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On 12 May, students of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv proudly represented Ukraine and their home university at the International Day hosted by Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen — and it was truly powerful 💥 The Ukrainian stand became a space for lively conversations, new connections, and genuine interest...

On 1 April 2026, 1:30-3:00 p.m. (ET), Oleksandr Gon, Doctor of Philology, Professor at the Chair of Foreign Languages, Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations, gave a lecture at Penn State University, entitled ‘Ezra Pound and Yurii Klen: Contexts of Two Modern Unfinished Epics’. Oleksandr is a visiting Fulbright...

Two scholars from war-torn Ukraine have found a welcoming temporary home at Penn State, thanks to the Fulbright Scholar Program. Mariia Grytsenko and Oleksandr Gon, both faculty members at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, were selected by Fulbright to spend the 2025-26 academic year housed in the College of the Liberal Arts’ Department...

On 28 January 2026, a meeting took place between Kseniia Smyrnova, Vice-Rector for Education and Research (International Cooperation) of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and Carlos Tena, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Mexico in Ukraine.   During the meeting, the parties discussed prospects for establishing and...

On January 21, 2025, Vice-Rector for Education (International Cooperation Ksenia Smirnova, handed over textbook sets from Linnaeus University to the Department of Germanic Philology and Translation, headed by Oleksandr Stasiuk: 📚 “Rivstart A1+A2” and “Rivstart B1+B2”; 📚 “Språksociologi”. These sets have enriched the Department’s library and will support students of...

On November 17–21, 2025, two lecturers from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) – Anastasiia POZHAR, Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Foreign Languages Department of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law, Lead Specialist of the International Relations Office, and COIL Coordinator, and Vasyl ERASTOV,...

October 13, 2025 The first day of Erasmus Days at KNU shone brightly with the energy of its students! Nadiia Serohina, Deputy Head of the International Relations Office, moderated the event. Despite the ongoing war, our students demonstrate that both education and science, as well as the pursuit of peace,...

Our University community is proud to share that the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts, US, has welcomed two KNU scholars for 2025-26 via the Fulbright Scholars Program. Mariia Grytsenko, Assistant Professor at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology, and Oleksandr Gon, Professor at the Educational and Scientific Institute...

The year 2025 marked the third anniversary of the participation of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in the NICE virtual exchange programme.   The NICE programme consists of two parts: online modules and a summer school in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.   The participation in the NICE programme started off...

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv has completed a comprehensive educational programme Global Synergy through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) within the framework of the Alliance of Ukrainian Universities (AUU). The programme took place from 28 April to 2 May and was intended to provide Alliance participants and their teachers...