Academic Council Meeting

28.3.2025

On March 28, a meeting of the university’s academic council was held remotely.

The following issues were on the agenda:

• the work of departments to ensure the educational components of the general training cycle;
• work of specialized academic councils;
• miscellaneous.

The meeting began with a report by the head of the commission for educational and methodological work, Yevhen Ivanov, on the work of the departments to ensure the educational components of the general training cycle. It was noted that the purpose of the disciplines of the general training cycle of the educational program is to form the general competencies of a specialist as universal, independent of the subject area, but important for the successful further professional and social activities of the applicant in various fields and for his personal development.

Most of such disciplines at the second (master’s) level are taught by departments that are responsible for the implementation of educational programs, which allows for maximum consideration of the specifics of specialties. For the first (bachelor’s) level, the list of mandatory disciplines of the general training cycle is approved by the university’s academic council. The participants discussed changes to this list in accordance with current legislation, proposals from stakeholders and modern conditions for conducting educational activities. The heads of the departments of Ukrainian language Alla Nikitina, Foreign Language by Professional Direction Svitlana Shpetna, History and Archeology Oleksandr Naboka, Philosophy and Sociology Svitlana Khobta, director of the Educational and Research Institute of Health Care and Sports Oleksandr Dubovoi, and Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work Yaroslava Yurkiv took an active part in the discussion of the issue.

During the consideration of the second issue, the Academic Council reviewed the results of the work of specialized academic councils. After hearing and discussing the report of the Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work Svitlana Vovk, the Academic Council noted that at Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University there are currently two specialized academic councils with the right to accept for consideration and conduct defenses of doctoral (candidate) theses in the following specialties: 13.00.01 – general pedagogy and history of pedagogy, 13.00.06 – theory and methodology of educational management, 13.00.04 – theory and methodology of vocational education, 13.00.05 – social pedagogy. During 2024, three doctoral theses were defended in these councils. In addition, in 2024, three meetings of specialized one-time councils for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy were held, according to the results of which the applicants successfully defended their theses and received Doctor of Philosophy diplomas.

Among other issues, the following were considered: approval of the Rules for Admission to Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University and its separate structural divisions in 2025, lists of free choice disciplines for students of all levels for the 2025-2026 academic year, amendments to the Regulations on the Organization of the Educational Process, Regulations on the Development, Approval, Updating of the Content and Closure of Educational Programs and the Procedure for Obtaining and Awarding Professional Qualifications, continuation of the implementation of educational programs in connection with changes to the list of fields of knowledge and specialties in which applicants for higher and professional pre-higher education are trained, closure of educational programs, establishment of a one-time specialized academic council for awarding the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, approval and correction of dissertation topics for obtaining the scientific degrees of Doctor of Sciences and Doctor of Philosophy, as well as recommendations for the publication of scientific and educational and methodological works.

Academic Secretary of the University