The President of Ukraine’s Fund has selected 10 universities as winners of the UK–UA Visiting Professors Programme. Professors from the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, Leeds, Warwick, and other top global institutions will come to Ukraine to teach Ukrainian students.
This was reported by the President of Ukraine’s Fund for the Support of Education, Science, and Sports.
“The programme focuses on medicine, astrobiology, mathematics, computer science, aerodynamics, energy, neurophysiology, soil restoration after the war, and artificial intelligence in education — the fields Ukraine needs for defense, reconstruction, and technological development,” the announcement says.
The programme winners are:
- Bukovinian State Medical University invited David Jayne from the University of Leeds, a leading European expert in robotic surgery and medical technologies.
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv invited Charles Cockell from the University of Edinburgh, a world-renowned astrobiologist studying life in extreme conditions.
- Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University invited Arieh Iserles from the University of Cambridge, one of the leading mathematicians in numerical analysis.
- Ivan Franko National University of Lviv invited Sandra Kiefer from the University of Oxford, a researcher in computer science, mathematics, and bioinformatics.
- National Aviation University of Ukraine invited Bert Blocken from Heriot-Watt University, a world-leading expert in aerodynamics and computational modeling.
- National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” invited Vania Sena from the University of Sheffield, a researcher in innovation ecosystems, policy, and entrepreneurship development.
- Khmelnytskyi National University invited William Heath from Bangor University, University of Newcastle, and University of Manchester, an expert in automatic control, digital systems, and energy systems.
- Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University invited Sergiy Sylantyev from the University of Aberdeen, an expert in cellular and molecular neurophysiology.
- Sumy National Agrarian University invited Mark Horton from Royal Agricultural University / University of Bristol, a researcher in archaeology and soil restoration using geospatial technologies.
- Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University invited Richard Smith from the University of Warwick, an expert in TESOL, applied linguistics, and the use of artificial intelligence in education.
According to the President’s Fund, the program strengthens Ukrainian universities through direct academic collaboration with British partners: lectures, workshops, research seminars, joint projects, and studies during in-person visits of UK scholars to Ukrainian higher education institutions.
