Sumy State University is one of the higher educational institutions of Ukraine. The university has a fairly high position in international rankings. The university is located in Sumy (the city is the main one in the region). Training is conducted in many humanitarian and technical speci alties. The rector of the university is Anatoly Vasilyevich Vasiliev. The university cooperates with foreign and domestic higher educational institutions. This university has the IV level of accreditation and is considered the most prestigious university in the Sumy region.
History of the University
In the 60s of the last century, the university had the status of a branch of the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute. Only thirty years later his situation changed somewhat. In 1990, this higher educational institution was given the status of an institute of physics and technology. Already in accordance with a ministerial decree in 1993, the position of the universityhas changed significantly. And to this day it is called Sumy State University. This institution of higher education has a classic principle of formation.
Faculties of Sumy University
According to the latest data, the university has 8 faculties, about 50 departments. Professional training of students is carried out according to the existing educational levels (bachelor, specialist, master). In total, the university trains in fifty-five speci alties. Among them are such areas as ecology, law, management, mechanics, chemical technology and engineering, computer science, military science. So, it is obvious that the university graduates diverse specialists. Also, the university has such areas as quality, standardization and certification, metallurgy, etc. The university trains professional philologists, doctors, builders. Training is underway in the areas of engineering materials science, energy management, etc.
University structure
The university also includes several institutes, colleges and technical schools. Sumy is a city, which is the administrative center of the region. Therefore, this university is of great importance. The structure of the university includes two institutes (Shostka and Konotop), two colleges (engineering and chemical engineering), one technical school (Konotop), several consulting centers in such regions as Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Vinnitsa. Various institutions and production facilities are cooperating with the university, as a result of which moretwenty branches.
The Military Institute of Artillery also contributes to the conduct of military training in a higher educational institution. As for the level of computerization of the university, it includes about twenty computer classes, in total - six hundred modern computers.
Students and teachers
The average number of students in different forms of education at SSU reaches ten thousand people. 2000 specialists participate in the educational process. Among them are about five hundred teachers, most of whom have scientific degrees and titles.
There are about ten scientific schools and directions at the university. The university cooperates in the field of science and education with foreign educational institutions. Leading scientific personnel of Sumy State University participate in international conferences, receive grants, etc. Young scientists have the opportunity to receive nominal scholarships.
The appropriate level of education at the university can be confirmed with the help of the results of student competitions and competitions, in which students of this university regularly win prizes. The indicator of the educational institution differs significantly from other Ukrainian institutions for the better.
University Medical Institute
This subdivision of SSU has the highest IV level of accreditation in the country (like SSU itself). Vocational training is carried out in three directions. Among them are such speci alties as dentistry, medicalpreventive work and curative work.
Material base
The university includes forty-six buildings. Thus, the structure of the SSU campus includes more than twenty buildings. The total area of scientific buildings includes more than 180 thousand square meters. The university management is hatching plans to equip the territory of the university with an Internet connection using wi-fi. Training is conducted with the help of a large number of computerized classrooms, simulators in virtual mode. Sumy State University has a lot of classrooms for lectures with multimedia equipment, there are also equipped laboratories, etc.
Sumy State University also has eleven dormitories for student accommodation. Separately, there is a dining room, in addition to it, in most of the educational buildings there are a large number of buffets. There is also a library and information center equipped with more than one reading room. Among them there are several electronic ones that provide access to foreign documentary databases. The university has a museum, its own scientific publishing house and its own printing house, and several workshops.
Four sports centers function separately, where they have their own swimming pool, they also teach rowing, skiing, etc. In 2015, a he alth camp for students was opened. In addition, the educational buildings are equipped with gyms, sports grounds near the buildings, a tennis court and a stadium.
International cooperation
Sumy State University is one of the universities that signed the Bologna Charter. SSU cooperates with several influential student organizations on student exchange. It is also a member of the International, European and Eurasian University Associations.
We are actively cooperating with a large number of partners in the face of American, British, German and Austrian, French, Belgian, Polish, Swedish, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Japanese, South Korean, Chinese, Russian, etc. educational institutions, as well as individual scientists from these countries.
The University takes part in various international academic programs for short and long periods. There is the possibility of internships and practical training abroad for students and teachers.
Additional information
- The university provides professional educational training to more than a thousand students from abroad who come from fifty different countries around the world.
- Times Higher Education International Ranking included this institution of higher education in the list of the best in 2015. This authoritative directory contains several universities in the country.
- Several members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, more than a hundred doctors of sciences and professors, more than six hundred candidates of sciences and associate professors work at SSU. Forty-five different speci alties can be enrolled in graduate school.
- Results of the conclusion of business contracts and indicatorsreceiving grants make it possible to include Sumy State University among the best higher educational institutions in Ukraine. This also applies to how effectively the university uses the funds allocated from the budget.
- The university has a computerized library system, which includes an electronic catalog. As for the number of copies of scientific and artistic products, they are estimated at more than 3 million. Students and teachers have access to the most famous electronic information databases around the world.
- The university is also actively developing a sports life: students have the opportunity to engage in a hundred sports sections, take part in sports competitions. At the same time, a large number of students set records and go to European and world championships.
