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, SumDU enters the group of leading Ukrainian universities.
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About
History
Sumy State University is located in Sumy city in the North-East of Ukraine. Its history began in 1948. Today, SumDU is a leading university in the region.
Education
Sumy State University (SumDU) offers a wide range of educational programs in engineering, IT, humanities and medicine from bachelor to post-doctoral degree. It trains about 16,000 students in different educational levels on 55 majors and 23 fields of knowledge.
Research
According to the SCOPUS database, Sumy State University holds a leading position among Ukrainian higher education and research institutions for h-index (the index of research impact) and the number of citations by the international academic community.There are more than 3000 employees in the university, including Corresponding Members of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 150 Doctors of Sciences, Professors, and 700 Candidates of Sciences (Ph.D.), Associate Professors represent the academic staff of the University. There are 24 majors in postgraduate and 16 majors in post-doctoral programmes, degree awarding academic councils.
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GSSA 2021
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University Ranking
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2023
401 100
2022
501
2021
501
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2023
801 -100
2022
701
2021
701
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
Services
Housing services
All foreign students are provided with a comfortable housing in hostels № 3, 4, 5 of Sumy State University. All hostels have comfortable locations, for instance, hostel № 3 is located on the picturesque banks of the Lake Chekha and is not far from the SumDU buildings. Hostels № 3 and № 5 are located near forest and river.
Library services
An advanced library information system contains over 3 million items both in hard copies and e-copies and provides access to the most famous electronic databases of the world. The University’s library is a winner of the national competition “Library of the Year” in the nomination "University Libraries" 2019.
Medical services
Sumy State University purchased the sanatorium complex "Univer" in July 2013 to prolong the work of children establishment for summer period, to conduct winter sports competitions and training assemblies. The purpose of sanatorium complex "Univer" establishment is health improvement, full relaxation, sport, art and intellectual activity.
Student Life
Sports facilities
40 kinds of sports and about 100 sports groups are available at the University. Sports teams perform at the premier league level. About 100 students are the record breakers and prize winners of the Olympic Games, World, European and Ukrainian Championships.The material and technical basis of SumDU sanatorium complex "Univer" consist of three cottages, administration building, boiling house, dining hall, summer dance floor, summer shower cubicles, computer lab, sport facilities, field for indoor soccer and basketball, area for beach volleyball, wrestling hall, table tennis, training and dancing halls, tourist area, encampment, pergola for relaxation and studies and equipped beach.
Accreditation
The State Accreditation Committee of Ukraine awarded Sumy State University with the IV level of accreditation in Ukraine.
Student Reviews
Маргарита. Мені подобається навчатися в моєму університеті. Я вважаю, що це достойне місце для навчання
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Not fancy is the new smart
Provided by U-Multirank rated 4 out of 5 stars
Like we all know nothing can be perfect. My overall 2-year experience in the university states that it was a wise decision I made to choose this university. It can be a small city with not many fancy places to visit and enjoy but this city is much more welcoming. It gives you a great environment to focus on your studies. The university has a decent staff. overall to my...
A Short Review Concerning My University Experience
Provided by U-Multirank rated 5 out of 5 stars
My experience haven’t been so bad, Some teachers are nice, the students are nice also, although we as foreign students don’t really associate with the citizens here, maybe due to language barrier and no adequate extra curricular activities to bring us together, we don’t even learn together even if it’s just a minor course that doesn’t really matter, at least we can get to...
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