National Tempus / Erasmus+
Office in Ukraine

The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is one of the oldest Universities in Ukraine, established in 1661. The University is one of the leading national Universities in training experts for education, research and industry in Ukraine.

Interests for cooperation:

Curricula development, Modernization of curricula, Development of Joint Master Degree Programs, Quality Assurance, Development and introduction of common scientific projects and networks, International student and staff mobility

IFNUL is currently involved in 3 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 projects:

1. Erasmus Mundus Action 2, Strand 1 for Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan (Lot 5) MID (2012), Grant Agreement no 2742/001-001-EMA2, project 372359-EM-1-2012-1FI-ERAMUNDUS-EMA211, Coordinator - University of Turku, Finland, Co-coordinator from Third-countries – IFNUL, Ukraine - http://www.utu.fi/mid/

2. Erasmus Mundus Action 2, Strand 1 for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (Lot 8) BMU-MID (2011), Grant Agreement no 2011-2570/001-001-EMA2, Coordinator - University of Turku, Finland - http://www.utu.fi/bmu-mid/

3. Erasmus Mundus Action 2, Strand 1 for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (Lot 7) BMU, European Commission Grant No 2010-2320/001-001 EMA2, Coordinator - University of Deusto, Spain - http://www.embmu.eu/en/partners.html

Previous Erasmus Mundus Projects:

1. Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (Lot 6), European Commission Grant No 2007-1245/001-001 MUN-ECW, Coordinator - University of Deusto, Spain

2. Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Windows for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine - Lot 6 BMU, Grant Agreement (SGA) No 2008-1962/001-001 MUN-ECW, Coordinator - University of Deusto, Spain

3. Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Windows for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine - Lot 7 BMU, Grant Agreement (SGA) No 2009-1660/001-001 MUN-ECW, Coordinator - University of Deusto, Spain

Currently at IFNUL there are 7 ongoing Tempus projects:

1. 543802-2013-UK-JPHES-ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY INNOVATIVE CENTRES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL LABORATORIES (MICVL) IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, University of Westminster, Great Britain

2. 543990-2013-DE-JPCR-TRAINING ON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AS AN APPROACH FOR ENSURING OF HUMAN RIGHTS – University of Potsdam, Germany

3. 530181-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-DETEMPUS-SMGR INTEGRATED UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: EU EXPERIENCE ON NIS COUNTRIES’ GROUND; University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

4. 530360-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-GE-TEMPUS-JPCR DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCTION OF MULTILINGUAL TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT UNIVERSITIES OF GEORGIA AND UKRAINE; Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia

5. 530391-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-SI-TEMPUS-JPCR EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY LAW AND GOOD GOVERNANCE; University of Maribor, Slovenia

6. 530534-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-UK-TEMPUS-SMGR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF STUDENT SERVICES; Northumbria University, UK

7. 530601-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-PL-TEMPUS-SMHES INFORMATICS AND MANAGEMENT: BOLOGNA-STYLE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS; Universitet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej, Poland

About the university:

Students can obtain academic degrees offered by the University’s 18 Faculties. The University staff is engaged in academic, research and educational activities in 134 departments, 48 research laboratories and the Computer Centre (http://lnu.edu.ua/).

Active international contacts are an integral component of the University activities. The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv established cooperation and signed Bilateral Agreements with 98 educational institutions from 34 countries (Poland, Hungary, Germany, USA, Canada, France, Great Britain, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal, Romania, Moldova, Russian Federation etc.). Staff members, scholars and post graduate students of the University receive grants and scholarships for education and training abroad, participate in various international projects.

At present, the amount of students is 30,000. There are many foreign students, who come from Poland, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Russian Federation, China, Canada, Vietnam, Nigeria, Moldova, Georgia, Turkey and other countries. In 2012/2013 academic year we had 167 full-time foreign students from more than 32 countries. There are also many exchange students for one or two semesters in the framework of bilateral agreements with different Universities and programs such as Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot6/7, Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Lot 7/8/5, Visegrad Fund, Baltic University Program etc.

More than 900 staff members and students of the University are annually sent on the out of state business trips, research and scientific training, to participate in international conferences, seminars and symposia. The University lecturers deliver lectures at the higher educational institutions in Poland, the USA, Germany and Austria.

OeAD Cooperation office, British Council, Centre of Italian language and culture, Nordic Centre, Arseniy Elassonskyy Greek language and culture centre, German centre and Spanish Centre are created at the University. These Centres have modern audio and video equipment, libraries, where lecturers and students can use scientific and methodological literature, periodicals, study foreign languages.

Contacts:

Prof. Volodymyr Kyrylych, Vice –Rector for International Affairs (kyrylych@franko.lviv.ua), Dr. Oksana Krayevska – Coordinator of Erasmus Mundus and Tempus Projects at IFNUL (oksana.krayevska@gmail.com)

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