On Friday, February 19, Tetyana Mayboroda, Deputy Director of the Institute BiEM, lecturer at the Oleg Balatsky Department of Management, and Mykola Bozhko, Director of the Department of International Education of SumDU, took part in the seminar "Internationalization of higher education: legal regulation of the process of inviting international students to study in Ukraine" which took place at Sumy National Agrarian University.

The main speaker of the seminar was Ms. Olena Shapovalova, Director of the Ukrainian State Center for International Education, who presented innovations in the admission process of international students, peculiarities of international activities of higher educational institutions and information on creation of Unified Interdepartmental Electronic Database on International Students Recruitment, as well as several legislative changes related to this process.

Every year the number of foreign students in Ukraine, at SumDU and, in particular, at the Institute BiEM increases (currently, the number of international students in Ukraine is about 80 thousand, at SumDU - more than 1800, while at the Institute BiEM - 90 international students), the number of programs increases with English language of instruction. Thus, the issue of coordinating the recruitment of international students, providing educational services of the appropriate level, creating a favorable intercultural environment for their study and leisure is a topical and important issue.

At the end of the seminar, certificates were received as confirmation of advanced training in the field of organization of the educational process for international students.