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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.
SDG 7. Affordable and Clean Energy: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU insulated 18,900 m² of façades and technical floors, replaced 6,500 lamps with LEDs, and commissioned a solar power plant with battery storage and a photovoltaic system in a dormitory. In UI GreenMetric, the University’s Energy and Climate Change score rose by 335 points, and UzhNU moved up from 13th to 7th place among Ukrainian HEIs in this category.
SDG 6. Clean Water and Sanitation: UzhNU Progress in 2025
After the renovation of Dormitory No. 4, its water consumption fell from 5,723 to 2,122 m³ per year (a 63% reduction). In 2025, UzhNU also built a rainwater harvesting system at the Botanical Garden and took the lead in an international project monitoring Carpathian wetlands. In the UI GreenMetric ranking, the University’s water management score rose by 112.5 points.
SDG 5. Gender Equality: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, the UzhNU Centre for Gender Education held 154 educational events for 2,774 participants, coordinated the regional campaign “Lilac Ribbon of Zakarpattia”, which reached almost 43,000 people, and drafted gender provisions for 11 regional and local regulations. Gender equality is embedded in Goal 5 of the draft UzhNU Development Strategy for 2025–2032.
SDG 4. Quality Education: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU taught 14,675 students across 197 study programmes, awarded degrees to 3,241 bachelor’s, master’s and PhD graduates, and provided professional development to 4,353 teachers from the region — 20% more than in 2024. The University is also becoming a STEM hub for 22 schools in Zakarpattia.
SDG 3. Good Health and Well-being: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU established the Research Institute of Mental Recovery and Psychotraumatology, conducted Horizon 2020-funded research on PTSD, and was ranked 601–800 out of 1,788 universities worldwide for SDG 3 in the THE Impact Rankings 2025. The University trains physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, rehabilitation specialists and psychologists, and supports the health of its students, staff and the city.
SDG 2. Zero Hunger: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU worked towards SDG 2 in three areas: research for sustainable agricultural production, training health professionals in the fundamentals of healthy nutrition, and food and material support for people affected by the war. The University joined the new Erasmus+ project SAFER on climate-smart agriculture.
SDG 1. No Poverty: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, Uzhhorod National University provided free accommodation in its dormitories to 261 internally displaced persons (IDPs), funded state-commissioned (tuition-free) study for 5,020 students, and raised more than 15 tonnes of humanitarian aid. Supporting people who have lost their homes or income because of the war remains the University’s main contribution to SDG 1.
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