
Nikonorov Dimitriy - the Head of the International Relations' Depertment
Welcome to the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport!
The National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport pays great attention to the international cooperation development. Prospective development plans of the University always take into account world trends and constant changes, taking place in the Ukrainian and European educational process, etc.
The main areas of international activity are representing the University at the international arena and in international organizations; looking for partners, preparing and signing cooperation agreements with foreign universities, educational and scientific institutions; working with embassies and consulates of foreign states in Ukraine; training specialists for partner countries; participating in preparation and implementation of international educational and scientific projects and programmes; advertising and information sharing activities at the international level; searching for financial support in international organizations; coordinating the participation of various University departments at international symposiums, congresses, conferences.
The University continued to maintain close business cooperation with the International Association of Universities on Physical Education and Sport during 2018.
The International Centre for Olympic Studies and Olympic Education and the Olympic Academy of Ukraine work on the basis of the University. They maintain fruitful relations with the International Olympic Committee, the International Centre for Olympic Education, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, the International Olympic Academy.
The NUUPES signed 35 agreements with higher educational and scientific institutions from 14 countries in 2018 (Belarus, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Iraq, Iran, Italy, China, Latvia, Mexico, Moldova, Poland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Japan). The University is actively working in the directions of international academic cooperation intensification. The sufficient progress was achieved in relations with Polish, Chinese and Latvian partners.
The University was visited by the delegation of the International Judo Federation and the International Judo Academy, the Shandong Sports University (China), the Guangzhou Sport University (China), the Jining University (China), the Nihon University of Tokyo (Japan), the All-Japanese Coaches Association, the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan, 3-D Institute (USA), etc.
As part of the international partnership, the University participates in the EU programmes "Horizon 2020", "Erasmus +" on staff and teachers’ academic mobility, and Capacity Building in Higher Education, cooperates with the European network of physical activity of the World Health Organization in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS.
The major achievement of the University in 2018 was getting the EU grant under the Erasmus + programme in the direction KA2 Capacity Building in higher education: “Innovative Rehabilitation Education – Introduction of New Master Programmes in Ukraine”.
The project goals: establishing professional capacity of the academic and research staff, developing the teaching/learning/assessment resources and creating specific educational infrastructure needed to provide the new professional study programme in physiotherapy at the national level.
Project objectives:
- Update and revise the current Bachelor Programme in Physical Therapy
- Create comprehensive Master Programme in Physical Therapy
- Increase professional capacity of the academic staff to reach at least 40 qualified PT faculty members for teaching physical therapy
- Create educational infrastructure for learning Physical Therapy at partner universities
- Pilot PT master programmes based on the new content and innovative teaching approaches, and graduate up to 200 masters in PT.
The total Grant amount is € 997.249.00.
Inter-institutional agreements have been signed with the Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport (Poland) and the Vincent Pol University in Lublin (Poland) this year. They envisage participation of students, scientific and pedagogical staff and employees of the NUUPES in the programmes of academic mobility Erasmus + at the expense of the funds provided by the EU. Under these agreements students of the NUUPES are sent to study at these universities.
During November – December 2018 a doctoral student from the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism practiced at the NUUPES with the purpose of advance training and undertaking scientific internship.
The programme “Two Diplomas” with the participation of the NUUPES and Vincent Pol University in Lublin (Poland) started in 2018. As part of this program, our students have the opportunity to obtain the Polish university diploma in addition, to undertake internships and practice in professional organizations in EU.