HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE
Higher education in Ukraine has centuries-old history, national traditions and high prestige in the world. Higher school in Ukraine has got developed training, scientific and social infrastructure and is ready to give an opportunity to every citizen of Ukraine or citizen of any other country to obtain education of different levels, to study at proficiency improvement or advanced courses, to study at post-graduate courses or to write doctorate dissertation, to take part in fundamental and applied researches.
Every year almost 200 thousand Ukrainians and citizens of other countries become students of higher educational institutions in Ukraine.
The system of higher education in Ukraine has flexible structure, corresponds to modern trends and tendencies to those in advanced countries recognized by UNESCO, UN Organization and many other international organization.
Since 1992 the whole system of Ukrainian post-secondary education has been regarded as "Higher Education".
According to the "Law on Education" of Ukraine higher education of Ukraine has several categories of higher educational institutions, which correspond, as a rule, to four levels of accreditation:
Level I - Vocational Training Schools;
Level II - Technical Secondary Schools and Colleges;
Level III - Universities, Academies, Institutes.
The levels of accreditation represent the hierarchy of degrees according to the qualification of graduates. There are: Junior Specialist, Bachelor, Specialist and Master. The higher educational institutions of III-IV levels of accreditation in Ukraine includes 185 state ones: 65 classical, technical, medical, agrarian and other universities, 36 academies and more than 80 institutes. About 40% of school-leavers have the opportunity to get higher education.
Higher educational institutions possess powerful scientific and teaching potential. Scientific and teaching staff accounts about 80, 000 persons; among them - 4, 500 doctors of science, 33, 000 candidates of science, more than 5,000 professors and around 27, 000 assistant professors.
Graduates of higher educational institutions who have outstanding inclinations for scientific-research work have an opportunity to continue their studies at the post-graduate and doctorate course.
The vast network of post-graduate courses on different majors satisfies the needs in highly qualified specialists for different branches of industry, economics, science, culture and education. Training is carried out for 20 branches of science and 366 majors and it includes all the branches of training of the specialists of high qualification. There are 16,000 post-graduate students and around 1, 000 persons working for a doctor's degree. Training on majors, which determine the reform processes in the country (economics, law, social and political studies) is expanded now.
New Ukrainian educational laws, state policies give certain autonomy to the higher educational institutions in their activities classical academic liberties in the self-government.
Structure of the State Higher education in Ukraine
The structure of State higher education in Ukraine is:
UNIVERSITIES (classical, technical & technological, economic, medical, agrarian, pedagogical, P.T. & sports, military, internal affairs);
ACADEMIES (law, technical & technological, economic, medical, agrarian, culture & arts, military, internal affairs
INSTITUTES (technical & technological, economic, medical, agrarian, pedagogical, law, culture & arts, P.T.& sports, military, internal affaires).
Terms of entrance and study of foreign at Ukraine's Higher education institutions
According to the "Law on Education" of Ukraine all the applicants who would like to enter higher educational institutions have equal rights irrespective of the sex, race, nationality, social and property status occupation, world outlook, religion and other circumstance.
Education of the foreign students in Ukraine is carried out according to the Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Status of Foreigners", and resolutions of the Government of Ukraine on training of the foreign citizens in Ukraine.
The academic year in the higher educational institutions in Ukraine starts on the 1st of September and is divided into two semesters, from September to the end of January and from February to the end of June. A semester lasts 17-18 weeks, followed by a 3 weeks examination period.
Foreign citizens who would like to enter the higher educational institution in Ukraine have to apply to Ukraine Study Services of Ukraine.
Entrance Procedure. You have to send the following documents to us for admission:
- an application form;
- the copy of the secondary school certificate
- the copy of international passport
After getting an invitation letter you have to prepare other documents and will go to the nearest Ukraine embassy for visa.The documents required for visa are:
- Valid invitation from a Ukrainian university.
- Secondary School Certificate.
- Higher Secondary School Certificate.
- Valid passport.
- Birth certificate.
- Police character certificate.
- Medical certificate evidencing the absence of HIV-infection.
- Eight recent color photos 3x4cm.
- Return ticket with an open date
NOTE.
ALL THE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE ORIGINAL AND SHOULD BE TRANSLATED INTO UKRAINIAN OR RUSSIAN.THE STUDENT SHOULD BRING ALL THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS ON ARRIVAL IN UKRAINE.
All dues are paid after arrival in Ukraine except the cost of “Invitation Fee” and “Visa Support Letter”. This amount is paid to us through Bank Transfer, Western Union or by hand.
International students can start their studying with foundation year or first year(if in english medium of instruction). If in a foundation course,it includes a course of Ukrainian (Russian) language and some of the comprehensive subjects according to the future profession.
Further education is continuing together with Ukrainian students.
Foreign as well as Ukrainian students have the opportunity to use all available leisure, welfare and sports facilities of the institutions.
Tuition, residence and other facilities fees are fixed by corresponding agreement. As compared with the Western countries education and residence fees in Ukraine are not so high and quite acceptable for all strata of population.
Most of the states Universities provide free medical service in student's hospitals. Student can also go to state and private hospitals, where medical service is to be paid. Service of the ambulance is free.
