*as of October 2021
Higher Education Institutions types and statistics (2020/21)*:
| Total |
Colleges (Colleges, Technical schools**, Vocational schools**) |
Universities (Universities, Academies, Institutes) |
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| Total HEIs | 619 (1,439 mln students) | 338 (0,173 mln students) | 281 (1,266 mln students) |
| Public HEI | 504 (1,316 mln students) | 301 (0,158 mln students) | 203 (1,158 mln students) |
| Private HEI | 115 (0,123 mln students) | 37 (0,015 mln students) | 78 (0,108 mln students) |
| International students | 60 006 | 177 | 59 829 |
- 156 909 academic staff: 133 459 Universities’ and 23 450 Colleges’ academic staff
**Technical schools, Vocational schools – VET institutions that offer Junior Specialist study programmes in frame of the higher education system until 2019; since 2020, a new system of education and qualifications operates (see table, page 8).
VET Institutions*** statistics (2019/20)*:
| VET Institutions | Students | Teacher staff | |
| Total | 723 | 245 775 | information not available |
*** There is only the public type of ownership of VET institutions in Ukraine
Secondary Education Institutions types and statistics (2019/20)*:
| Secondary Education Institutions | School Students | Teacher staff | |
| Total | 15 192 | 4 138 466 | 439 921 |
| Public | 14 912 | 4 098 031 | 433 939 |
| Private | 282 | 40 435 | 5 982 |
**Technical schools, Vocational schools – VET institutions that offer Junior Specialist study programmes in frame of the higher education system until 2019; after 2019, a new system of education and qualifications will operate (download file with info and table with system description here ).
National Qualifications Framework – 10 levels of qualifications (based on EQF LLL) was approved by the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine (2011).
The Law of Higher Education (2014) is compatible with the Bologna Process (3-cycle HE, ECTS, DS, ESG, NQF implementation).
Ukrainian Higher Education Institutions DATABASE
DATABASE of Ukrainian HEIs Erasmus+ coordinators (KA, KA2, Jean Monnet, leadership, international departments, Erasmus+ contacts)
| Country Profile | Higher Education & VET Institutions in Ukraine (as of 2021) |
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Area: 603,548 square km Population: 41.3 million Capital: Kyiv Official language: Ukrainian Literacy rate: 99.8% Ethnic groups: 77,8% - Ukrainians, 17,3% - Russians, 4,9 % - others |
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