WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 Students on the ‘International Relations’ programme at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of the B. Havrylyshyn Institute of International Relations of WUNU, took part in a careers day held at the Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine (Kyiv). The event served as an important component of the students’ practical training and provided a platform for them to gain first-hand knowledge of the inner workings of a diplomatic mission.

 An online meeting was held between Ukrainian universities participating in the Baltic University Programme (BUP), bringing together representatives from Ukraine’s leading higher education institutions to coordinate future cooperation. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the event organisers — our colleagues from Lviv Polytechnic National University — for their insightful moderation and professional preparation of the meeting.

 West Ukrainian National University has signed a partnership agreement with ISLA Santarém – Polytechnic University (Portugal).

 Representatives of West Ukrainian National University have completed an international training course held from 16 to 21 March 2026 in Bydgoszcz (Republic of Poland) as part of the project ‘Polsko-Ukrainskie Regionalne Adaptacyjne Centra – Vol. 3’, co-funded by the Polish-American Freedom Foundation under the RITA programme – ‘Changes in the Region’, implemented by the ‘Education for Democracy’ Foundation.

 We invite the academic community of West Ukrainian National University to take part in the prestigious BUP PhD Award 2026 competition. The Baltic University Programme is calling for the best doctoral theses that make a significant contribution to the advancement of science and a sustainable future.

 On the initiative of Oksana Koval, Director of the Education and Research Centre for Communications at WUNU, Gediminas Bučiūnas, Senior Adviser on Prosecution at the European Union Advisory Mission in Ukraine, paid a working visit to West Ukrainian National University . Mr. Bučiūnas is a Lithuanian lawyer, prosecutor and international expert, and a Associate Professor at Vytautas Magnus University and lecturer at Mykolas Romeris University.

 On 16 March 2026, in Bydgoszcz (Republic of Poland), Natalia Bezpalova, Acting Head of the Department of Physical Rehabilitation and Sport at WUNU, Professor Roman Tsykvas and Associate Professor Roman Hakh started training as part of the international project ‘Polish-Ukrainian Regional Adaptive Centres - Vol. 3’.

 Vasyl Yakoviv, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physical Rehabilitation and Sport at WUNU, took part in the academic conference ‘dvs-Tagung Sport und Raum 2026’ on the topic ‘Informelle Sport- und Bewegungsräume: Chancen und Herausforderungen’, which was dedicated to exploring contemporary approaches to the organisation of informal spaces for physical activity. The event took place on 12–13 March 2026 at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Erlangen, Germany.

 Oksana Koval, Director of the Education and Research Centre for Communications at WUNU, will participate in the international Ukrainian-Dutch project ‘A Fair, Transparent and Accountable Criminal Justice System in Ukraine – Phase II’ as an expert, following a personal selection and an official letter from Hans van den Berg, Senior Project Manager at the Centre for International Legal Cooperation (CILC) (The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands).

 A delegation from West Ukrainian National University, consisting of Prof. Anatoliy Sachenko, Associate Professor Lesia Dubchak and Associate Professor Pavlo Bykov, made a trip to Athens (Greece) and Sofia (Bulgaria), marking an important step in the preparation of international scientific events and the development of the university's partnerships.