EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
OF UKRAINENATIONAL INFORMATION CENTRE
OF ACADEMIC MOBILITY ENIC UKRAINEState-owned Company Information and Image Centre
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine2022

DAY 42: UKRAINE SUFFERS FROM BRUTAL, RUTHLESSS AND LARGE-SCALE MILITARY
AGGRESSION BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. THE AGGRESSOR'S TROOPS AREATTACKING UKRAINIAN CITIES, SHOOTING CIVILIANS, BOMBING HOMES,KINDERGARTENS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
844 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, AND 83 TOTALLY DESTROYED
www.saveschools.in.ua - website with the interactive map on ruined or destroyed educational
institutions

KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (HTTPS://FOCUS.UA/)On behalf of ENIC Ukraine team I would like to say how much grateful we are for the help andsupport that our colleagues, governments and peoples of other countries have shown to
Ukraine. Now any support in various fields is important: humanitarian, political, economic andmilitary.
On all international platforms Ukraine is asking for sanctions against the Russian Federation,
including education sphere and academic cooperation.
280 rectors of universities in the Russian Federation signed a letter in support of the Russian
aggression against Ukraine. Also, the Russian Federation has been laundering the degrees
that come from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine for many years.
We believe that the Russian Federation has violated the principles of the Lisbon
Recognition Convention part 3 of Article XI.6: “Termination or suspension of theoperation of this Convention as a consequence of a violation by a Party of a provisionessential to the accomplishment of the object or purpose of this Convention shall be
addressed in accordance with international law”.

DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATION SYSTEMHIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS

1 Corresponding to the EHEAECTS is implemented

Diploma Supplement produced
according to European standards

QUALITY ASSURANCE

2 Quality Assurance is managed

by the National Agency for Higher
Education Quality Assurance

LEGAL FRAMEWORK

3 Law on Education, Law on Higher

Education, Law on Vocational
Education, Law on Secondary
Education and other regulations areunderpinned by a democratic andpro-European agenda

INSTITUTIONAL
4 AUTONOMY AND
ACADEMIC MOBILITY
HEIs define admission
requirements, contents ofeducation programs, fulfill
foreign degrees recognition,issue documents on education
HEIs obtain gradually morefinancial autonomy and selfgovernance.

GENERAL SECONDARY
5 EDUCATION AND
ACCESS TO HIGHEREDUCATION
General secondary education isunder the reform to implement
12 year program (till 2030) to
replace 11 year program.
Access to HE is based on theCertificate of Complete General
Secondary Education andaccording to the results ofExternal Independent
Evaluation (EIE)UNIFIED STATE
6 ELECTRONIC DATABASEON EDUCATIONUSEDE provides the registers of
Ukrainian HEIs, issued
educational documents, EIE
results, accreditation decisions
and other related data on
education

NATIONAL
7 QUALIFICATIONSFRAMEWORK
National Qualifications Framework
is in the process of being
correlated with European
Qualifications Framework andQualifications Framework of the
EHEA

Master
QualifiedworkerProfessional JuniorBachelor

VOCATIONALEDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL

Bachelor

PRE-HIGHEREDUCATION

JuniorBachelor

Primary (1-4)

Basic (5-9)

Profile (10-12
grades in 2030)

GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION (11 YEARS NOW, FIRSTGRADUATION OF 12 YEAR PROGRAM WILL BE IN 2030)

PRESCHOOL EDUCATION (3-6 YEARS)OUT-OFSCHOOLEDUCATION

POSTDIPLOMA EDUCATION

Doctor ofPhilosophy/
Art

HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREESEDUCATION PATHWAY (www.enic.in.ua)

MedicalResidency/Medical
Internship
Retraining
programs(програми
перепідготовки)are based onhigher education
degrees (juniorspecialist andspecialist), provide
access to work andfurther education(last admission in2014)

PROGRAMS & ASSESSMENT SYSTEM IN SECONDARY SCHOOL

Schools develop their curriculum based on the typical programs approved by the Ministry of
Education and Science for all grades.
Knowledge assessment in secondary school.
12-point scale is used with marks ranging from 1 to 12.
Maximum grade is 12,
minimum grade is 1,
below 1 is “unattested” mark.
Grades may be typed or handwritten in Cyrillic.

LEVEL

I. ELEMENTARY

II. AVERAGE

III. SUFFICIENT

POINTS

1

4

7

2

3

5

6

8

9

IV. HIGH

10

11

12

PRIMARY AND BASIC SECONDARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOL: 1-4 GRADES
Graduates of primary secondary school take State Final Attestation (SFA) exams in
Ukrainian Language and Mathematics (when applicable language of the national minority isadded)
Certificates of Primary Secondary Education (початкова середня освіта) will be issued
starting from 01.09.2021 in a digital form.
BASIC SECONDARY SCHOOL: 5-9 GRADES
Graduates of basic secondary school take State Final Attestation (SFA) exams. Usually 3
exams: Ukrainian Language, Mathematics and one optional from the approved list.
Certificates of Basic Secondary Education (Свідоцтво про здобуття базової середньої
освіти) with supplements are issued specifying the annual grades in each subject, and theresults of the SFA.
Certificate of Basic Secondary Education gives right to its holder to pursue further
education at the level of complete general secondary education, vocational-technicaleducation, and prehigher professional education (with obtaining of complete generalsecondary education).
Templates of the certificates are approved by the Ministry of Education and Science.
ENIC Ukraine contains samples of educational documents:
http://enic.in.ua/index.php/en/educational-documentssamples

BASIC SECONDARY EDUCATIONCOMPLETE GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education (Свідоцтво про здобуття
повної загальної середньої освіти) (since 2019), andAttestat of Complete General Secondary Education (Атестат про повну загальну
середню освіту) (before 2019)– confirm the successful completion of 11 year general secondary school in Ukraine,provide general access to higher education and is a prerequisite for admission to higher
education junior bachelor's degree, bachelor's degree (or master's degree (long cycle) in
medicine, pharmacy or veterinary). 12 year program is being implemented in Ukrainian
schools and the first graduation is planned for 2030.
Please note that the SFA was cancelled for all levels of secondary education for thegraduates of 2021/2022 because of the brutal large-scale war of the RussianFederation. In the educational documents in the line for the SFA results should beindicated “звільнено (exempted)”.
External Independent Evaluation (the EIE) (Зовнішнє незалежне оцінювання –ЗНО) is a learning outcomes` assessment system, and component of the admission
procedure to higher education programs as an instrument of equal and fair admission in aform of competitive selection to higher education programs.
After the EIE tests, a Certificate of External Independent Evaluation and a separate
Information Card with the results of the EIT are issued to the participants.
The EIE certificates can be used to apply to higher education institutions for 2-3 years, thisis determined annually by the legal act governing the general conditions of admission tohigher education.

COMPLETE GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLCOMPLETE GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLCOMPLETE GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLCOMPLETE GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLCOMPLETE GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLCOMPLETE GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLEDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION LEVELSVOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Certificate on Qualified
Worker’s Conferment

Complete Secondary
Education Certificate +Qualified Worker

Qualified Worker+
Complete
GeneralSecondary
Education≤ 1 year≤ 4 years

INSTITUTIONS OF 1ST
ATTESTATION LEVEL:
Education Courses,
Vocational Schools, etc.

No admission
requirements

Junior Bachelor/Bachelor/Master(long cycle)

Qualified Worker Diploma/Junior Specialist Diploma (infuture)Qualified Worker Diploma (Диплом
кваліфікованого робітника)≤ 2 years≤ 1,5 year

INSTITUTIONS OF 2ND ATTESTATION LEVEL:
Vocational Schools (by the fields), Production
and Training Centers (by factories, in industries)

Admission based on Basic
Secondary Education≤ 2 years
INSTITUTIONS OF 3RD ATTESTATIONLEVEL:
Higher Vocational Schools (by thefields), Personnel Training andRetraining Centers, etc.

Admission based on Complete General Secondary
Education

DOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASQUALIFIED WORKER’S DIPLOMADEGREES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
DEGREEDOCTOROF PHILOSOPHY(ДОКТОР
ФІЛОСОФІЇ)
DOCTOR OF ART(ДОКТОР
МИСТЕЦТВА)ECTS PROGRAM WORKLOADACCESSTO FURTHEREDUCATION

NQF

CYCLESOF EHEA

Educational component: 30-60 credits, 4 years

Access to Doctorof Science programs

8th levelІІІ cycle

Educational component: 30-60 credits, 3 years

Access to Doctorof Science programs

8th level

III cycle

Educational and professional program:90-120 credits
MASTER(МАГІСТР)BACHELOR(БАКАЛАВР)JUNIORBACHELOR(МОЛОДШИЙ
БАКАЛАВР)Educational and scientific program:
120 credits (scientific component – 30 % min)Medical, pharmaceutical, and veterinary program(admission qualification: complete generalsecondary education)
300–360 credits
Admission qualification: complete generalsecondary education:
180–240 credits
Admission qualification: junior bachelor degree(ECTS required may be defined by
the decision of a HEI with credit transfer)
120 credits

Accessto Doctor ofPhilosophy/Art
programs

ІІ cycle
7th level

І–ІІ cycles

Access to Master
degree programs

6th levelІ cycleAccess to Bachelor
degree programs

5th level

Short cycle

HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREES CORRELATION

1991–2014

After 2014

Doctor of Science

DOCTOR OF SCIENCE (AFTER
31/03/2021 NOT IN THE HIGHEREDUCATION SYSTEM)

Candidate of Sciencefor foreign citizens – Doctorof Philosophy

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY/DOCTOR
OF ART

Master

MASTER

Specialist (спеціаліст) lastadmission to the program in 2016)

MASTER

Bachelor

BACHELOR

Junior Specialist (молодший
спеціаліст, last admission to theprogram in 2019)

JUNIOR BACHELORLICENSING AND ACCREDITATION OF HEIS

Licensing of educational activities is mandatory.
Licensing of higher education is done by the Ministry of Education andScience of Ukraine and issued with no expiration date.
Before 2021, licensing of each specialty of a certain level of higher
education in higher education institutions was mandatory.
Since 2021, licensing of educational activities of higher education
institutions at a certain level of higher education has being introduced.
Additionally, licensing of educational programs is mandatory for
programs that lead to professional qualifications in professions forwhich additional regulation is required.
Licensing of higher education institutions of foreign countries or theirseparate branches/campuses that operate on the territory of Ukraine isalso mandatory.

LICENSING AND ACCREDITATION OF HEIS
Accreditation of educational programs in Ukraine is mandatory.
Accreditation certificates were issued by the Ministry of Education andScience of Ukraine (based on the decision of the Accreditation
Commission), and since 2019 by the National Agency for Quality
Assurance in Higher Education.
Accreditation of educational programs in Ukraine can also be
confirmed by an accreditation certificate issued by a recognizedindependent or foreign accreditation agency for quality assurance inhigher education.
Higher education institutions develop educational programs withinlicensed specialties or (after 2021) at a certain licensed level of higher
education in accordance with the Higher Education Standards
approved by the Ministry of Education and Science. Within one
specialty at one level of higher education it could be two or moreaccredited educational programs.

HIGHER EDUCATION STANDARDSHigher Education Standards describe the requirements for higher
education programs at a certain higher education level and specialty,
and are used to assess the quality of higher education system. The
Higher Education Standards are approved by the Ministry of Educationand Science of Ukraine, and developed in accordance with the
National Qualifications` Framework.
The standards define the following requirements for educational
programs:• ECTS credit load;• admission requirements;• list of mandatory competencies of graduates;• normative program content in terms of learning outcomes;• forms of final attestation/examination;• requirements for the creation of educational programs and therequirements of professional standards (if applicable).

Before 2015 (since 1997-2000) educational documents in Ukraine wereplastic (http://enic.in.ua/index.php/en/educational-documents-samples).

After 2015 higher education institutions issue custom diplomas.
They should meet the following state requirements:
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•
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•
•

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•

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name of document on higher education
surname, first name and patronymic of the graduatename of higher educational institution that issued certain document, or in thecase of education in a separate structural unit of the institution - the unit’s namegraduation year
graduate’s qualification, consisting of information about the newly assigned
higher education degree, specialty and specialization, and in some cases - a
professional qualification
information of program accreditation and accreditation body (after 2021)
series and diploma registration number assigned to the document after theregistration in the Unified State Electronic Database on education, as well as its
date of issuanceposition of the head or authorized person who signed the document, his/hername and initials, signature and seal
inscription "УКРАЇНА" and "UKRAINE“

DOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASJUNIOR SPECIALIST’S (МОЛОДШИЙ СПЕЦІАЛІСТ) DIPLOMADOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASBACHELOR’S DIPLOMADOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASBACHELOR’S DIPLOMADOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASSPECIALIST’S DIPLOMADOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASSPECIALIST’S DIPLOMADOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASMASTER’S DIPLOMADOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASMASTER’S DIPLOMADOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASMASTER’S DIPLOMADOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASDIPLOMA OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCESDIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT SHOULD HAVE
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Information on the graduate
Information on qualificationlevel of qualification (incl. NQF)
contents and learning outcomes
program and grades, ECTS
education system
academic and professional rights
information of program accreditation and accreditation body(after 2021)

DOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONSTATE STANDARD DIPLOMASDIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT (TITLE)DOCUMENTS ON EDUCATION. ILLEGITIMATE EDUCATIONAL
DOCUMENTS FROM THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
and Sevastopol

Certain areas of Donetsk
and Luhansk regions

Date of the beginningof the occupation:
20.02.2014

Date of the beginningof the anti-terrorist operation:
14.04.2014

1 HEI was evacuated

42 EIs were evacuated (check the location of EIs
to see if it is in the controlled area of Ukraine)

Licenses and accreditation of the universities in the uncontrolled territories of Ukraine
were withdrawn on 17.10.2015
Any bodies and authorities of the uncontrolled territories and the decisions and documents
issued by them are not recognized in Ukraine••••

the process of transferring students to HEIs in the territory controlled by Ukraine wasestablishedissuance of state diplomas and certificates for those who graduated state Ukrainian programsin 2013/2014
distance study for the secondary school students was recommended, recognition of schoolstudies and issuance of the Ukrainian school leaving certificates form the occupied territories
the process for the recognition of Crimea diplomas (issued after 2014) was establishedDOCUMENTS ON EDUCATION. ILLEGITIMATE EDUCATIONAL
DOCUMENTS FROM THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES“BACHELOR DIPLOMA”

DOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONVERIFICATION OF THE DOCUMENTS
INSTRUMENTS OF VERIFICATION
Registerof documents onhigher education
contains diplomas after
2015 (except military
HEIs). They may beverified at the USEDE
www.info.edbo.gov.ua
also it contains thedata about the
documents issued
between 1998 and 2015
(plastic education
documents on
secondary, vocationaland higher education),educational
institutions, andcertificates of external
independant testing,etc.

Apostilleof the MESU

verifies the issuance of
educational documents
the register of the
MESU apostilles can befound at www.enic.in.ua

ENIC Ukraine
verification
certificatesare issued by ENIC
Ukraine and certify
the verification of adocument
contain information
about applicants’studies, access tofurther education andlabor market
ENIC Ukraine also
issues certificates,
verifying HEI’s status,
evaluation system,
recalculation of grades,
both national andforeign

Inquiries

addressed to:• Educational institutions• SE “Inforesurs”/
USEDE• Ministry of Educationand Science of Ukraine• ENIC Ukraine• Local Departments of
Education for generalsecondary andvocational education –the contact information
is available in the
USEDE registry

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FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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