WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 Between 2 and 9 August 2026, Viktor Bryn, a graduate student pursuing a Master’s degree in Ecology and Bioeconomics at WUNU, took part in the international summer school ‘Science and Sail’, which brought together over 40 young researchers from Germany, Finland, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic region.

 West Ukrainian National University hosted the signing of an agreement between WUNU, represented by the rector Oksana Desyatnyuk, and the city of Ronneby (Kingdom of Sweden), represented by Mikael Mortenson, chair of the committee for technology, recreation and culture. The city of Ronneby has been a partner city of Ternopil for many years, carrying out joint projects with Ternopil City Council.

 On 11 August, a meeting took place between the team from the Office of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine and 24 rectors of Ukrainian universities. Oksana Desyatnyuk, Rector of West Ukrainian National University, took part in a discussion on developing a new model of partnership between higher education institutions and local communities in Ukraine.

 As part of the European Erasmus+ programme, representatives from West Ukrainian National University paid a working visit to FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences in Graz (Austria). The partner university brought together 40 lecturers specialising in German studies and 44 students from 14 different higher education institutions in Ukraine for an exchange of experience and intensive training.