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.
Key figures, 2025
| Indicator | Value |
| International partners / new international agreements | approx. 150 / 14 |
| International educational, research and institutional projects | 23 (6 Interreg NEXT, 8 Erasmus+, 9 Visegrad Fund and others) |
| International trips by students and staff | 921 to 41 countries |
| International rankings to which data were submitted | 6 (including THE Impact Rankings and UI GreenMetric) |
| THE Impact Rankings 2025: overall / SDG 17 | 1001–1500 (of 2,526) / 1001–1500 (of 2,389) |
| UI GreenMetric 2025 | 901st of 1,745 (previously 987th); 8th of 33 Ukrainian HEIs; 5,552.5 points (+802.5) |
| Teaching staff who completed the course on integrating sustainable development into the educational process | 41 |
Cooperation with government and civil society on the SDGs
• The Centre for Sustainable Development co-organised the All-Ukrainian Youth Forum on Sustainable Development (Kyiv, 13 March) and represented UzhNU at the UNDP conference “Localising the Sustainable Development Goals” (Lviv, 14–15 October) and at the 5th International Forum on Sustainable Development (30 October).
• University centres served on the working group on the Zakarpattia Regional Development Strategy to 2027 and in the regional Coalition “1325: Women, Peace and Security”.
• Vice-Rector M. Lendiel spoke at a seminar of the European Committee of the Regions (CIVEX Commission) on cross-border cooperation and the recovery of Ukraine (27 November).
• Educational programmes and resources were developed with the NGOs “PI Teplytsia”, “Theatre for Change”, “Vested” and “Zelenyi Varosh”; a memorandum on research cooperation was signed with the NGO “Ukrainian Institute of Men’s Health…”.
International networks and knowledge exchange
• In April 2025, UzhNU became a co-founder of the Alliance for Internationalisation and Cooperation in Higher Education (ALINCO), together with Masaryk University, University College London and others.
• The Visegrad Fund project “Cross-border Cooperation between Ukraine and the V4: Promoting Best Practices” (EUR 18,800) compares the approaches of the four countries and prepares policy recommendations.
• The partnership with the University of Lancashire (UK-Ukraine Twinning) has been extended for another three years; UzhNU participates in the Baltic University Programme, and the University’s leadership attended the annual summit of the Ulysseus alliance.
• In the WeVaRe project, UzhNU and partners from Slovakia and Romania are creating a shared environmental monitoring database.
Education for sustainable development
• For the 10th anniversary of the Centre for Sustainable Development, the course “Integrating the Concept of Sustainable Development into the Educational Process” (7.5 hours, 0.25 ECTS credits) and the seminar “Integrating the SDGs into the UzhNU Educational Process” (5 March) were held.
• The Centre’s Director, H. Meleganych, completed a 6-month course at Åbo Akademi University (Finland, 5 ECTS) with participants from 28 universities in 10 countries.
• The UzhNU Debate Club held three tournaments; the winners of the latest one went on to win a national tournament.
• Goal 5 of the draft UzhNU Development Strategy for 2025–2032 is “Implementing a Sustainable Development Policy at UzhNU to Achieve Institutional and Environmental Resilience, Social Inclusion and Gender Equality”.
