Information Sheet for Incoming Exchange Students Academic year 2020/2021

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Information Sheet for Incoming Exchange Students Academic year 2020/2021
Information Sheet for
Incoming Exchange Students
Academic year
2020/2021
2021/2022
Information Sheet for Incoming Exchange Students Academic year 2020/2021
WELCOME TO TARAS SHEVCHENKO
 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV!
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
Name of the    Taras Shevchenko National University of
University     Kyiv

Pic code            994789903
Rector              Prof. Leonid V. Huberskyi
Website             http://www.univ.kiev.ua/en/#geninf
                         INTERNATIONAL OFFICE INFORMATION
                         Name of the Office Office for International Cooperation

                         Address                60, Volodymyrska Street, 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine
                         Phone                  +380442393182
                         E-mail                 umz@univ.kiev.ua
                         Homepage               http://www.umz.univ.kiev.ua/index.php/en/
                         FB page                https://www.facebook.com/irotsnuk/?ref=bookmarks
Information Sheet for Incoming Exchange Students Academic year 2020/2021
STAFF INFORMATION
Vice-Rector on Research and Academic            Prof. Petro Bekh
Affairs (International Cooperation)         E-mail: umz@univ.kiev.ua
                                              Phone:+380442393182
                                                   Room № 229
Head of the Office for International           Andrii Kravchenko
Coopeartion                                E-mail: irotsnuk@gmail.com
                                              Phone:+380442393182
                                                   Room № 229
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TEAM
Erasmus+ Coordinator                              Aliona Kurchenko
                                       E-mail:erasmusandprojects@gmail.com
                                                Phone:+380442393150
                                                     Room № 267
Mevlana Officer                                   Nadiia Seryogina
                                         E-mail: mevlanatsnuk@gmail.com
                                                Phone:+380442393150
                                                     Room № 267
International Cooperation Officer                 Anna Romanchuk
(Invitation)                            E-mail: gannaromanchuk@gmail.com
                                                Phone:+380442393150
                                                     Room № 267
International Cooperation Officer                Mykola Semiankiv
(Residence permit)                            Phone:+380442393150
                                                  Room № 267
Information Sheet for Incoming Exchange Students Academic year 2020/2021
BEFORE THE
 MOBILITY
Information Sheet for Incoming Exchange Students Academic year 2020/2021
HOW TO APPLY?
Required Documents:
                      Erasmus+ Programme
                      • Nomination. The home university sends nomination letter (name, duration of stay, field of
                        study and e-mail address of the nominated students) by e-mail to
                        erasmusandprojects@gmail.com.
                      • Application form (see Annexes).
                      • Learning Agreement. It should be duly filled in electronically (not handwritten), agreed
                        signed by you and also signed and stamped by the responsible coordinator at your university.
                      • Scan of passport.
                      • Consent to personal data collection and processing (see Annexes).

                      Bilateral Coopeartion
                      • Nomination from a sending institution.
                      • Application form.
                      • Your study plan should be duly filled in electronically (not handwritten), agreed with your
                        academic coordinator at Home and Host institution, signed by you and also signed and
                        stamped by the responsible coordinator at your university, language certificate, transctipt of
                        records
                      • Scan of passport, Consent to personal data collection and processing (see Annexes).

                      Mevlana Exchange Cooperation
                       - Nomination from home university (name, duration of stay, field of study and e-mail address
                      of the nominated students) by e-mail to mevlanatsnuk@gmail.com
                        - Application form (see Annexes), Learning Protocol (It should be duly filled in, agreed &
                      signed by you and also signed and stamped by the responsible coordinator at your university,
                      language certificate
                       - Scan of passport & Consent to personal data collection and processing (see Annexes).
Information Sheet for Incoming Exchange Students Academic year 2020/2021
Course catalog*:
                   http://mobility.univ.kiev.ua/?page_id=1711&lang=en
                   *Please, note that the course catalog is subject to change.

All documents must be in pdf-format, sent to the e-mail: erasmusandprojects@gmail.com. In subject field of
his/her e-mail, student should write – PROGRAMME-NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY-STUDENT_MOBILITY-
NAME OF STUDENT.
   Example: ERASMUS+-UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA-STUDENT_MOBILITY-MARIA CAVALLIO
N.B!

Please, check with your home university how many ECTS you need to cover!

We would recommend you to visit courses for approximately 30 ECTS per semester or 60 ECTS per year.

    Application deadlines for incoming students

 For winter term: May 15
 For summer term: November 15
Information Sheet for Incoming Exchange Students Academic year 2020/2021
INVITATION AND VISA
All students are required to obtain a visa for a period longer than 3 months. Office for International
Cooperation will provide incoming students with an Invitation needed to receive a visa.
 Documents     1. Passport (scan copy)
required for   2. Consent to personal data collection and processing
 Invitation
Preparation    Up to 3 weeks
    time
 Invitation    Via e-mail (scan copy)
 delivering    Via University post* (hard copy)
               Via express delivery services (in urgent cases; fee)

               *Invitation delivering via University post (no fees) can take few weeks.
   Visa        After receiving an Invitation, you should apply to the Embassy of Ukraine in your country / any
               Consulate outside Ukraine**

               N.B!
               In case if the Ukrainian Embassy in your country asks you for an e-mail from Taras Shevchenko National
               University of Kyiv, stating our acknowledge of your Erasmus, Mevlana or exchange student status headed
               off to Kyiv or tells you that it did not received a copy of your Invitation or you are not registered in its
               data base, we kindly ask you to inform us about this on the e-mails: erasmusandprojects@gmail.com
               mevlanatsnuk@gmail.com immediately!

               **We kindly ask you to inform us which one
Information Sheet for Incoming Exchange Students Academic year 2020/2021
RESIDANCE PERMIT
You can start your registration procedure in Ukraine upon arrival. TSNUK Office for International Cooperation will
assist you in this.

Required documents:

     8 photos 3,5/4,5cm;

     Passport with visa (!with marks crossing the border!), translation into Ukrainian language of the first page will be
     made upon arrival;

     Ukrainian insurance. You will have to get it in Kyiv in the Migration Office, price is 450 UAH/semester (=14, 68 EUR),
     600 UAH/year (=19, 57 EUR), as of May 2019.

     N.B!
     If the Embassy of Ukraine in your country demands an insurance while you apply for visa, we suggest you to get the
     cheapest one for one month, because if you obtain the insurance in your country of residence for the whole period of
     academic mobility, you will need its translation into Ukrainian language and the cost of translation will be much
     more expensive than to purchase the insurance in Ukraine.

     Residence permit fee around 900UAH (=29, 37 EUR) , as of May 2019.
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ACCOMODATION

     All incoming students could be provided with University
     dormitory with relevant fee. The total number of
     University dormitories is 21.
     For detailed information concerning a dormitory, you
     should contact your academic coordinator on the host
     department/faculty of Kyiv University. The list of
     academic coordinators is provided below.
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ACADEMIC COORDINATORS
Faculty/Institute                                         Academic Coordinator’s Name and contact e-mail
Faculty of Economics                                      Ms Tetiana Onysenko
Web: econom.univ.kiev.ua                                  tonysenko@i.ua

Faculty of History                                        Ms Alina Kornienko
                                                          a_kornienko@ukr.net
Web: history.univ.kiev.ua

Faculty of Sociology                                      Ms Svitlana Babenko

Web: soc.univ.kiev.ua                                     sbabenko@gmail.com

Institute of Philology                                    Ms Kateryna Bilyk

Web: philology.knu.ua                                     k.bilyk.ger@gmail.com

Institute of International Relations                      Mr Anton Nenavov
                                                          imv_it@ukr.net
Web: iir.edu.ua

                       Other Faculties/Institutes – on demand via erasmusandprojects@gmail.com
WHAT IS MY DORM ADDRESS?
You can find an address of your dormitory on https://studmisto.knu.ua (available in Ukrainian only).
You can paste https://studmisto.knu.ua into google translate and have other language version.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR*

             Winter                            Summer
             term                               term
                               September 1 -            Mid January-
                               December 31              June 30

                               Examinations
                                                        Examinations
                               - end of
                                                        - end of June
                               December

*Academic calendar is subject to change
DURING THE
 MOBILITY
LEARNING AGREEMENT
    During your study at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv you can make changes to your Learning
    Agreement (LA). You should ask your Academic Coordinator about information on right titles of new
    disciplines, number of credits etc. Then you should submit your LA to Academic Mobility Office for signature
    and stamp.

Academic Mobility Office

Address: 60, Volodymyrska Street,

Room 222

Phone: +380442393285

E-mail: mobility.knu@gmail.com
STUDENT CARD
    Office for International Cooperation will assist you in obtaining a student card
                                      (room 267).

1 Photo 3x4 cm
LANGUAGE COURSES*
                      • Ukrainian
Languages             • Russian

                      • Institute of Philology
   Place              • Room 61

                      • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
  When?               • 1 p.m.

Registration          • upon arrival

    Fee               • free of charge

          *Extracurricular
TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS
Transcript of Records is NOT delivered automatically.
First you should ask for your academic results at the
faculty/institute you are studying. Then you need submit your
academic results to Academic Mobility Office which will
provide you with an official Transcript of Records.
You have to receive your transcript BEFORE leaving Ukraine.
ADITIONAL
INFORMATION
HOW TO GET FROM BORYSPIL
              AIRPORT (KBP) TO KYIV

           Taxi                   Bus/train+metro                     Useful links
• We suggest you to order Uber   • There is a Sky Bus near        • Boryspil
  taxi or Sky Taxi                 Terminal F (goes to Metro        Airport:https://kbp.aero/en/
• Approximate price is around      Vokzalna).                     • Airport Kyiv:
  300-500 UAH (9-17 EUR)         • Train to Metro Vokzalna.         https://iev.aero/en/
                                 • Buses depart every 15-20       • Metro Map:
                                   minutes (about 30 minutes at     https://100realty.ua/map/metro
                                   night after 8 p.m.)
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Metro (subway) – especially useful to avoid traffic jams during the rush hours. Cost - 8 UAH per trip.
Plastic coins or cards (the latter less useful for short stay in Kyiv) are bought at the entrance. Metro stations are
marked with green (usually) big M letter. It takes about 2-3 minutes to get from one station to another + time for
entering and exiting a station (1-5 minutes+ 1-5 minutes – it depends upon depth of metro) + time if you change
metro line (about 1-4 minutes)+ time to wait for a train (usually 1 during rush hours, 2-3 minutes in daytime, 5-
15 in late night). Metro starts working about 6 a.m., and is closed right after the midnight, but it
depends on specific station.

Buses, trolleybuses, trams – 8 UAH per trip. Tickets are sold inside the bus (or other vehicle) by a special
person or the driver.

Marshrutka (smaller buses – usually yellow or white private busses) – the most frequently used. Cost
inside the city - usually 8 UAH, but may be different. Tickets are sold inside a vehicle right after entering it. The
final destination or intermediate points are often written at the front or right windows. (marshrutkas unlike buses
or trolley-buses usually stop only at passengers request).
GRADING SYSTEM
ECTS, the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, was developed by the Commission of the European Community in order to provide
common procedures to guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. It provides a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements, and
transferring them from one institution to another. In ECTS, 60 credits represent the workload of a full year of study; normally 30 credits are given for a
semester. It is important that no special courses are set up for ECTS purposes, but that all ECTS courses are mainstream courses of the participating
institutions, and followed by home students under normal regulations. Credits are awarded only when the course has been completed and all necessary
examinations have been successfully taken.
When the student has successfully completed the study programme agreed upon by the home and host institutions, transfer of credit will take place.
The student will then continue his or her studies at the home institution without any loss of time or credit. Transfer of credit is realized with a form
(Transcript of Records) and by applying a special grading system in addition to the local grading system.

                                                                                    ECTS grading scale

National      Grading   Conversion into former ECTS grade                                       Definition                                 Grade points
System in    HEIs in
Ukraine

    5 (excellent)                       A                              Excellent – outstanding performance with only minor errors          90-100 points

      4 (good)                          B                             Very good – above the average standard but with some errors          85-89 points

                                        C                            Good – generally good with work with a number of notable errors       75-84 points

   3 (satisfactory)                     D                                         Satisfactory – fair but with significant                 70-74 points

                                        E                            Sufficient – passable performance, meeting the minimum criteria       60-69 points

 2 (unsatisfactory)                    FX                            Fail – some more work required before the credit can be awarded       35-59 points

      1 (poor)                          F                                      Fail – considerable further work is required                 1-34 points
Coronavirus and student exchange to Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, academic year 2020 – 2021

                          Exchanges at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv during the Academic Year 2020-2021

We welcome exchange students to Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv for the next academic year 2020-2021.

The planning of teaching for the autumn is currently based on the assumption that no teaching-related mass events will be organized,
social distancing rules will be observed and people are advised to avoid contact. Most of the teaching and supervision is organized
online. Contact teaching can be organized for groups of no more than 50 individuals, taking safety regulations into consideration.
Whenever possible, independent studying is offered as an option to people in at-risk groups. Please note that there is the possibility for
exchange students to attend online courses from home university.

Follow Ukrainian public health authorities' recommendations and we will inform you if new decisions on teaching and being in
University campus will be made.

Before making any arrangements regarding your exchange, please make sure that your insurance cover is comprehensive, includes
crisis cover and follows the requirements of the State Migration Service of Ukraine https://dmsu.gov.ua/en-home.html

Information on the current situation

Further information on the current stage of quarantine restrictions is available on the Government Portal official website:

https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/viktor-lyashko-sogodni-chergovij-etap-pomyakshennya-karantinu
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