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SumDU has officially become a signatory to the CANIE Accord, an international climate action initiative in international education. The university has joined over 130 higher education institutions and educational organizations that have pledged to make their activities more environmentally responsible.
On 17-18 September 2025, the Ukrainian Education Quality Forum (UQAF-2025) was held. The event, organized by the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance together with Lutsk National Technical University, brought together about 1,000 participants from all over the country. The forum became a large-scale communication platform for discussing modern approaches to ensuring the quality of higher education.
In September 2025, the delegation of Sumy State University, consisting of the Head of the International Relations Office Alla Krasulia and Deputy Head of the IRO Tetyana Mayboroda, took part in the annual conference of the European Association for International Education (EAIE), which this year was held in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Sumy Machine-Building Cluster of Power Equipment and the Ukrainian Nuclear Society signed a memorandum of cooperation. The agreement is aimed at combining scientific potential of universities, industrial enterprises and nuclear community to strengthen the country’s energy security.
In the summer of 2025, Sumy State University and Salisbury University (Maryland, USA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding, marking the commitment of both institutions to deepen cooperation and create new opportunities for students and faculty. The agreement was signed by SumDU Rector Vasyl Karpusha and Salisbury University President Carolyn Ringer Lepre.
The V Summit of the First Ladies and Gentlemen was held in Kyiv. The topic was “Education That Shapes the World”. For the first time, the summit lasted two days. The event brought together first ladies and gentlemen, Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Ukrainian and international education leaders.
SumDU continues to receive support from international partners in restoring the educational process after extensive damage caused by air attacks. This time, the university received humanitarian aid from the University of Bern (Switzerland) – modern computer equipment.
On August 29, Sumy State University welcomed James Howard Yellin – a retired American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Burundi in 2002–2005 and is now an independent filmmaker and humanitarian.
The American director is currently working on two documentary projects about Ukraine:
On 1 September 2025, a symbolic and extremely important event took place at SumDU – the Indomitability Tournament.
On the night of 18 August 2025, Russians insidiously struck the university’s academic buildings and sports infrastructure with drones and rockets. Among the damaged facilities was the N Building, within the walls of which the ceremonial part of the tournament took place.
On 29 August 2025, SumDU hosted the annual August conference of administration, management, scientific and teaching staff. The event was attended by Denys KURBATOV (deputy minister of education and science of Ukraine).