WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 Today, on 2 July 2025, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to Ukraine Martin Oberg visited West Ukrainian National University. During the meeting with students and teachers of the university, topical issues of European integration processes were discussed.

 The Rector of the West Ukrainian National University, Professor Oksana Desyatnyuk, and the Director of the International Centre for Culture and Development of WUNU, Professor Olha Tsaryk, held an insightful meeting with the President of the European Youth Forum EYFON, Dr Christoph Leitl.

 The West Ukrainian National University has signed a cooperation agreement with the Pädagogische Hochschule Wien (Vienna University College of Teacher Education). The signing of was an important step towards strengthening long-term cooperation between educational institutions and developing joint educational and research initiatives.

 A delegation from the West Ukrainian National University recently paid an official visit to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Medical University in Warsaw (UM MSC). During this period, there was a notable emphasis on sincerity, professionalism, compassion, and optimism.

 At the initiative of Oksana Koval, Director of the Education and Research Centre for Communications, a roundtable discussion was held at the West Ukrainian National University on the current issues of psychosocial support for veterans and police officers returning to civilian life after participating in combat operations.

 Recently, an interesting and informative online meeting was held with representatives of the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine, Ms. Svitlana Shytikova and Ms. Zhanna Talanova, who shared pertinent information on opportunities for Ukrainian higher education institutions to participate in Erasmus+ projects in the field of inclusion.

 From 3 to 5 June 2025, the city of Ljubljana (Republic of Slovenia) hosted the international workshop ‘AI & Beyond: Empowering the Cultural Sector for the Digital Age’, organised as part of the TALKING HEADS project (CREA-CULT-2024-COOP). The event brought together participants from various European countries to discuss the prospects for digital transformation in the cultural sector.

 Recently, the 12th International Conference in Philosophy and Canon Law was held in Prešov (Slovak Republic), bringing together scholars and researchers from various countries. A delegation from the West Ukrainian National University took part in the conference: Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Research Uliana Koruts, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Oksana Homotiuk, and Director of the Transcarpathian Education and Research Centre of WUNU Edita Grabar.

 Within the framework of expanding scientific and educational cooperation between Lubelska Akademia WSEI and West Ukrainian National University, as well as Lublin University of Technology and West Ukrainian National University, Dr. Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi, Professor of Economics and Economic Theory at WUNU, paid a working visit to Lublin.

 West Ukrainian National University hosted the graduation ceremony of the retraining and social adaptation programme for internally displaced persons in the field of entrepreneurship, implemented within the TURBO project (‘The Universities’ Reaction to Big Obstructions: Building resilient higher education to respond and manage societal crises’).