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As part of the EU Career Day, a panel discussion “Creating Alliances for Cooperation as a New Stage of University and City Integration” was held at Sumy State University. It was organized by the EU Information Center with support of the EU Delegation to Ukraine.
Dear scientists, teachers, researchers, postgraduates and students of SumDU!
Every year on 10 November, we, together with the international academic community, celebrate the World Science Day for Peace and Development. This holiday is a reminder that science is called to serve humanity, to work for its security, well-being and future.
On 28-31 October 2025, Ihor Sikorskyi Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the XIV International Festival “Sikorsky Challenge 2025” – the main event of the Ukrainian innovation ecosystem. This year, three startup teams from SumDU were selected for final in the categories “Defense and Security”, “Energy Sustainability and Security, Ecology and Green Chemistry”, “Biomedical Engineering and Human Health”.
On 31 October 2025, a regional forum installation “Voice of Peace – Women” was held at SumDU. It was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of adopting UN Security Council Resolution 1325 “Women, Peace, Security”. The event was organized by the 1325-Sumshchyna coalition with support of partner public organizations to implement the all-Ukrainian information campaign “1325 Strengthens the Country”.
Sumy State University has received a new shipment of humanitarian and technical aid from Fulda University of Applied Sciences (Germany) – a long-standing strategic partner of SumDU and a member of the E³UDRES² European University Alliance . The donation includes laptops, network switches, projectors, and other network equipment with a total value exceeding 3.5 million UAH.
On 29 October 2025, a final roundtable was held at SumDU on results of implementing the project “Veteran PRO in Sumy Oblast: Building Institutional Capacity for Veteran Reintegration into Civilian Life”.
On 27 October 2025, SumDU traditionally joined the All-Ukrainian Radio Dictation of National Unity. It is an annual event dedicated to the Day of Ukrainian Literacy.
SumDU has been participating in the radio dictation since launch of the Ukrainian-language flash mob. This year, the event was held in a mixed format. Some students, teachers, and pupils gathered within the university. The others joined online.
Sumy State University sincerely thanks its partner Örebro University (Kingdom of Sweden) for yet another powerful act of solidarity: the donation of 20 laptops to support the digital needs of our university community.
On October 16–17, 2025, the FOREU4ALL “Cooperation for Ukraine” Workshop took place in Prague, dedicated to strengthening the cooperation of Ukrainian higher education institutions with the European University Alliances.
SumDU representatives took part in the first module of a large-scale educational initiative aimed at strengthening the institutional capacity of Ukrainian higher education institutions.