Students of Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy continue to strengthen their presence in the global academic community.

Despite current challenges, 2025 marked a period of intensified integration of the university into the international academic and student communities. Below are the key figures and highlights of the university’s international mobility over the past year.

In 2025, BKNUC students actively participated in all forms of international activity:

– 36 students studied and completed internships under academic mobility programmes at universities in Austria, Spain, Latvia, Germany, Poland, and Romania;

– 47 students completed online courses within COIL virtual mobility projects at Washington State University (the USA) and Whitefield Business School (Mauritius);

– 42 students took part in short-term projects, including conferences, summer schools, and workshops.

Mobility destinations included countries across Europe and beyond: Austria, Spain, Latvia, Germany, Poland, the USA, Romania, Sweden, Finland, France, Mauritius, and others.

The Erasmus+ programme remains a key instrument for developing the academic and professional competencies of BKNUC students.

Students Yevhen Zavalin, Aliona Shulha, Anastasiia Diakonova, Daryna Kurochenko, and PhD student Kateryna Koval gained new knowledge at the University of Valladolid (Spain). Special mention should be made of the research contribution of PhD student Kateryna Koval, who conducted research in Spain on the psychophysiological functions of young people, combining her studies with dissertation work.

IT students Anna Kalantaieva, Svitlana Bodnenko, Iryna Hrytsenko, Mariia Shendryk, management student Daryna Varenie, and journalism student Anastasiia Donets studied at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Latvia).

Olha Borysova and Maryna Ohilko chose Fulda University of Applied Sciences (Germany), while Anhelina Borodai and Olha Yarmolych studied under the “Project Semester” at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten (Austria).

The university is actively developing bilateral agreements. More than 15 students from the Educational-Scientific Institute of International Relations, History and Philosophy, the Educational-Scientific Institute of Foreign Languages, the Educational-Scientific Institute of Ukrainian Philology and Social Communications studied at Pomeranian University in Słupsk and Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa (Poland).

Modern education knows no borders thanks to COIL projects and online courses

27 management students completed the course “International Relations and Global Leadership” jointly with Washington State University, while mathematics and physics students, participating in the BRIDGE project, explored artificial intelligence together with students from Old Dominion University (the USA).

10 students joined a virtual management course at Whitefield Business School (Mauritius).

Student achievements beyond academic mobility

BKNUC students proudly represented the university not only in academic settings but also in cultural, sporting, and civic spheres.

Sports and arts: Anastasiia Kazandzhii, a student majoring in choreography, won the World of Dance Prague Championship in the Czech Republic.

Cultural diplomacy: Karyna Shevchenko, a student majoring in tourism, presented the Cherkasy temple “White Lotus” at the University of Greenwich (London).

Civic leadership: Dariia Honcharenko, a student majoring in international relations, was selected for the “EU Study Days” school by the EU Delegation and participated in the project “Youth without Borders: Together in NATO”.

The university not only sends its students but also welcomes international students within the framework of incoming mobility. In 2025, Polish students completed internships at Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy: Bohdan Levytskyi from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University improved his translation skills, while Yuliia Kudriashova from Humanitas University studied clinical psychology at the university’s Mental Health Research and Training Centre.

“International mobility is not just a trip abroad. It is an exchange of intellectual capital, the development of a new global outlook, and the establishment of Ukraine as an equal partner in the global educational network,” notes Svitlana Koval, Head of the International Relations Office.

Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy is proud of its students, who represented both the university and Ukraine on the international stage throughout 2025.

International Relations Office