We are happy to announce that the Invisible University for Ukraine (IUFU) is inviting applications for the 2024 Spring Semester — offering a certificate program (with ECTS credits) for students from Ukrainian universities, whether residing in Ukraine or in refuge, whose studies have been affected by the war.
📌 What is the Invisible University for Ukraine (IUFU)?
IUFU is a transnational solidarity program that offers an intensive learning experience on the role of Ukraine in changing European and global contexts, placing questions relevant for Ukrainian students into a transnational comparative perspective. Our goal is to prepare students for deeper integration into international academia. The program is designed in a hybrid format and is delivered by an international faculty.
Participation is free of charge.
The program is implemented by Central European University (Budapest site), in cooperation with Imre Kertész Kolleg, University of Jena, as well as other Ukrainian (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and Ukrainian Catholic University) and global university partners. The program is supported by the Open Society University Network (OSUN) and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD).
📌 What does the 2024 Spring Semester hold?
The Spring Semester is built around six online courses:
🔹Intellectual Debates in Modern Ukrainian History and Contemporary Public Sphere
🔸Rethinking Nationalism: Conceptual Frameworks and Political Challenges
🔹Sustaining Rule of Law and Democracy in Ukraine amidst War and Post-War Reconstruction
🔸Cultural Diplomacy during the War: Practices and Institutional Strategies
🔹European Union Enlargement and Reform: A Common Path for Ukraine's European Future
🔸Beyond War and Peace: Rethinking the Balkans for Ukraine
In addition, we plan to offer a number of workshops open to all IUFU students on research methodology, internship and educational opportunities for Ukrainian students globally, as well as other relevant topics chosen by the students themselves.
Research scholarships (up to 800 Euro per semester) are available on a competitive basis for those students who wish to implement a special empirical or theoretical project in addition to their course work in IUFU, drawing on their academic background, previous work, and relevant to the current Ukrainian contexts and/or related to the themes of the courses.
English is the primary language of instruction. Ukrainian is used for consultations.
📌 Who is eligible?
Any student who has been pursuing a BA, MA, or doctoral degree program in a Ukrainian university in the 2021-22 academic year, who started her/his university studies in 2022 or 2023, or who graduated from a Ukrainian school in the meantime.
📌 How to apply?
1. Fill in this application form (either in English or in Ukrainian):
https://forms.gle/zxJiJksZjxmWQx2M8.
AND
2. Send your application materials (motivation letter, CV, and research proposal (if applicable)) to
[email protected].
Those who wish to apply for a research scholarship should include a concise project proposal (between 400 and 800 words).
Please see all details at
cutt.ly/0wK5jtBZ.
📆 Application deadline: 7 February 2024, 23:59 pm (CET).
The Spring 2023 course offering and further details are also available at
cutt.ly/1XMCKFR.
📌 If you have any questions, please turn to the IUFU student coordinators:
🔹Svitlana Dovhan, CEU alumna,
[email protected]
🔸Nataliia Shuliakova, BA student, Yale University,
[email protected]
🔹Olha Stasiuk, PhD student, CEU,
[email protected]
🔸Yevhen Yashchuk, CEU alumnus, PhD student, Oxford University,
[email protected]