International activity
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University – an individual full member of the European University Association - is a significant geopolitical higher learning educational and scientific centre in Western Ukraine. The Office of International Affairs has started its official international cooperation since July 1977 when the Academic Cooperation Agreement with Saskatchewan University (Canada) was signed. Nowadays the Office of International Affairs collaborates with more than 59 establishments of higher learning and academic institutions of Europe, Asia, North and South America. International cooperation is annually expended and improved. Recently the University has signed several cooperation agreements with Polish, German, Lithuanian, Italian, French higher education institutions, in particular Uniwersytet Yagiellonski (Krakow), Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski (Olztyn), Akademia Pedagogiczna (Krakow), Pomorska Akademia Pedagogiczna (Słupsk), Pädogogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg (Germany), Alpen-Adria_Univesität Klagenfurt (Austria), Mykolo Romerio Universiteta (Lithuania), St. John International University, Torino (Italy), University of Warsaw (Poland). The mentioned general agreements on international cooperation are the key factors in implementation the research and educational cooperation conducted by the International Office.
The Office of International Affairs has announced a competition for a term studies in Saskatchewan University (Canada) and Lock Haven (the USA). Besides having an excellent opportunity to study abroad, undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students of Chernivtsi National University are enrolled in summer schools (Language proficiency, History, Archeology), commonly arranged by higher educational establishments and corresponding departments together with university-partners of Romania and Poland. Higher instituions facilitate students’ training in different Summer Schools in Chernivtsi, Suceava, Iaşi, Kraków, Rzeszów, Słupsk, Kielce, Novi Sad, etc. The university actively participates in international research and grant projects. The International Office exerts itself in fulfilling Ukrainian and Romanian joint cross-border research projects having established intimate contacts with its Romanian partners and coordinating the application and project implementation processes.
The information on grants, summer schools and scholarships can be found on the following web-site: interof.chnu.edu.ua.
The university’s international activity is also promoted by a range of scientific centers, such as the Research Center of Bukovynian Studies, Ramon Gnatyshyn Canadian Studies Center, Center of American Studies, Anton Kokhanovskiy Eastern School of Polish Studies Center, Euroatlantic Integration and Security Center, Czech Studies Center. Ukraine’s business relationships with Canada, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania and Austria promotes the development of the university’s international cooperation in educational area bringing it closer to the European education within the Bologna Process. International workshops have been held by NATO Information and Documentation Ukrainian Center within the university.
Cooperation forms and methods are being improved, in particular: students and postgraduates exchange for short-term and long-term studies overseas, as well as teaching staff exchange for delivering lectures and making scientific research; common researches (including international scientific-educational programs); participation in scientific conferences, trainings. A number of our teaching staff’s overseas scientific trips are growing. The amount of foreign students studying at Chernivtsi National University constantly increases year after year.