Sumy State University is located in Sumy city in the North-East of Ukraine. Today, Sumy State University is a leading institution of a classical type with the IV accreditation level in the region.
The University currently serves about 14,000 students, who are pursuing bachelor and master degrees in 55 majors and 23 fields of knowledge. About 1750 foreign students represent almost 50 countries worldwide.
Sumy State University enters the ranking of the The World University Rankings by Times Higher Education at the position of 1001+.
Sumy State University is included in Global Research University Profiles (GRUP) by Shanghai Ranking.
Sumy State University enters the TOP-group (3%) of leading universities of the world and is classified as a university with high research intensity according to the international ranking of higher education institutions QS World University Rankings. According to these rankings, Sumy State University enters the group of leading Ukrainian universities. Sumy State University also ranked 101-150 among the fastest-rising young stars of the higher education world by the QS.
According to the University Impact Rankings by Times Higher Education, Sumy State University is in TOP-300 universities worldwide by the societal and economic impact. Sumy State University ranked 801+ in the recent THE University Rankings in Engineering and Technology.
According to the worldwide Internet rankings Webometrics Sumy State University takes 3rd place among Ukrainian universities. It also takes high positions in the European ranking U-Multirank that identifies most of indicators of academic, extracurricular, international and other activity of Sumy State University as being higher than the world average value.
Faculties of Sumy State University Information:
The Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology (ELIT) is one of the most powerful faculties of Sumy State University. It is on the crest of the rapid development of computer and information technology in both business and science. For several years in a row, the ELIT faculty has been ranked first among the faculties in the Sumy State University internal rating.
Studying at the Faculty of Elit you will gain unique knowledge in the field of modern information technologies, IT project management, Nano and biotechnology, programming, computer and web-design, database administration, computer modeling, industrial electronics, systems automatic control, power engineering and applied mathematics.
About 150 teachers, including a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 20 professors and doctors of science, more than 120 associate professors and candidates of sciences – all of them help students to successfully acquire knowledge in their chosen field, and encouraged to participate in the academic life of the university.
International activity
Sumy State University cooperates with more than 300 partners from 58 countries
Signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum (Bologna) and the Talloires Declaration, member of the International and European Associations of Universities and other international organizations. Permanent partner of joint projects within the framework of international grant programs of the European Union (Erasmus+, Horizon 2020), the Development Programs of UN, NATO, DAAD, the American Councils, the British Council, etc.
Every year it implements 300 grants. Over the last 5 years, the volume of research work in the framework of international grant projects has increased 20 times.
It implements long-term and short-term programs of international academic mobility of students, graduate students, researchers, and teachers with strong scholarship and grant support.
Sumy State University is one of the leaders among the universities of Ukraine upon indicators of volume funding for state budget research, scientific economic contracts and grants, the efficiency of budget funds. More than 10 years it has had the highest index by the number of prizes in the All- Ukrainian competitions of student research papers among domestic universities. For 6 years in a row it has been the leader as per the results of participation in the competition of scientific works projects of young scientists.
Training of Bachelors and Masters
Training of Bachelors and Masters is carried out in the following specialties of the relevant subject areas:
Subject area “Life Sciences and Medicine”:
- Medicine
- Physical Therapy, Ergotherapy
- Physical Culture and Sports
Subject area “Social Sciences”:
- social and behavioral sciences (psychology, economics);
- social work;
- International Economic Relations;
- management and administration (marketing, accounting and taxation; entrepreneurship, trade and stock exchange activity; finance, banking and insurance; management);
- public management and administration;
- law;
- international law;
- journalism;
- education/pedagogy (secondary education (physics), physical culture and sports)
Subject area “Engineering and Technology”:
- information technology (computer science, cybersecurity);
- electronics and telecommunications (telecommunications and radio engineering, electronics);
- automation and instrument manufacture (automation and computer-integrated technologies; micro- and nanosystem technology; metrology and information-measuring technology);
- electrical engineering (electric power, electrical engineering and electromechanics; power engineering; heat power);
- chemistry and bioengineering (chemistry; biomedical engineering, chemical technology and engineering);
- mechanical engineering (materials science, applied mechanics, branch mechanical engineering);
- production and technologies (environmental protection technologies);
Subject area “Natural Sciences”:
- mathematics and statistics (applied mathematics);
- natural sciences (ecology);
Subject area “Arts and Humanities”:
- culture and art (management of socio-cultural activities);
- humanities (philology);
- history and archeology
Sumy State University has the largest sports base among educational institutions of Ukraine – more than 40 sports facilities. More than 170 students –are winners and prize-winners of the Olympic Games, World Championships, Europe, World Winter, and Summer Universiades. National teams are winners and prize-winners of complex All-Ukrainian Universiades and championships in various sports among higher education institutions of Ukraine.
Accommodation
The Sumy State University campus dormitories have a great location. Hostel №1 is located near the campuses of the university. Here live all family reside students and medical interns. Single students living in dormitories №2 and №3, which are located on the scenic shores of Lake Cech. Hostels №4 and №5 located near the SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY Medical Institute near the forest and rivers.
