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As part of a working visit to Sumy Oblast by Oleksandr KORNIIENKO (first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine), a meeting was held at SumDU with representatives of local higher education institutions, attended by regional and city officials. The event was moderated by Mykhailo ANANCHENKO (member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine).
On 24 April 2026, Mykola TROFYMENKO (Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine) visited SumDU.
The guest familiarized himself with university’s material and technical resources, particularly its scientific infrastructure and educational environment. He visited the Center for Shared Use of Scientific Equipment, as well as the Department of Applied Hydro-Aeromechanics, where he was presented with unique research and projects by SumDU scientists.
SumDU joined the annual international exhibition “Forum International de l'Étudiant”, which took place on 16-19 April 2026 in Casablanca. Together with four other Ukrainian institutions, SumDU presented its programs at the joint stand “Study in Ukraine”.
On the night of 21 April 2026, Russian troops carried out another attack on the city of Sumy using unmanned aerial vehicles. The strikes damaged SumDU buildings, in particular the Palace of Student Sports as well as a student dormitory.
On 14 April 2026, a decisive event took place at SumDU: rector election. According to results of a secret ballot, Vasyl KARPUSHA, who has led the institution for the past five years, won a convincing victory.
13 April 2025 became one of the most tragic dates in the history of SumDU and the city of Sumy. On the bright day of Palm Sunday – a holiday of peace, faith, and blessing – the enemy brought pain, grief, and irreparable losses. A rocket attack in the city center took the lives of 35 people.
On April 9, 2026, Sumy State University was visited by the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Tulsa (Oklahoma, USA), Karl Ahlgren.
The visit marked an important step in advancing academic diplomacy and expanding practical cooperation between Sumy State University (SumDU) and Oklahoma State University (OSU) – one of the leading higher education institutions in the United States.
On 23–24 March, a delegation from Sumy State University took part in the UK–Ukraine Research Twinning Showcase and Networking 2026 , organised and hosted by the University of Liverpool, SumDU’s partner within the UK–Ukraine Twinning Initiative
The Figshare platform has published the Transparent Web Ranking of Repositories, which is based on the number of scientific publications indexed in Google Scholar.
This ranking is an important indicator of scientific visibility and university research openness in the global information space.
On 30 March 2026, a grand opening of a modernized educational shelter was held at the Ukrainian-Swedish Research Center SUMEYA and the SumDU Department of Pathological Anatomy. The facility was renovated within the international Horizon Europe project “ARGO”.