Universities in Ukraine
The Ukraine has 282 higher education institutions, of which 209 are public and 73 private institutions (as of 2019). All recognized universities are subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science. The range of courses has expanded considerably since 1990 and is in a phase of upheaval. Important university cities are Kiev , Kharkiv , Dnipro , Odessa and Lviv .
overview
The majority of educational institutions have so-called first and second level accreditation . These are “Technika” and “Colleges”; many have only been granted university status since Ukrainian independence. Many institutions were part of the post-secondary vocational training sector in Soviet times.
The higher education institutions that have third and fourth level accreditation are universities , academies , conservatories and institutes , with a total of around 1.4 million enrolled students, including 75,600 international students (as of 2019). In the academic year 2004/2005 there were still 2,026,700 enrolled students, in 1995/1996, however, only 922,800. Both state and private universities are financed through tuition fees; many students study distance learning .
Ukraine has been a fully-fledged Bologna contracting state since 2005 . In addition to the higher education system, the system of accreditation has recently been reformed. Levels I to IV are no longer used for accreditation. Instead, a new classification based on the type of facility has been introduced. The respective accreditation certificate from the Ministry of Education and Science now shows directly which degrees the institution is allowed to award. Current degree certificates and the newly added Diploma Supplement are bilingual (Ukrainian and English) and based on the European model.
The Ukrainian government has also committed itself to launching quality assurance and anti-corruption programs. This happened, for example, through the establishment of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NAQAHE).
State universities and colleges with a long tradition are located in Kiev (1834), Kharkiv (1805), Odessa (1865), Kropywnyzkyj (1881), Lviv (1661), Cherkassy , Chernivtsi (1875), Dnipro (1918), Zaporizhia (1933) ), Simferopol (1918) and Donetsk (1965).
Education
Ukraine has a generally high level of education. The literacy rate is 99.8 percent (as of 2015). After the end of the Soviet Union , Ukrainian became the language of instruction. In the east of Ukraine, Russian is the parallel language of instruction at universities. In the distance learning courses and graduate programs offered, some study programs are also offered in English and German.
The general admission requirement for the university is the acquisition of the complete secondary education at a general or technical middle school ( certificate ). Currently, this usually takes place after eleven school years. In the course of the school reform of 1998 it takes place after twelve years. However, in exceptional cases, universities can also admit people who do not meet these admission requirements.
Since January 2017, international applicants have been able to register for a study place online via the official Ukrainian Admission Center .
Degrees and degrees
The qualifications Bakalawr ( Ukrainian Бакалавр ) (4-6 years), Specialist ( Ukrainian Спеціаліст ) (5 years), Magistr ( Ukrainian Магістр ) (1-2 years) were introduced in the early 1990s, almost at the same time as the fall of the Soviet Union . The Ukrainian study system will be further amended. In order to meet the main requirements of the Bologna Agreement, Ukraine had to create comparable, understandable, two-stage degrees that were measurable through credit points ( ECTS ) according to EU standards. The first reforms, such as the introduction of ECTS, were enshrined in the University Act in July 2014 and came into force in September 2014. Further provisions gradually came into effect in September 2015 and January 2016.
- First level: Bakalawr (Bachelor), specialist
The first degree is a Bakalawr , which can be achieved after four years (in medicine: five years). The Ukrainian Bachelor's degree ( Dyplom Bakalawra / Bachelor Diploma ) comprises an undergraduate degree and a professional training in the subject. Depending on the course, 180 to 240 ECTS points can be achieved. The specialist degree ( Dyplom Spezialista ), which was no longer awarded , could be achieved after five to six years, depending on the respective universities, and was completely replaced by the Magister degree in the course of the reforms.
- Second level: Magistr (Master)
The Magister degree ( Dyplom Magistra / Master Diploma ) can be achieved after completing the first level and lasts up to two years. The preparation and defense of a thesis is mandatory. Depending on the course, 60 to 120 ECTS points can be achieved.
- Third stage: PhD stage
- Kandydat nauk ( Ukrainian Кандидат наук ) - The doctoral degree candidate of science corresponds to an international doctorate or a Ph.D. The duration of the research doctorate ( aspirant course ) is designed for three to four years. A rigorosum with subject examinations, the preparation and public defense ( disputation ) of a scientific doctoral thesis are mandatory . The doctorate is widely used as a postgraduate course. Access is an excellent university degree (specialist / magistrate) entitling to a doctorate.
- Doktor nauk ( Ukrainian Доктор наук ) - The doctoral degree Doctor of Sciences is comparable to the habilitation . An aspirational course with the degree "Kandydat nauk" is required in order to write and defend his habilitation thesis.
The degree of Kandydat nauk was replaced by Doctor of Philosophy (PhD., After 3 years) and Doktor nauk by Doctor of Sciences (postdoc).
Universities and colleges
The universities of Ukraine are very interested in international contacts and university collaborations. The offers of the European Union, for example Erasmus + (formerly Socrates), an action program for transnational cooperation in the field of education, are increasingly being used by universities. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has set up a branch at the National Technical University "KPI" in Kiev .
The larger and renowned universities and colleges in Ukraine include:
Medical universities
- Chernivtsi State Medical University of Bucovina
- Kharkiv State Medical University
- Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy
- Donetsk State Medical University
- Ivano-Frankivsk State Medical Academy
- National Medical University of Kiev “O. O. Bogomolez "
- State Medical University of Crimea, Simferopol (CSMU)
- Lviv State Medical University "Danylo Halytsky"
- Luhansk State Medical University
- Odessa State Medical University
- Zaporizhia State Medical University
- Sumy State Medical University
- State Medical Academy Ternopil "I. Y. Gorbachevsky "
- Vinnytsia State Medical University " M. I. Pirogov "
Pedagogical Universities
- Berdyansk State Pedagogical Institute “P. D. Ossypenko "( www.bdpu.org )
- State Higher Education Institution "Perejaslav-Khmelnytzkyi State Pedagogical Hryhorij Skovoroda University" ( phdpu.edu.ua )
- Kharkiv State Pedagogical University " H. S. Skovoroda "
- State Pedagogical Institute Chernivtsi " T. H. Shevchenko "
- Poltava State Pedagogical Institute " W. G. Korolenko "
- State Pedagogical Institute Drohobych " Ivan Franko "
- Kiev State Pedagogical University “M. P. Dragomanow "
- State Pedagogical Institute Kryvyi Rih
- Luhansk State Pedagogical University “T. H. Shevchenko "
- State Pedagogical Institute Melitopol
- State Pedagogical University of Nizhyn " N. W. Gogol "
- Odessa State Pedagogical University “K. D. Uschynsky "
- Sloviansk State Pedagogical Institute
- Zhytomyr State Pedagogical Institute “I. Free "
- Sumy State Pedagogical University “A. S. Makarenko "
- Ternopil State Pedagogical University
- State Pedagogical University "Uman P. G. Tychyna"
- Vinnytsia State Pedagogical Institute
- State Pedagogical University of Foreign Languages in Gorlovka
- Chernigiv State Pedagogical University “T. G. Shevchenko "
Web links
- Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
- Ukrainian State Center for International Education
- Higher Education Database (Ukrainian)
- Ukraine Admission Center
- ENIC Ukraine - recognition of university degrees
- "Study and Research in Ukraine" (DAAD)
- Erasmus + National Office
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ehea.info - Higher Education System in Ukraine, 2019 (pdf)
- ↑ ehea.info - European Higher Education Area and Bologna Process
- ↑ a b First reforms in Ukraine begin in higher education - international cooperation
- ^ Ukraine Admission Center
- ↑ European Commission - Overview of the Higher Education System, 2017 (pdf)
- ↑ a b ENIC Ukraine - Higher Education Structure