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SDG 17. Partnerships for the Goals: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU cooperated with about 150 international partners, implemented 23 international projects, became a co-founder of the ALINCO Alliance and joined the UN Global Week to Act for the SDGs announced by the University Global Coalition. The UzhNU Centre for Sustainable Development celebrated 10 years of work. This page also links to the reports on all 17 Goals.
SDG 16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU experts served on advisory bodies at the national, regional and local levels; the University hosted open dialogues between authorities, civil society and international organisations, and published full financial data for the year. In the THE Impact Rankings 2025, UzhNU was ranked 601–800 out of 1,265 universities for SDG 16.
SDG 15. Life on Land: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU planted more than 125 trees and 2,376 shrubs, modernised its Botanical Garden (founded in 1945), and led an international project monitoring Carpathian wetlands together with national parks in Ukraine, Slovakia and Romania. An education centre on Carpathian nature is being established at the University.
SDG 14. Life Below Water: UzhNU Progress in 2025
Zakarpattia is landlocked, but the region’s rivers belong to the Danube and Black Sea basin, so the state of Carpathian waters affects marine ecosystems. In 2025, UzhNU launched international wetland monitoring, studied pollution of transboundary rivers and took part in the Baltic University Programme, which focuses on sustainable development of the Baltic Sea region.
SDG 12. Responsible Consumption and Production: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU installed a new waste sorting station, worked with NGOs to teach students and Uzhhorod residents about sorting and recycling, and developed an educational game on sustainable consumption. In UI GreenMetric, the University’s waste management score rose by 225 points, and UzhNU moved up from 10th to 7th place among Ukrainian HEIs in this category.
SDG 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU established the SMART City Research and Educational Institute for Multidisciplinary Studies, studied urban nature restoration with partners from the Visegrad Group countries, and worked to preserve the cultural heritage of the Carpathian region. The University’s shelters, with capacity for up to 5,200 people, were also used by IDPs and Uzhhorod residents during air raid alerts.
SDG 13. Climate Action: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU implemented four international projects on climate change adaptation and environmental education under the Interreg NEXT programme (EU grants to UzhNU totalling more than EUR 776 thousand) and joined a new project on climate-resilient agriculture. Thermal modernisation of academic buildings is reducing campus energy consumption; in UI GreenMetric, the Energy and Climate Change score rose by 335 points.
SDG 10. Reduced Inequalities: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU taught and housed people with diverse backgrounds and needs: 311 international students from 41 countries, students from occupied territories, internally displaced persons and members of national minorities. The University improved campus accessibility and won an Erasmus+ project on the integration of displaced students.
SDG 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU researchers published 328 articles in Scopus and 180 in Web of Science, obtained 29 Ukrainian patents and attracted about UAH 24 million for research from the state budget, grants and business contracts. In the state assessment of research, the University’s natural sciences and mathematics field received the highest qualification group, A.
SDG 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU employed 1,222 academic staff and 1,015 support and administrative staff. The University has no salary or scholarship arrears, increased bonus payments, and connected more than 3,000 young people with employers at its career festival.
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