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.
Key figures, 2025
| Indicator | Value |
| THE Impact Rankings 2025, SDG 16 | 601–800 of 1,265 |
| General fund / special fund revenue (published) | UAH 303.0 / 412.8 million |
| Training for local government representatives | 22 events in 40 communities |
| Regulations incorporating UzhNU expert proposals | 11 |
| Teachers trained in the “Academic Integrity…” programme | 148 |
Good governance at the University
• The Academic Council includes elected representatives of teaching staff, employees and students; the heads of the Trade Union Committee and the Student Council are members (Academic Council). In 2025, the Student Council set up an audit commission to oversee the student self-government budget.
• The University published data on its income and expenditure, including tuition revenue by faculty; an Anti-Corruption Programme with a whistleblowing channel is in place.
• Students attended lectures on academic integrity and a meeting with the Integrity Office of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (8 December).
Expert support for public authorities
• The Centre for Innovation and Development, the Centre for Sustainable Development and the Centre for Gender Education served on the working group updating the Zakarpattia Regional Development Strategy to 2027; the Centre for Gender Education also sits on the Public Gender Council under the Verkhovna Rada and the Ministry of Education and Science working group.
• The Jean Monnet Module EPLU (EUR 11,500) incorporates the Europeanisation of public law and corruption prevention into professional development courses for civil servants.
• The fundamental research project “Ensuring Human Rights under Emergency Legal Regimes” was completed; projects on personal data protection and national information security are ongoing.
Dialogue and peacebuilding
• On 10 July, the Faculty of Law held the Regional Forum of IDP Councils “Dialogue and Partnership” with the Zakarpattia Regional Military Administration, a representative of the Ombudsman, Uzhhorod City Council and UNHCR.
• On 26 June, UzhNU hosted an open dialogue on customs reform with Zakarpattia Customs, the Regional Military Administration and NGOs (EU project ACCORD).
• The International Conference “1325 Strengthens the Country” (31 October), the conference “The russian-Ukrainian War and the Response of the International Community” and the 17th “Zakarpattia Legal Readings” on relocation under extraordinary legal regimes.
Legal education
• Law students visited courts, penitentiary institutions, the police, customs and the city council; they met a judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court and a representative of the Commissioner for Human Rights.
• The “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” campaign, the legal quiz “Youth and the Constitution”, and a screening of a film from the Docudays UA human rights film festival.
