More than 16 thousand people receive their education on different studying forms, education and qualification levels of 'junior specialist', 'bachelor', 'specialist', 'master' on 60 specialties according to 40 directions in 23 fields of knowledge. About 1250 foreign students from almost 60 countries of the world are enrolled at SSU.
> According to the worldwide Internet rating Webometrics, SSU takes the 11 place among Ukrainian institutions of higher education (July 2013).
> According to Internet resource 4ICU (International Colleges & Universities),
that is considered to be a search engine and international database of higher education institutions SSU takes the 16th position among Ukrainian universities.
> According to information of the largest abstract and citation database SCOPUS Sumy State University holds the 17th position among Ukrainian universities for a number of citations by world scientific community of SSU researchers' published works. The University takes the 17th place according to h-index (the index of scientific research impact).
According to the worldwide student Internet-competition International Association of Professional Programmers TopCoder has identified SSU to be in the top 50 universities in this area.
> For the number of prize-winning places in All-Ukrainian competitions of students' research works SSU takes the leading place among Ukrainian institutions of higher education (2011-2012 h. p - the lsl place).
> The University holds high positions among Ukrainian higher education institutions for the number of prize-winning places in All-Ukrainian Olympiads on educational disciplines, training areas and specialties (2011-2012 u. p -the 2nd and 3rd places).
> According to the nationwide ranking of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine Sumy State University is in the third position in the "classical universities" group.
> The University is a signatory of Magna Charta Universitatum and a full member of International Association of Universities, European Association of Universities, Eurasian Association of Universities, World Health Organization, Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region and other international organizations.
> Sumy State University international cooperation area involves more than 100 partners abroad from the Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Check Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, USA and other countries of the world.
> Sumy State University is a reliable partner in international grant programs and projects of EU (Tempus, Erasmus Mundus, Youth in Action), United Nations Development Program, World Bank, bilateral scientific and research projects, grants of private foundations. For the last 5 years the amount of research works in frames of international grant projects has increased in about 20 times.
> Sumy State University actively develops academic mobility programmes, including long-term and short-term study abroad programmes, internships and placement programmes; professional development and research programmes for postgraduate students, research and teaching staff, using technologies of credit transfer and recognition of academic results.
> 85 Doctors of sciences, professors and about 480 candidates of sciences (PhD) and associate professors work at the University. There are 30 post-graduate programs, post-doctoral programs and special academic councils on 9 specialties.
> Publishing house of the University edits 10 specialized scientific journals.
> High technological capacity of library-information system containing about 2,5 million volumes, both on paper and in electronic versions provides access to the most famous electronic databases of the world information space. The library of the University is a holder of award (II degree diploma) of All-Ukrainian contest "Library of the Year".
> Affiliated branch of UNESCO, resource and educational centers of MICROSOFT, CISCO, DELCAM, NETCRACKER, 1C, SIEMENS and other companies work at SSU.
> Military chair of SSU conducts training of reserve officers for students of Sumy region and other regions of Ukraine
> Sumy State University has substantial facilities that are intensively renewed at all university campuses, including, research and educational laboratories, sports complexes, hostels, museums of local history and scientific investigations etc. Students' club (amateur talent groups), sports club with 30 kinds of sports and
60 sport groups, sport teams of the premier leagues are available for University students. Among university students there are record breakers and prize winners of the national, European and World championships. The football team of Sumy State University is the silver winner of the European Championship among students. By the results of II Ukrainian sports competitions among higher education institutions of III-IV level of accreditation in 2011 SSU took the 2nd position in the corresponding category.
> According to the championship "Champion of Ukraine" and "First Ukrainian Festival team sports" SSU is in the top ten universities of the country, occupying the 7th place among all universities in Ukraine.
> Educational complex of SSU is composed by Medical Institute, Faculty of technical systems and power effective technologies, Faculty of electronics and information technologies, Faculty of law, Faculty of foreign philology and social communications, Faculty of economics and management, 2 educational and scientific Institutes in Shostka and Konotop, 4 colleges, technical schools, 2 scientific-educational centers of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, scientific center of rocket forces and artillery. The University complex combines also nearly 40 secondary schools, lyceums and gymnasiums.
> List of "Specialist'" and "Master" programs available for students at SSU:
jurisprudence general medicine medical prophylaxis dentistry journalism
media communications advertising and public relations translation
quality, standardization and certification
project management
management of innovation activity
business-administration
administrative management
economics of environment and nature resources
economics of enterprise
marketing
finances
management of organization and administration ecology and environmental protection computer mechanics applied mathematics informatics
project information technologies
computerized systems of management and automatics
applied material science engineering technologies
hydraulic machines, hydraulic actuators and hydra pneumatic automation metal-cutting equipment and systems tooling production
chemical industry equipment and equipment for building materials'
enterprises
power management
refrigerating installations
compressors, pneumatic units and vacuum equipment electronic and technical systems of power consumption physical and biomedical electronics electronic appliances and devices electronic systems
chemical technologies of high-molecular compositions public service
management of financial and economic security intellectual property
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