About International Activities

Recognition of the university in the European and world educational space, active partnership and entry into the international educational and scientific organizations is a strategic objective of the University.

Implementation of the international activity of the University includes:

• development of cooperation with foreign universities and research centers, foundations in the sphere of education, research and training of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel, search of international grants;
• bilateral agreements with universities in other countries on the mutual recognition of diplomas;
• the achievement of mobility of students, teachers, researchers, university administrators;
• restoration work and the creation of new centers of education, science and culture of the partner countries of LTSNU with educational and cultural mission as well as to increase the contingent of foreign students.

The international service provided by the International Relations Office  operates at the university to promote international cooperation. The activity of IRO is aimed at:

• support of the existing and introduction of new forms of cooperation with international organizations of various types and forms of ownership; with foreign institutions of higher education (public and private); with foreign scientific / cultural / sports institutions in accordance with the generally accepted concept of strategic partnerships;
• organization of work on formation and maintenance of the contingent of foreign citizens – students of the University (maintenance of relations with graduates of the University – citizens of foreign states; interaction with embassies (consulates) of foreign states on the issues of stay and training of foreign citizens);
• expanding of geography of promotion of the institutional brand of the University and foreign promotion of the results of the institution’s activities in the educational / scientific / cultural spheres;
• assistance to all structural subdivisions of the University in the establishment and development of international cooperation, as well as in their participation in international educational and research programs, academic mobility programs, international rankings, etc.;
• strengthening of the capacity of the University at national and institutional levels through the development and implementation of international educational and research projects;
• provision of opportunities for students and research and teaching staff of the University to carry out educational and research activities within internationalized institutional environment through the introduction of the best foreign practices in the educational process and research, assistance in international projects of various types and directions, recruitment of foreign nationals to an institution for the purpose of teaching or conducting research;
• introduction and development of institutional culture of openness and tolerance in order to attract foreign nationals and, accordingly, to make intensive use of the benefits of internationalized intercultural environment for their own institutional development;
• promotion of international and intercultural activities both inside the University and outside the institution;
• promotion of the formation of educational environment at the University for all, without exception, students and staff with linguistic, intercultural, entrepreneurial, etc. competencies that enable them to respond to the global challenges of the 21st century;
• promotion of the development of University graduates’ skills that will enable them to compete confidently in the global / national / regional labor market and to carry out various activities effectively within global community.

20.10.2024