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International Students Integration and Adaptation/INTERADIS (619451-EPP-1-2020-1-NL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP)

The project is funded by the European Commission

Project duration: 15.11.2020 – 14.11.2023

General information

Project goal:

To integrate international students into the Ukrainian and European educational space by the means of cultural, ethnic, social and academic assets.

Specific objectives of the project:

• To develop and implement the Roadmap that includes all aspects of international students integration and adaptation.
• To improve the quality of training and administrative services for international students.
• To upgrade qualifications of administrative and academic staff.
• To create a tolerant multicultural international environment at Ukrainian HEIs.
• To disseminate the project results among Ukrainian HEIs.

Project activities:

• Learning the EU experience.
• Development of internationalization capacity.
• Modernization of administrative procedures.
• Development and implementation of Roadmap of international students integration.
• Development and piloting of the course for adaptation of international students.
• Modernization of university infrastructure.
• Adaptation of educational programs for international students.
• Training and mobility activities.
• Quality management.
• Dissemination of the project results.
• Project management.

Expected results:

1. Roadmap that includes all aspects of international students integration developed.
2. Trained staff.
3. Increased quality of training and administrative services.
4. More favourable environment for international students created.
5. Project results disseminated.

The consortium comprises the following partners:

• Netherlands Business Academy, the Netherlands – grant holder
• Foggia University, Italy;
• Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany;
• Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania;
• “KROK” University, Ukraine;
• Yurii Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine;
• National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Ukraine;
• Mariupol State University, Ukraine;
• Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine;
• V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine;
• Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine;
• Odesa National Polytechnic University, Ukraine;
• Ukrainian State Center for International Education, Ukraine;
• Hultgren Nachhaltigkeitsberatung UG, Germany.

At Karazin University, the project is implemented by Karazin Business School together with the Institute of International Education for Study and Research.

Project manager: Yu. M. Kvitka

E-mail: makhanova@karazin.ua