Kherson State University

Updated: 4/29/2024

The Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism is a powerful team of teachers capable of training qualified philologists, specialists in foreign languages with broad erudition, brought up in the best traditions of Kherson State University.

The Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism aims to create conditions for the professional and personal growth of all participants in the educational process. The faculty trains teachers, translators, teachers of two foreign languages, specialists in applied linguistics in the specialities 014.02 Secondary Education (Language and Literature (with indication of language)) and 035 Philology.

Today, the FUIFJ continues the glorious scientific and teaching traditions established since its inception. Ukraine's integration into the European space and the expansion of international cooperation in the fields of economy, education, science and culture set the task for higher education institutions to provide high-quality training of applicants for higher education, academic titles and degrees in foreign languages in accordance with international standards.
The main structural subdivisions of the School are three departments: the Oleh Mishukov Department of English Philology and World Literature (Headed by Associate Professor Y. Kishchenko), the Department of German and Romance Philology (Headed by Professor N. Romanova), and the Department of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism (Headed by Associate Professor S. Klymovych).
The professional training of future specialists in foreign languages and literatures is carried out by highly qualified specialists: 42 teachers have academic degrees and titles, including: 7 doctors of sciences, professors. Professors L.I. Belekhova and O.O. Zabolotska have the honorary title of Honoured Worker of Education of Ukraine.

The teaching staff, along with experienced specialists, most of whom have a PhD or doctorate, also includes young, promising graduates of the faculty who are improving their scientific and pedagogical potential at leading universities in Russia and abroad.
In recent years, the School of Foreign Languages has become a regional educational centre for the latest foreign language teaching technologies. All the departments of the School maintain close ties with academic research institutions in Ukraine, neighbouring countries and abroad, including Poland, the UK, Germany and Austria. Leading national and foreign scholars are invited to give special courses and hold seminars. The faculty members are trained at universities in Poland, Germany, Austria and the UK.
For many years, the Faculty has continued to work closely with the Goethe Institute, the German Academic Exchange Service, and the Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk (Poland). In February 2018, the 2nd year students of the Bachelor's degree programme started studying under the international double degree programme together with the Pomeranian Academy in Germanic and Polonian Studies.

To ensure the growth of the scientific potential of teachers, the School offers postgraduate and doctoral studies in the following specialities: 10.02.04 - Germanic Languages (English); 13.00.02 - Theory and Methods of Teaching (Foreign Languages); 13.00.02 - Theory and Methods of Teaching (Russian). The School has a specialised academic council K 67.051.05 for the defence of PhD theses in the speciality 10.02.04 - Germanic Languages.
Students, undergraduates, postgraduates and doctoral students of the School take an active part in national and international foreign language training programmes, receive educational grants to study abroad to improve their language skills, for example, in England, Denmark, Germany, the USA, the Netherlands, and Cyprus. Traditional for students of the Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism are language internships in English, Polish, German and studying at higher education institutions in Austria (Alpen-Adria University, Klagenfurt) and Poland (Pomeranian Academy, Słupsk) under academic mobility programmes, their participation in a dialogue of cultures with native speakers - professors and students of the countries whose language they study.

An integral part of the educational process at the faculty is the active involvement of students in scientific research and creative scientific research. Students take part in all-Ukrainian student conferences and win national competitions and scientific contests. The best student research achievements were awarded academic scholarships by the President of Ukraine. According to many indicators of student research activity, the Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism is among the three best faculties of KSU (2018).

The Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism has an adequate material and technical base: students have at their disposal teaching and methodological rooms for multimedia technologies of teaching foreign languages, a reading room with 100 workstations, 12 lecture rooms, 20 classrooms for practical and laboratory classes. To facilitate the study of languages, literatures and cultures of other nations, organise cultural relations, exchange of students, teachers and researchers, and internships, the School has created a centre of Polish language and culture, which regularly hosts events dedicated to the culture, customs and traditions of the Polish people; the honorary guests of such events are members of the Kherson Regional Polish Society ‘Polonia’ and students of Kherson's secondary schools.
The social and humanitarian work at the Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism promotes the development of student self-government in various forms, which protects the rights and interests of students, helps them develop skills of democratic and organisational management. The response to the challenges of the modern world is the national education of students, the main purpose of which at the School is to form a conscious citizen - a patriot of the Ukrainian state, through the acquisition by the younger generation of national consciousness, active citizenship, and high moral qualities. Effective forms and methods of working with students are used in extracurricular activities.

Thus, in this regard, it is productive to celebrate national holidays, hold various thematic events, including exhibitions, events, flash mobs on relevant topics, which allow them to join the traditions of their people.
Students of the School are actively involved in charitable volunteering. The School's alumni and current students are members of charitable organisations, including the Kherson Volunteer Club, whose priority is to work with orphans in Kherson. Through various projects, workshops, or just warm communication, the School's volunteers invest their love and energy in developing the spiritual and emotional potential of children in need of attention and care.

The creative potential of students is realised in faculty amateur art groups. Annual festivals and competitions allow students to demonstrate their aesthetic taste and promote a high culture of behaviour. For example, the students of the School have repeatedly won prizes in vocal and choreographic competitions and festivals not only at the university level but also in the city (Young Wave, Young Ukraine, etc.).
Promoting a healthy lifestyle among students, the Student Council, together with the faculty leadership, engages students in various sports sections and clubs created and led by leading KSU specialists. Students take part in various sports competitions, such as the traditional Golden Autumn cross-country race (in memory of the former rector of the university, Professor O. Mishukov), the Sports Day, etc.
Every year, on the occasion of International Students' Day, the best students of the faculty are awarded with diplomas of the KSU Rectorate for excellent academic achievements, active scientific and social work.

The organic combination of education and training at the university and, in particular, at the faculty ensures the training of highly qualified specialists, harmoniously developed, highly educated, socially active and nationally conscious youth, endowed with deep civic responsibility, high spiritual qualities, family and patriotic feelings, and the best achievements of national and world culture.
Our graduates hold positions as teachers in various educational institutions, translators at the OSCE office, in many representative offices of well-known companies, banking institutions and other institutions, and work as editors and translators in the Ukrainian media. The best graduates of the Faculty of Foreign Philology join the academic staff of Kherson State University.
The Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism is confident about the future, as it has decades of glorious history to draw on.
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