A graduation ceremony for international students was held online. The real highlight of the event was the performance of a traditional Ukrainian shchedrivka by Guo Lu, a graduate of NTU «KhPI» from China. The event brought together more than 200 students from different parts of the world who chose Kharkiv Polytechnic as their Alma Mater, as NTU «KhPI» is globally recognized and holds leading positions in many international rankings.
The bachelors and masters were congratulated by Gennadiy Khrypunov, Vice-Rector of NTU «KhPI», Dmytro Gorovyi, Director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, and deputy directors for work with international students of all educational and scientific institutes of the university. The celebrations were held online on the Microsoft Teams platform and brought together more than two hundred international students.
In his welcoming speech, Gennadiy Khrypunov said: «The high quality of education at our university is confirmed by the world-famous Times Higher Education Ranking, according to which Kharkiv Polytechnic is the first in Ukraine and the sixteenth in the world in terms of the quality of online education. Our graduates have received an education of international level and this will help to carry out the procedure of recognizing university diplomas in all countries of the world, including China, about 500 citizens of which received diplomas of NTU «KhPI» this year».
More than 90% of foreign graduates studied at English-language educational programs and the main language of the event was also English, but students congratulated the university and teachers in Ukrainian. Guo Lu, a graduate of the Educational and Scientifical Institute of Social and Humanitarian Technologies from China, added her congratulations by playing the famous Christmas composition «Shchedryk» by Mykola Leontovych on the piano. Even after the event, the graduates wrote many more wonderful words about the university and their studies and expressed their warm wishes in a joint chat.
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Earlier, we wrote that the National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute» won the Ukrainian bronze medal among higher education institutions in terms of the number of international students. More than 1100 foreigners representing 24 countries study at NTU «KhPI».
The Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education of NTU «KhPI» (ESI IE) implements the following important areas:
– organization of admission of foreign students to NTU «KhPI» for all forms of education;
– organization of work on registration of foreign students in Ukraine;
– organization and control of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs for foreign citizens in NTU «KhPI» educational and scientific institutes in licensed specialties;
– cooperation with agent firms from other countries on the organization of remote admission of international students to NTU «KhPI».
Graduation events for students who have successfully completed their studies are held twice a year by the Directorate of the Institute of Education and Scientific of International Education in cooperation with the deputy directors for work with international students of all educational and scientific institutes of the university