Having more than 1 million student institutions of higher education in Ukraine form a system which considers to be one of the biggest in the world.
In Ukraine you can get higher education in universities (academies, institutes) accredited on 3-4th level.
Schema of the system education of Ukraine(http://www.education.gov.ua/pls/edu/docs/common/schema_eng.html)
After 4 years of studying you can get a Bachelor degree, 5 years is for specialists, five and a half or 6 years for a Masters degree. Among all the above mentioned degrees Specialist is the most popular.
You become a student of a university according to the results of entrance exams in July and August.
The academic year beginning on the 1st of September lasts up to the end of July and consists of two terms. All the students go on holidays between two terms: the first term (September – January) the second one (February – June). Summer holidays last for three months on average.
At the end of each term the student takes 3 or 5 examinations and 3 or 5 tests. Successful passing of examinations and tests guarantees the possibility of getting to the second term.
Students have classes everyday except for weekends. They attend lectures, tutorials, work with materials in libraries and resource centres. Higher education course includes work placement, which gives students the possibility to gain experience.
Recognition of qualification gained is the priority of the state. In case of successful graduation of a university student get the Diploma no matter what form of property it refers to. The transcript of the subjects list with marks is attached to the Diploma. Although the state guarantees the conformity to standards of qualification, the employer takes into consideration how authoritative the university is.
Today, you can get the education in 313 universities, academies and institutes of Ukraine of 3-4th level of accreditation. Among them there are 220 state institutions and 93- non state. 54,9 % of state universities students get free education.
Brief historical survey
The first higher education institutions (HEIs) emerged in Ukraine during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The first Ukrainian higher education institution was the Ostrozka School, or Ostrozkiy Greek-Slavic-Latin Collegium, similar to Western European higher education institutions of the time. Established in 1576 in the town of Ostrog, the Collegium was the first higher education institution in the Eastern Slavic territories. The oldest university was the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, first established in 1632 and in 1694 officially recognized by the government of Imperial Russia as a higher education institution. Among the oldest is also the Lviv University, founded in 1661. More higher education institutions were set up in the 19th century, beginning with universities in Kharkiv (1805), Kyiv (1834), Odessa (1865), and Chernivtsi (1875) and a number of professional higher education institutions, e.g.: Nizhyn Historical and Philological Institute (originally established as the Gymnasium of Higher Sciences in 1805), a Veterinary Institute (1873) and a Technological Institute (1885) in Kharkiv, a Polytechnic Institute in Kyiv (1898) and a Higher Mining School (1899) in Katerynoslav. Rapid growth followed in the Soviet period. By 1988 a number of higher education institutions increased to 146 with over 850,000 students[1]. Most HEIs established after 1990 are those owned by private organizations.
Higher education qualifications
Higher education qualifications combine both academic and professional qualifications. This is a very important feature of Ukrainian higher education inherited from its Soviet past. The State Diploma serves as both an educational certificate and a professional licence. Employment is determined by a match between the state determination of the knowledge and skills required for different occupation levels and the state determination of levels of educational qualification. Hence is the correspondence between classification of educational qualification and that of the occupational structure, leading to the introduction of the term ‘educational-proficiency’ level.
The Law on Higher Education (2002) establishes the three-level structure of higher education: incomplete, basic, and complete educational levels with corresponding educational-proficiency levels of Junior Specialist, Bachelor, Specialist and Master.
Junior Specialist
Junior Specialist is an educational-proficiency level of higher education of a person who on the basis of complete secondary education has attained incomplete higher education, special skills and knowledge sufficient for discharging productive functions at a certain level of professional activity, stipulated for initial positions in a certain type of economic activity. The normative period of training makes 2,5-3 years.
Persons with basic secondary education may study in the educational and professional programs of junior specialist’s training, obtaining at the same time complete secondary education.
Bachelor
Bachelor is an educational-proficiency level of higher education of a person who on the basis of complete secondary education has attained basic higher education, fundamental and special skills and knowledge, sufficient to cope with tasks and duties (work) at a certain level of professional activity (in economy, science, engineering, culture, arts, etc.). The normative period of training makes 4 years (240 ECTS credits).
Training specialists of the educational-proficiency level of Bachelor may be carried out according to the shortened programme of studies on the basis of the educational- proficiency level of Junior Specialist.
Specialist
Specialist is an educational-proficiency level of higher education of a person who on the basis of the educational-proficiency level of Bachelor has attained complete higher education, special skills and knowledge, sufficient to cope with tasks and duties (work) at a certain level of professional activity (in economy, science, engineering, culture, arts, etc.). The normative period of training makes 1 year (60 ECTS credits).
Master
Master is an educational-proficiency level of higher education of a person who has attained complete higher education, special skills and knowledge, sufficient to cope with professional tasks and duties (work) of innovative character at a certain level of professional activity (in engineering, busyness administration, pedagogics, arts, etc.).
Training specialists of the educational-proficiency level of Master may also be carried out on the basis of the educational-proficiency level of Specialist. The period of training makes typically 1-1,5 year (60-90 ECTS credits).
During his/her studies at the Master’s level, a student is required to write his/her final work on a selected subject and make its presentation, to be able to collect, analyse and summarize, synthesize and to communicate study and practical material; often knowledge of a foreign language is required.
Training specialists of the educational-proficiency level of Specialist and Master in such fields as medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, teaching is carried out on the basis of complete secondary education within the period of 5-6 years (300-360 ECTS credits) (as is common in Western Europe for state registered professions).
Diplomas and Certificates
Higher education graduates are awarded qualifications of the appropriate educational-proficiency levels and they are granted diplomas of the state format. The Diploma is the State-recognized document which serves as both an educational certificate and a professional licence, confirming the attainment of the appropriate higher educational level and qualification of a certain educational-proficiency level (an academic degree in a field of study and speciality). The Law on Higher Education (2002) establishes the following types of documents that confirm higher education qualifications:
* Dyplom Molodshogo Spetsialista (Diploma/ qualification of Junior Specialist)
* Dyplom Bakalavra (Diploma/ qualification of Bachelor)
* Dyplom Spetsialista (Diploma/ qualification of Specialist)
* Dyplom Magistra (Diploma/ qualification of Master)
International Students
International students get their higher education in universities, academies and institutes, that are not only accredited, but also have a special license to teach foreign students. All the universities from this Guide possess the license. The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine controls the quality of educational services given to foreign students.
International students start their studying with the foundation year. It includes a course of Ukrainian (Russian) language and some of the comprehensive subjects according to the future profession.
Further education is continuing together with Ukrainian students.
Entry Visa
As soon as you get the invitation you have to address the Embassy of Ukraine in your country. There you can find out the information about the list of documents needed to get a student visa.
To get through the passport control you have to show the passport with the visa, the copy of the official invitation and the medical insurance policy.
On reaching the place of study, international students have to be registered in the local authorities within three working days. As a rule, we carry out this procedure as a free service to our applicants.
Holidays
New Year 1st of January
Orthodox Christmas 7th of January
International Women Day 8th of March
Orthodox Easter
Labour Day 1st of May
Victory Day 9th of May
Trinity Sunday
Constitution Day 28th of June
Day of Independence 24th of August
http://www.cvitana.com/holidays-in-ukrainian-universities
System of Higher Education of Ukraine
The structure of the higher education of Ukraine was built up according to the structure of education in the developed countries of the world as determined by UNESCO, UN and other international organizations.
The higher education is received in high educational institutions of the respec-tive levels of accreditation on the basis of: basic general secondary education, com-plete general secondary education and educational-qualification degrees “Junior spe-cialist” and “Bachelor”, as well as “Specialist, Master” as postgraduate education.
Training of specialists in higher educational institutions may be carried out with the interruption of work (daytime education), without interruption of work (eve-ning, correspondence education), by the combination of these two forms, and for cer-tain professions – without attending classes.
Admission of citizens to higher educational institutions is made on the com-petitive basis according to skills and regardless of the form of ownership of an educa-tional institution and sources of payment for education.
There are four levels of accreditation established pursuant to the status of higher educational institutions:
first level – technical school, vocational school and other higher educa-tional institutions equated to them;
second level – college and other higher educational institutions equated to it;
third and fourth levels (depending on the results of accreditation) – in-stitute, conservatory, academy, and university.
Higher educational institutions train specialists pursuant to the following edu-cational and qualification levels:
junior specialist – is provided by technical and vocational schools, other higher educational institutions of the first level of accreditation;
bachelor – is provided by colleges and other higher educational institu-tions of the second level of accreditation;
specialist, master – are provided by higher educational institutions of the third and fourth levels of accreditation.
The level system of higher education lies in the receipt of different educational and qualification levels at the respective stages (phases) of higher education.
Taking into account the structure of higher education, its first phase contem-plates the receipt of higher education of the educational-qualification level “Junior specialist”; the second phase – “Bachelor” (basic higher education); the third phase – “Specialist”, “Master” (complete higher education).
The level system of higher education may be realized both through the con-tinuous program of training and differentially – according to the structure of the level system.
Higher educational institutions of the particular level of accreditation may train specialists pursuant to educational-qualification levels provided by educational insti-tutions of the lower level of accreditation.
Higher educational institutions of the state and other forms of ownership func-tion in the system of higher education. The network includes 979 higher educational institutions of І-ІV levels of accreditation (vocational schools, technical schools, col-leges, institutes, academies, and universities).
The network of higher educational institutions of І-ІІ levels of accreditation in-cludes 664 higher educational institutions, including 593 institutions of the state form of ownership and 71 ones of other forms of ownership, with 528 thousand students in total.
The network of higher educational institutions of ІІІ-ІУ levels of accreditation numbers 315 institutions, including 223 institutions of the state form of ownership. Among them there are 106 universities, 59 academies and 150 institutes. 48 universi-ties and academies have the status of the national ones. 1,403 thousand students study at universities, academies, institutes, including 1,086 thousand students of 17 – 24 years old, who receive higher education, that constitutes 90 percent of the total num-ber of students.
The network of higher educational institutions provides education for 392 stu-dents per each 10 thousand of population.
Specialists having degree of higher education are trained in 70 areas that in-clude more than 500 professions.
Areas of training
Requirements to the contents, scope and level of the educational and profes-sional training in Ukraine are determined by the State Standards of Education. The state standard of education means the aggregate norms that specify requirements to the educational and educational-qualification level.
The state standard of education is developed for each area of training (profes-sion) for various educational-qualification levels.
Management of education
The management of education is performed by government regulatory authori-ties and local authorities.
The government regulatory authorities in the area of higher education include:
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;
Central authorities of the executive power of Ukraine, to which educational in-stitutions are subordinated;
The Supreme Certification Commission of Ukraine;
The State Accreditation Commission.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine is the central body of the government executive power performing the management in the area of educa-tion.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine:
participates in the determination of the state policy in the area of education, sci-ence and professional training of specialists;
develops the program of the development of education, state standards;
ensures the connection with educational institutions, government authorities of other countries with respect to issues falling within its competence;
makes accreditation of higher and vocational educational institutions, issues li-censes and certificates to them;
organizes certification of pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical personnel in order to provide them with qualification degrees, pedagogical and scientific ranks.
The Supreme Certification Commission of Ukraine organizes and conducts the certification of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel, manages the work re-lated to giving scientific ranks, giving academic degree of a senior staff scientist.
In accordance with the results of the accreditation of higher educational institu-tions, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine together with ministries and departments, to which educational institutions are subordinated:
determine the correspondence of educational services to the state standards of a certain educational-qualification level in particular areas, gives the right to issue a document of education pursuant to the state standard;
determine the level of accreditation of an educational institution;
inform the community regarding the quality of educational and scientific ac-tivities carried out by higher educational institutions.
Bodies of the public self-regulation in the area of education include:
The All-Ukrainian Congress of Educational Specialists;
General meeting of the staff of an educational institution;
District, city, oblast conference of pedagogical personnel;
Congress of Educational Specialists of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Local authorities in the area of education submit their proposals regarding the formation of the state policy in the are of education.
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