National Tempus / Erasmus+
Office in Ukraine

1. Name of your university/institution/industry or company interested in participating in project: V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine) http://www.univer.kharkov.ua/en

2. Main field of activities of your institution:

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is one of the oldest universities in Eastern Europe.

Today Kharkiv National University has 21 Schools: the School of Biology, the School of Physics and Technology, the School of Radio Physics, the School of Physics, the School of Computer Sciences, the School of Philosophy, the School of Mechanical Engineering, the School of Geology and Geography, the School of Economics, the School of Foreign Languages, the School of History, the School of Philology, the School of Fundamental Medicine, the School of Chemistry, the School of Sociology, the School of Psychology, the School of Law, the School of International Economic Relations and Tourism, the School of Further Education and Retraining, and the School of Physics and Energy. The latter was organized together with the UNAS Institute of Mechanical Engineering.

The University has an enrollment of over 16 000 students including 3500 international students and trains specialists in 61 majors.

The University's faculty includes 21 academicians and corresponding members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and specialized academies of Ukraine, and 50 winners of the State Award. The University is the leading research organization of international level.

3. Information about the intended project:

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is interested in participation in the following projects:

- curriculum development;

- modernization of educational programs;

- improvement of the quality of university international activities;

- development of academic mobility;

- enhancement of the university structure and management;

- promotion of lifelong learning;

- improvement of the quality of education, etc.

4. Previous international experience:

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University has concluded over 160 agreements on cooperation with foreign higher educational establishments from all over the world and is now actively working towards developing mutually beneficial relations with the leading European and world universities.

Previous Tempus and Erasmus Mundus projects:

1) 2010-2320/001-001 EMA2: BMU-MID Mobilities for Innovation and Development

 2) TACIS TEMPUS CD_JEP-21135-2000 New Economic Master Degree for the Universities of Ukraine

3) 144746-TEMPUS-2008-RU-JPCR Improvement Of Education On Environmental Management

4) 530534-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-UK-TEMPUS-SMGR Improving the Efficiency of Student Services

Tempus projects recommended for funding in 2013:

1) 543990-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPCR Training on alternative dispute resolution as an approach for ensuring of human rights – TRADIR

2) 544521-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-TEMPUS-SMHES Entrepreneur Alumni Network

3) 544524-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-PL-TEMPUS-SMHES Qualifications Frameworks for Environmental Science at Ukrainian Universities

4) 543651-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-AT-TEMPUS-JPCR Regional sustainable development on the basis of eco-human synergetic interaction (multidisciplinary training course for MSc, PhD and LLL students in engineering)

Please contact: Iuliia Makhanova, Department of International Programs and Academic Mobility

tel.: +38 057 7050954; fax: +38 057 7050954; int.dep@karazin.ua