A Statistical Analysis of Ukraine’s Wartime University Situation
Journal: Neliti
Year: 2025

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused an unprecedented disruption to higher education, displacing more than 665,000 students and 200,000 scholars while destroying or damaging one-fifth of the nation’s universities. This paper employs detailed statistical analysis to assess the scale of institutional devastation, demographic patterns of displacement, and the consequent threat to Ukraine’s intellectual capital. I argue that Ukrainian universities have demonstrated resilience through rapid dig