achievements and consistently ranks among Ukraine’s top institutions in global rankings.
The SumDU Library has been named a winner of the international LIBER Award for Library Innovation 2026. The organization received the first award “For Library Innovation” for a joint presentation with the University of Liverpool Library.
The award was announced on 2 July 2026 during the annual LIBER 2026 conference, which took place on 1-3 July 2026 in Trondheim (Norway). It brought together approximately 500 representatives of the European research library community. The conference theme was “The Power of Libraries in an Uncertain World”.