The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution allowing some bachelor’s students to go abroad for internships.
This was reported by MP Oleksiy Honcharenko on his telegram channel.
Bachelor’s students aged 18-22, as well as masters of medical, pharmaceutical and veterinary specialties studying at Ukrainian universities, will be able to travel abroad.
Goncharenko’s information was confirmed on Facebook by Education Minister Oksen Lisovyi.
According to him, it will be possible to study abroad for one semester, or about four months.
He gave a list of documents required for this:
– student’s e-ticket;
– a referral from an educational institution;
– a certified copy of the agreement with a foreign university on admission to the academic mobility program;
– a military reference document from the TCC.
Also, those wishing to do an internship abroad should have high grades and fulfill a number of requirements set by the program founders.
The Ministry of Education will not issue any special permits.
The day before, amid mobilization in Ukraine, the authorities tightened the rules for admission to graduate school. Tougher admission conditions will cut off those who were liable for military service who were hoping to enroll in a postgraduate program at any university solely to get a deferral from mobilization.
Meanwhile, in the new draft law on toughening mobilization, MPs promised to leave the postponement for graduate students.
MPs propose to stop enrolling students in higher education institutions for bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the evening and part-time programs, as well as for junior bachelor’s degrees, starting next year.
A group of MPs has registered Bill No. 10092 on amendments to certain laws regarding the state final certification and the 2024 admission campaign in the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament’s website reports.
The bill proposes to amend the law “On Higher Education” to establish that in 2024, admission to higher education will be carried out in a special procedure determined by the executive body in the field of education and science.
According to the proposed amendments, in 2024, competitive selection for higher education on the basis of complete general secondary education is carried out on the basis of the results of the external independent evaluation in 2021 and/or entrance examinations in 2022-2024, conducted using the organizational and technological processes of external independent evaluation and creative competition (physical ability competition).
The draft law also proposes to establish that in 2024, the entrance exams will include the Ukrainian language, mathematics, history of Ukraine, and a subject of choice (physics, chemistry, biology, foreign language, geography, Ukrainian literature).
In addition, the authors of the draft law propose to supplement the Law “On Complete General Secondary Education” with provisions exempting students who complete their studies at each level of complete general secondary education from state final certification. For students who will complete their primary education in 2024, it is proposed to conduct state final certification in a pilot mode.
234 students from 45 Ukrainian universities will take part in the European University Games in Poland, Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet said.
“234 students from 45 universities in Ukraine went to the Polish city of Lodz, where they will take part in the European University Games,” Shkarlet wrote in the Telegram channel.
According to him, 5 thousand participants from 40 countries of the world will demonstrate the sports level during the competition.
“Our student teams are in the top 10 world teams. In sports, the strongest always win, so keep the lead further,” the minister wrote.
On Tuesday, June 7, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Mitacs signed a Memorandum of Cooperation, according to which 60 students will do internships under the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship program this summer, Ukrainian Ambassador Yulia Kovaliv said.
“600 Ukrainian students and scientists will be able to do internships at Canadian universities. A memorandum of cooperation was signed today by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Mitacs, and this summer 60 students will be doing internships under the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship program,” she wrote on Twitter on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
Kovaliv thanked the Government of Canada and Mitacs for supporting Ukraine and for the decision to stop scientific ties and cooperation with Russian institutions.
American University Kyiv (AUK, American University Kyiv) with a planned investment of $33 million, which announced the start of work in Kyiv a few weeks before the start of the war, confirmed the fall enrollment of students for bachelor’s and master’s programs.
“Realizing the challenges of the brutal Russian war and the need for many Ukrainians to leave their homes, AUC is launching autumn training programs in an online format. Moreover, AUC is offering guaranteed scholarships of 60-75% to all enrolled (in 2022) students…”, – according to a press release from the university on Thursday.
As the agency “Interfax-Ukraine” was specified in the AUC, the first enrollment for bachelor’s programs will be 100, and for master’s programs – 60 students.
The scholarship for a two-year bachelor’s program will be 75%, for a one-year master’s program – 60%, with tuition fees of $8,000 and $9,000 per year, respectively.
“Education is the foundation of Ukraine’s future prosperity… Our unprecedented wartime scholarships are AUC’s contribution to Ukraine’s victory and future revival,” University President Rick Shengrove said in the release.
According to him, we are talking about three bachelor’s programs – Business Management, Global Management and Software Engineering and two master’s programs – Global Management and Software Engineering.
As reported, at a presentation in early February this year, AUC announced plans to increase the number of students to 3.8 thousand in 5 years, and to 7.2 thousand in 10 years. The university entered into a 25-year license agreement with Arizona State University ( ASU) is one of the largest universities in the US with over 135,000 students.
In February, the acceptance of documents began in order to launch the master’s programs in business management and IT Global Management and Software Engineering from March, and from April – lifelong learning programs. It was supposed that this year there will be 370 students in AUC. Undergraduate and graduate studies will be conducted in English. The university will offer a double degree – Ukrainian and American, for which it will be necessary to study at ASU full-time or online for three or four years of undergraduate or master’s degree at AUC.
Of the planned investments of $33 million, $6 million will be invested by ASC in the renovation of the building of the capital’s River Port with an area of 7.75 thousand square meters. m, which the university leased for 10 years with the right to renew.
In Ukraine, the AUC’s founding partners are: EPAM Systems, BGV Group Management, DTEK Academy, Brain, Channel Georgian Consulting, Georgian American University.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced his address and communication with students from leading universities in the US and Canada, as well as higher educational institutions in Ukraine.
According to him, the maximum attention of the world to Ukraine should be maintained, and information about the needs of the Ukrainian state should be present in the news of all countries.
“For greater informational and political support for Ukraine, on Monday I will communicate with students from leading American universities. These are 63 US universities and 2 Canadian universities that bring together hundreds of thousands of students and are a large expert and research community. Their voice will definitely strengthen our capabilities,” Zelensky said in a video message.
At the end of May, the head of state is scheduled to address the students of Stanford University.
Zelensky also announced his plans to communicate with Ukrainian students.
“I am also getting ready to communicate with Ukrainian students from leading universities. In my address to them, I will answer important and complex questions that already exist in our society and are already visible. I expect deep questions from them,” the president said.
The head of state also said that he would continue his appeals to the parliaments of European states. “Our task is the status of a candidate for the EU, and over time, accession to the EU under an accelerated procedure,” he said.
“It is equally important to have the maximum consent of the European countries to strengthen sanctions against Russia. It is for this that I will apply to the Luxembourg parliament in the near future,” he added.
In addition, according to Zelensky, work is underway to expand the geography of speeches before the parliaments of Africa and Asia.
On May 23, the head of state is scheduled to address the forum participants in Davos. “The pre-war reconstruction will be discussed. We are doing our best to collect the support of the world to the maximum,” he summed up.
