2026
Students of the department were nominated to participate in international academic mobility programmes under Erasmus+ in the form of study mobility for the spring semester of the 2025–2026 academic year:
Master’s degree students, Educational Programme “Finance”:
- Rostyslav Honcharenko – University of Jaén, Spain, from 23 February 2026 to 17 July 2026.
- Alina Babak – University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić, Zaprešić, Croatia, from 02 March 2026 to 18 July 2026.
Bachelor’s degree students, Educational Programme “Finance”:
- Alina Kuzmenko – Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, from 02 February 2026 to 30 June 2026.
- Anastasiia Vyshnevetska – University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić, Zaprešić, Croatia, from 02 March 2026 to 18 July 2026.
2025
The total number of students who participated in international academic mobility programmes at research and educational institutions under relevant agreements and scholarship and grant programmes in 2025, for a period of at least one month with mandatory physical presence at the host institution for no less than one month, was 7 persons, including:
- Iryna Kozhushko, Master’s degree student, Educational Programme “Finance” – research internship at the University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić, Zaprešić, Croatia, from 01 October 2025 to 25 January 2026.
- Yelizaveta Senyk, Alona Kolesnyk, Tetiana Marynych, Kateryna Melnyk, Oleksandr Kravets, Bachelor’s degree students, Educational Programme “Banking” – study mobility at the University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić, Zaprešić, Croatia, from 10 March 2025 to 27 July 2025.
- Luiza Uniat, Bachelor’s degree student, specialty 076 “Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities” – research internship at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia, from 01 March 2025 to 31 May 2025.
The total number of students who participated in international academic mobility programmes at least once during their entire period of study as of 2025 amounted to 92 persons, including 30 participants of the international distance (virtual) academic mobility programme
“Next Generation Finance: Innovation, Sustainability, and Global Impact”, implemented jointly by Sumy State University (initiator and organiser – the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship), Vilnius University (Lithuania), University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić (Croatia), and Marmara University (Turkey) from 28 November 2025 to 31 December 2025, namely:
- 7 Bachelor’s degree students of specialty 072 “Finance, Banking, Insurance and the Stock Market”, Educational Programme “Finance”;
- 4 Bachelor’s degree students of specialty 072 “Finance, Banking and Insurance”, Educational Programme “Finance”;
- 2 Bachelor’s degree students of specialty D2 “Finance, Banking, Insurance and the Stock Market”, Educational Programme “Banking”;
- 11 Bachelor’s degree students of specialty 072 “Finance, Banking, Insurance and the Stock Market”, Educational Programme “Banking”;
- 6 Master’s degree students of specialty D2 “Finance, Banking, Insurance and the Stock Market”, Educational Programme “Finance”.
The total number of international students who participated in international academic mobility programmes at the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship in 2025 was 79 persons within the same virtual programme, namely Bachelor’s degree students of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
The total number of PhD students who participated in all types of international academic mobility programmes in 2025, in accordance with the academic calendar of host universities, for a period of at least one month, was 33 persons.
This includes 19 full-time PhD students of Sumy State University, supervised by academic staff of the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship, who participated in the international distance (virtual) academic mobility programme
“Next Generation Finance: Innovation, Sustainability, and Global Impact” (28 November 2025 – 31 December 2025), namely:
- 9 PhD students of the Educational Programme “Finance, Banking and Insurance”;
- 3 PhD students of the Educational Programme “Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities”;
- 6 PhD students of the Educational Programme “Economics”;
- 1 PhD student of the Educational Programme “Management”.
In addition, 1 PhD student from Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lithuania) participated in the programme at the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship in 2025.
In 2025, 7 full-time staff members (doctoral candidates) participated in international academic mobility programmes (Inna Tiutiunyk, Larysa Hrytsenko, Anastasiia Samoilikova, Olha Liuta, Dmytro Tsyhaniuk, Oleksandra Tverezovska, Nataliia Pihul), including 5 persons with mobility periods of at least one month and 2 persons in distance (virtual) mobility programmes.
The number of foreign lecturers involved in teaching or research activities at the Department in 2025 was 5 persons:
- Medani Bhandari (USA);
- Onur Erisen, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey;
- Ramune Budrionyte, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania;
- Michael Hedegaard, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark;
- Ivica Klinac, University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić, Zaprešić, Croatia.
One of them was employed as staff for at least 0.1 FTE (Medani Bhandari).
By Rector’s order, 11 academic staff members served as co-executors of international university-level grants in 2025 (Tetiana Vasylyeva, Olha Deineka, Olena Zhuravka, Olena Kryklii, Olena Krukhmal, Olena Pakhnenko, Nataliia Pihul, Anastasiia Samoilikova, Inna Tiutiunyk, Dmytro Tsyhaniuk, Inna Shkolnyk).
In total, 18 individual international grants were awarded to staff members of the Department in 2025 (Inna Tiutiunyk, Larysa Hrytsenko, Nataliia Pihul, Olha Liuta, Oleksandra Tverezovska, Dmytro Tsyhaniuk).
From 28 November 2025 to 31 December 2025, the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship implemented an international credit-based distance (virtual) academic mobility programme jointly with:
- Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lithuania),
- University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić (Zaprešić, Croatia),
- Marmara University (Istanbul, Turkey),
within the joint programme “NEXT GENERATION FINANCE: INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND GLOBAL IMPACT”.
Programme Coordinator: Anastasiia SAMOILIKOVA, Deputy Head of the Department for International Activities.
Total workload: 45 academic hours / 1.5 ECTS credits.
Programme modules:
- Next Generation Finance: Innovation
- Next Generation Finance: Sustainability
- Next Generation Finance: Global Impact
Learning outcomes:
- Integrate perspectives on innovation, sustainability, and global finance to form a holistic understanding of next-generation financial systems and their role in shaping future economic landscapes.
- Identify and critically assess key innovations and trends in finance and entrepreneurship, including digital transformation, fintech, and sustainable business models.
- Analyze modern and traditional business valuation approaches and evaluate corporate resilience strategies.
- Assess the environmental implications of ESG investments, analyze the determinants, challenges, and opportunities of foreign direct investment (FDI) in emerging and developing economies.
- Explain the dynamics of international financial globalization, including capital flows, financial integration, and their implications for global markets.
- Apply theoretical knowledge to real-world cases in valuation, sustainability, and global finance to support strategic decision-making in business and policy contexts.
- Develop independent analytical and research skills on contemporary issues in finance, sustainability, and global economics.
Lecturers:
- Onur ERISEN, PhD in Accounting and Finance, Associate Professor, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, Marmara University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
- Ramune BUDRIONITE, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Michael HEDEGAARD, M.Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Engineering Technology and Business Development Didactics, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Ivica KLINAC, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Business and Management, University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić, Zaprešić, Croatia.
- LARYSA HRYTSENKO, Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine.
- ANASTASIIA SAMOILIKOVA, PhD in Economics, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine.
The programme participants included 135 higher education students from Sumy State University and Vilnius University, namely:
- 7 undergraduate students of Sumy State University, specialty 072 Finance, Banking, Insurance and the Stock Market, Bachelor’s degree, educational programme Finance;
- 4 undergraduate students of Sumy State University, specialty 072 Finance, Banking and Insurance, Bachelor’s degree, educational programme Finance;
- 2 undergraduate students of Sumy State University, specialty D2 Finance, Banking, Insurance and the Stock Market, Bachelor’s degree, educational programme Banking;
- 11 undergraduate students of Sumy State University, specialty 072 Finance, Banking, Insurance and the Stock Market, Bachelor’s degree, educational programme Banking;
- 6 Master’s degree students, specialty D2 Finance, Banking, Insurance and the Stock Market, educational programme Finance;
- 79 Bachelor’s degree students of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania;
- 19 full-time PhD students of Sumy State University whose academic supervisors are faculty members of the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship, including:
- 9 PhD students of the educational programme Finance, Banking and Insurance;
- 3 PhD students of the educational programme Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities;
- 6 PhD students of the educational programme Economics;
- 1 PhD student of the educational programme Management;
- 1 PhD student of Sumy State University from Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2024
Study at foreign universities for more than one semester – 4 students (Bohdanov – Canada; Kozhushko – Croatia; Shvydka and Uniiat – Slovakia).
Total number of students participating in international academic mobility programmes (with participation at least once during the entire period of study) – 113, including those with a duration of at least one month – 113.
Students of foreign higher education institutions – 94 students of Vilnius University within the virtual mobility programme.
Total number of PhD students participating in international academic mobility programmes in 2024 – 32 persons, including:
- organised by the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship (FTE): the international virtual mobility programme “SEE FUTURE: Social, Economic and Environmental Pillars of Sustainability” (Ukraine, Lithuania, Croatia, Lebanon; 27 September – 27 December 2024) (Kulyk, Kolomiiets, Holota, Tverezovska, Prykhodko, Konovalenko, Matiushenko, Bondarenko, Hurieiev, Rudenko, Toptunenko, Chepurko, Holod, Huzenko, Kalchenko, Maslov, Sukhostavets, Soloviova, Halynskyi, Reznik, Ohorilko, Moshkin, Mozghova, Markin, Lantushenko, Antipina, Zozulinskyi, Libov, Okhrimenko, etc.);
- Anzhelika Kulyk – studies at the University of Foggia (Italy) under the Erasmus+ programme from 15 February 2024 to 15 July 2024;
- Oleksandra Tverezovska – Staff Mobility for Training at Vilnius University (November 2024), Vilnius, Lithuania; participation in the International Week “Promoting Internationalisation in All Areas of Higher Education” within the Erasmus+ programme (Vieste, Italy, June 2024; organiser: University of Foggia; participation as a member of the organising team); Staff Mobility for Teaching at Vilnius University (March 2024), Vilnius, Lithuania.
In 2024 The share of the department’s academic staff involved in international activities in various areas amounted to 56% (18 persons), including:
- Larysa Hrytsenko, Oleksandra Tverezovska, Anastasiia Samoilikova – organisation of the international virtual mobility programme “SEE FUTURE: Social, Economic and Environmental Pillars of Sustainability” (Ukraine, Lithuania, Croatia, Lebanon; 27 September – 27 December 2024); Olha Liuta and Nataliia Pihul – teaching within this programme;
- Anastasiia Samoilikova, Inna Tiutiunyk – research internship at the Silesian University of Technology (Gliwice, Zabrze, Poland; 01.06.2024 – 16.06.2024);
- Oleksandra Tverezovska – Staff Mobility for Training at Vilnius University (November 2024), Vilnius, Lithuania;
- Larysa Hrytsenko, Oleksandra Tverezovska – Staff Teaching Mobility at Vilnius University (25–30 March 2024); participation in the International Week “Promoting Internationalisation in All Areas of Higher Education” within the Erasmus+ programme (Vieste, Italy, June 2024); participation in the International Scientific Conference “3A: Accounting, Auditing, Analysis: Contemporary Economic, Technological and Social Trends – New Challenges or Opportunities” (Vilnius, Lithuania, 27–29 November 2024);
- Tetiana Vasylyeva – training courses at TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany) from 29.11.2024 to 09.12.2024;
- Hanna Saltykova – mobility at Leibniz University Hannover (Germany) from 21.07.2024 to 25.07.2024, at the University of Alicante (Spain) from 01.06.2024 to 08.06.2024, and at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań, Poland) from 26.05.2024 to 31.05.2024 within the Erasmus+ project “Digital University – Open Ukrainian Initiative” (DigiUni);
- Olha Liuta, Nataliia Pihul – participation in the 10th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Social Development Towards Values, Ethics – Technology – Society” (24–26 September 2024) at the Silesian University of Technology (Gliwice, Poland);
- Larysa Hrytsenko, Nataliia Pihul, Pavlo Rubanov – participation in the International Summer School of the University of Liverpool (July 2024, online);
- Anastasiia Samoilikova, Liudmyla Zakharkina, Oleksii Zakharkin – participation in the professional development programme “Making an Impact 2024”, University of Liverpool (online, 13.05.2024 – 14.06.2024);
- Tetiana Vasylyeva, Inna Tiutiunyk – coordinators of international Erasmus+ Jean Monnet research projects, including one project awarded in 2024 (Tetiana Vasylyeva);
- Tetiana Vasylyeva, Olha Deineka, Olha Liuta, Olena Pakhnenko, Dmytro Tsyhaniuk, Olena Zhuravka, Olena Kryklii, Olena Krukhmal, Hanna Saltykova, Inna Shkolnyk, Inna Tiutiunyk – participants (implementers) of university-wide international grant projects.

A total of 113 students and 32 PhD students of the department participated in the international virtual academic mobility (COIL) programme “SEE FUTURE: Social, Economic and Environmental Pillars of Sustainability” (“Seeing the Future: Social, Economic and Environmental Pillars of Sustainable Development”), organised by the Department of FTE jointly with Vilnius University (Lithuania), Baltazar Zaprešić University of Applied Sciences (Croatia), and the Business School of the Lebanese International University (Lebanon). The programme duration was 3 months (27 September 2024 – 27 December 2024).
In total, 213 higher education students participated in the programme, including:
- 57 bachelor’s students of Sumy State University (specialties: Finance, Banking and Insurance; Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities; Management);
- 25 master’s students of Sumy State University (specialties: Finance, Banking and Insurance; Management);
- 36 PhD students of Sumy State University (specialties: Finance, Banking and Insurance; Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities; Economics; Management; Accounting and Taxation);
- 94 foreign students studying at the partner institution Vilnius University (bachelor’s level);
- 1 PhD student from the Business School of the Lebanese International University (Lebanon).
Department lecturers Nataliia PIHUL and Olha LIUTA were members of the lecturer team of the international virtual classroom.
Leading organisers and moderators of the virtual classroom were Oleksandra TVEREZOVSKA and Anastasiia SAMOILIKOVA.
Lecturers from partner higher education institutions included: Dubravka Maras, Lana Domšić, Daiva Tamulėvičienė, Asta Šalienė, Ines Ostojić, Michael Hedegaard, Katerina Daher, Ivan Madunić, and Stjepan Lačković.
2023
Study at foreign universities for more than one semester – 4 students (Kolomiiets – Spain; Tsybulska – Spain; Vakumenko – Austria; Kozhushko – Italy).
Total number of students participating in international academic mobility programmes (at least once during the entire period of study) – 134, including 97 students with a duration of at least one month.
Among the participants: Sokol (Poland), Omelchenko (Poland), Uzlova (Georgia), Kozhushko (Italy, Poland), Vinnichenko (Poland), Koshka (Poland), Fedan (Poland), Shvydka (Poland, Slovakia), Tsybulska (Spain), Vakumenko (Austria, England), Serdiuk (Poland), Derkach (Georgia, Portugal), Hura (Spain), Yusiuk (Poland), and others.
Total number of PhD students participating in international academic mobility programmes in 2023 – 28 persons, including:
- organised by the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship (FTE): international virtual mobility programme “Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals” (Tverezovska, Kulyk, Yeremenko, Akopian, Lor, Akrytov, Maksymenko, Kolomiiets, Holota, Pokhodenko, Paliukh, Skorobahatyi, Dmytryshyn, Toptunenko, Bohachenko, Kuznietsov, Dral, Podosynnikov, Baliiev, Chepurko, Litovtseva, Dziuba, Myrhorodska, Bondarenko, Novikov, Chernov, Rudenko, Okhrimchuk) (20.09.2023–20.12.2023);
- Anzhelika Kulyk – Winter School in Gliwice, Poland (February 2023);
- Anna Yeremenko – Summer School in Gliwice, Poland (June 2023);
- Oleksandra Tverezovska – international research internship under Erasmus+ at the University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy (January–June 2023).
The share of department academic staff involved in international activities across various areas amounted to 54% (18 persons), including:
- Larysa Hrytsenko, Anastasiia Samoilikova, Oleksandra Tverezovska – participation in the international virtual mobility (COIL) programme “Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals” (Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Croatia, Lebanon), including teaching activities and programme organisation (20.09.2023–20.12.2023);
- Oleksandra Tverezovska – international research internship under the Erasmus+ programme at the University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy (January–June 2023); Staff Mobility for Training at the University of Foggia, Italy (July 2023); Study Visit within the Erasmus+ Capacity Building Project International Students Adaptation and Integration (InterADIS), Vieste, Italy (30.08.2023–06.09.2023); workshop within the project ERASMUS-EDU-2021-VIRT-EXCH-NDICI, Riga, Latvia (11.12.2023–15.12.2023);
- Anastasiia Samoilikova – training within the international DISCO project at the Centre for Education, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer of Ignatianum University, Kraków, Poland (10.12.2023–15.12.2023);
- Anzhela Kuznietsova – online research internship at Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland (15.12.2022–15.12.2023);
- Inna Tiutiunyk – international academic mobility at the University of Almería, Almería, Spain (05.05.2023–12.05.2023);
- Tetiana Vasylieva, Olha Liuta, Olena Pakhnenko, Anastasiia Samoilikova, Inna Tiutiunyk – research internships, professional development, and scholarships under the project “University of Liverpool – Sumy State University Cooperation for Research Digitalisation and Digital Transformation of Ukraine” (29.03.2023–31.08.2023);
- Tetiana Kubakh, Svitlana Pokhylko, Liudmyla Riabushka, Anastasiia Samoilikova – participation in the online international summer school of the University of Liverpool (June–July 2023);
- Dmytro Tsyhaniuk – international mobility at Bath Spa University, Bath, United Kingdom (06.05.2023–21.05.2023);
- Inna Tiutiunyk – successful acquisition of an international Erasmus+ Jean Monnet research project;
- Tetiana Vasylieva, Olha Deineka, Olha Liuta, Olena Pakhnenko, Anastasiia Samoilikova, Andrii Semenoh, Inna Tiutiunyk, Dmytro Tsyhaniuk, Olena Zhuravka, Olena Kryklii, Olena Krukhmal – executors of university-wide international grant projects.
86 students and 28 PhD students of the department participated in the international virtual academic mobility (COIL) programme “Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals” (“Дійте задля досягнення цілей сталого розвитку”), organised by the Department of FTE jointly with Vilnius University (Lithuania), Wroclaw University of Economics and Business (Poland), Baltazar Zaprešić University of Applied Sciences (Croatia), and the Business School of the Lebanese International University (Lebanon). The programme duration was 3 months (20.09.2023–20.12.2023).
In total, 226 higher education students participated in the programme, including:
- 77 bachelor’s students of Sumy State University (educational programmes: Finance, Banking and Insurance; Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities; Management; Accounting and Taxation);
- 30 master’s students of Sumy State University (educational programmes: Finance, Banking and Insurance; Management; Accounting and Taxation);
- 32 PhD students of Sumy State University (educational programmes: Finance, Banking and Insurance; Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities; Economics; Management; Accounting and Taxation);
- 87 international students, including:
- 77 students from Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lithuania), including 76 bachelor’s students and 1 PhD student;
- 1 PhD student from the Business School of the Lebanese International University (Lebanon);
- 7 students from Baltazar Zaprešić University of Applied Sciences (Croatia);
- 2 students from the Technical University of Denmark.
Department lecturers Larysa HRYTSENKO and Anastasiia SAMOILIKOVA were members of the lecturer team of the international virtual classroom. Lead organiser of the virtual classroom – Oleksandra TVEREZOVSKA.
2022
According to the programs of parallel education, students study at universities:
- Austria (Vakumenko – Alpine-Adriatic University, Klagenfurt);
- of the Czech Republic (Salov – Metropolitan University of Prague, Fedchenko – Czech Agrarian University in Prague; Yusiuk – Higher School of Economics, Prague);
- of Poland (Miroshnychenko – Lodz University);
- of Spain (Kolomiets, Cybulska, Hura – University of Almeria, Almeria).
The number of grant applications submitted by graduate students in 2022 is 6 (Tverezovska (5), Litovtseva (1), 5 of them were won – Oleksandra Tverezovska, 1 – Litovtseva).
The total number of graduate students participating in international academic mobility programs in 2022 is 26, including:
- Organized by the FTP department:
- virtual mobility together with the Business School of the Lebanese International University (Beirut, Lebanon) (from 31.10.2022 to 13.12.2022) “Scientific Research Methods on the Transformation of the Financial System in the Conditions of Digitalization” – 26 * graduate students (Novikov, Okhrimchuk, Lor, Tverezovska, Hakopyan, Nikitchenko, Eremenko, Chepurko, Zolotina, Kulyk, Tymoshyk, Dral, Shkarupa, Bondarenko, Podosinnikov, Skorobahatskyi, Pasko, Dmytryshyn, Rudnyak, Zhuchenko, Kuznetsov, Toptunenko, Chernov, Akritov , Tyutyunyk, Litovtseva);
- Virtual Class on Grant-Funded Research (September-October 2022) – 8 graduate students (Tverezovska, Lor, Litovtseva, Hakopyan, Yeremenko, Kulyk, Novikov, Okhrimchuk);
- Enhancement of the PhD student’s potential for qualitative research in Ukraine (offline, Prague) – 1 graduate student (Litovtseva).
The share of NPPs of the department who took part in academic mobility is 24% (8 people), including:
üfull-time employees – citizens of other countries: 1 – Medani Bhandari;
üparticipated in teaching or scientific work abroad (offline and online) for more than 1 month: 4 – Medani Bhandari, Maryna Brychko, Olena Pakhnenko, Andriy Semenog;
üinternational summer school (online), Liverpool, Great Britain (13.06–22.07.2022): 2 – Larisa Hrytsenko, Anastasia Samoilikova;
üinternational scientific internship (offline), Foggia, Italy (20.02–31.07.2022), participation in activities under the Erasmus+ program, Morfasso, Italy (March 2022), Vieste, Italy (07.06–11.06.2022): 1 – Oleksandra Tverezovska;
üinternational scientific internship (online), Krakow, Poland (15.12.2022 – 15.12.2023): 1 – Angela Kuznetsova.
During 2022, 75 students* participated in virtual academic mobility programs, including:
- Virtual class “Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Development in the Digital Era” (31.10.2022 – 13.12.2022), organized by the Faculty of Technical Development in partnership with the University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia), Vilnius University (Vilnius , Lithuania), Business School of the Lebanese International University (Beirut, Lebanon) – 73 students (Shvidka, Fukalov, Kasyan, Davydenko, Chukhno, Tarannikova, Kurbatova, Voloshko, Dovbysh, Kozhushko, Shkyria, Popova, Fedan, Lysyanska, Honcharenko . . Kupalna, Pyatko, Tarasenko, Reznikova, Borisova, Biloshapka, Chalenko, Didorenko, Sviridova);
- Virtual classes organized by other departments: Summer school within the framework of the Jean Monet module “EU experience for increasing the level of youth employment through the development of professional skills” (October 2022) – 4 students (Sergeev, Grebenyuk, Kostiantynova, Kozhushko);
- International Summer School (online), Liverpool, Great Britain – 1 student (Derkach).
- The teachers of the department (Marina Brychko, Olena Pakhnenko, Andriy Semenog) were lecturers of the virtual class “Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Development in the Digital Era”, including for foreign students of Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania.
2021
The total number of students participating in international academic mobility programs in 2021 is 56, including:
- offline mobility – 5 people (parallel training) – Miroshnychenko, Yusyuk, Salov, Vakumenko, Fedchenko;
- virtual mobility – 49 people (Bosak, Shenkarenko, Boryak, Bilera, Derkach, Maltseva, Malysh, Shapoval, Fesenko, Shalapchuk, Ben Fraj, Rahimov, Salimov, Davydenko, Kostenko, Kurbatova, Masyuk, Tarannikova, Chukhno, Shust, Bilan, Darchenko . , Hrybinichenko, Dvoryanova);
mixed (offline+online) academic mobility – 2 people (Koblenz Landau) – Kotenko, Bezsalova.
According to the programs of parallel education, students study at universities:
-Austria (Vakumenko – Alpine-Adriatic University, Klagenfurt),
-Czech Republic (Salov – Metropolitan University of Prague, Fedchenko – Czech Agrarian University in Prague; Yusiuk – Higher School of Economics, Prague),
-Poland (Miroshnychenko – Lodz University).
The number of grant applications submitted by students in 2021 is 11 (Iryna Basanets, Olena Hura, Tetyana Dvoryanova, Polina Kolomiets, Anastasia Tsibulska, Ruslana Hrybinichenko),
3 of them were won (Olena Hura, Tetyana Dvoryanova, Polina Kolomiets).
The number of grant applications submitted by graduate students in 2021 is 5 (Tverezovska Oleksandra (3), Volodymyr Novikov, Evgeny Okhrimenko), of which 2 were won – Tverezovska Oleksandra.
The total number of graduate students participating in international academic mobility programs in 2021 is 23*, including:
Organized by the FTP department:
-Virtual mobility with the Lebanese International University (11/22/2021 – 12/13/2021) “Statistical methods in scientific research” – 10 graduate students (Akopyan, Yeremenko, Zolotina, Kozhemiakin, Konovalov, Lor, Nikitchenko, Pavlyk, Tverezovska, Chepurko)
Virtual class “Excellence in Teaching & Research” together with Washington State University (11.02-15.05.2021) – 5 graduate students (Chorna, Kononenko, Litovtseva, Novikov, Tverezovska)
Offline+online – “European grants and projects: experience of Poland”, Ignatium Academy, Krakow (16.06-12.09.2021) – 1 postgraduate student (Tverezówska)
“Modern Tendencies in Scientific Research in Accounting, Audit and Taxation”, University of Economics in Bratislava (17.11-19.12.2021) – 11 graduate students (Lor, Hakopyan, Achira Kantu, Kozmenko, Tkachenko, Miroshnyk, Rudnyak, Zhuchenko, Bochkaryova, Litvinenko , D`yakonova).
The share of NPPs of the department who took part in academic mobility is 38% (18* people), including:
professional development (offline + online) “European grants and projects:
- experience of Poland”, Ignatium Academy, Krakow (16.06-12.09.2021) – 6 teachers (Hrytsenko, Zhuravka, Pakhnenko, Bondarenko, Zaitsev, Tverezovska);
- advanced training “Excellence in Teaching & Research”, Washington State University (11.02-15.05.2021) – 12 teachers (Hrytsenko, Gumenna, Zaitsev, Zakharkin, Zakharkina, Ilyashenko, Mordan, Pigul, Plikus, Pokhilko, Rubanov, Samoilikova);
- other mobility programs – 3 teachers (Vasilyeva, Hrytsenko, Pavlenko).
*some teachers participated in several programs, counted in the indicator 1 time.
During 2021, 49 students* participated in virtual academic mobility programs, including:
Virtual class organized by the FTP department in partnership with the Business School of the Lebanese International University “Statistical methods in public finance, business and banking” (22.11.-13.12.2021) – 43 students (Bosak, Shenkarenko, Boryak, Bilera, Derkach, Maltseva) , Malysh, Shapoval, Fesenko, Shalapchuk, Ben Fraj, Rahimov, Salimov, Davydenko, Kostenko, Kurbatova, Masyuk, Tarannikova, Chuhno, Shust, Bilan, Darchenko, Zolotar, Omelchenko, Podpovitna, Yefimenko, Kolomiets, Berezna, Gorobets, Pasko, Chyipesh, Shalda, Hurin, Efremov, Kovalova, Kurbatov, Panchenko, Pyzhova, Povozniuk, Prokopenko, Saiko, Skichko, Temchenko).
Virtual classes organized by other departments:
“International Relations & Global Leadership”, Washington State University (25.02-30.04.2021) – 8 students (Chumak, Maltseva, Derkach, Guryn, Saiko, Pyzhova, Hrybinichenko, Dvoryanova);
“International Management”, Washington State University, Pullman, USA (10.09-10.12.2021) – 7 students (Hura, Derkach, Kolomiets, Shalda, Alekseeva, Maltseva, Borisova).
*some students participated in several programs, counted in the indicator 1 time
The teachers of the department (I. V. Tyutyunyk, O. M. Pakhnenko) were lecturers of the online course “Cyber Security Economics” for students of Bingham University (Nigeria) 02.6.2021-02.27.2021.
Opportunities for students and postgraduates
Students of the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship have the opportunity to participate in international projects, conferences, internships, do internships and study abroad at partner universities on the basis of the “included semester” principle. To date, students and postgraduates are offered the following opportunities:
- “Europe-Ukraine” forum in Rzeszów, Poland;
programs “included semester” (credit mobility) based on the universities of Foggia (Italy) and Comenius University in Bratislava; - the annual international short-term training program “Activities of central banks”, dedicated to the modern problems of the development of financial and banking systems of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, held on the basis of the University of Applied Sciences of the Federal Bank of Germany (Hachenburg, Germany);
- “International Week on Central Banking” seminar in Hachenburg (Germany);
- internship under the program “Features of the functioning of credit and financial institutions of the Czech Republic” on the basis of the Higher School of Regional Development – AMBIS (Prague, Czech Republic);
- internship programs and practical training of students, in particular, studying the peculiarities of the functioning of financial and credit institutions of the Czech Republic, the specifics of banking regulation in the country on the basis of agreements with the Banking Institute “Vysoka Shkola” (Czech Republic).
- The internship program involves familiarization with the activities of the National Bank of the Czech Republic, the Banking Association of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, and Commercial Bank CSOB;
- the program of academic mobility and practical training of students based on the Memorandum with the Metropolitan University of Prague (Czech Republic).
During the educational process, students and postgraduate students of the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship attend lectures by foreign specialists from foreign partner universities, leading foreign financial institutions, representatives of the EU, embassies of various countries in Ukraine, which contributes to their international experience and improves their English and German language skills languages, namely lectures from:
- Professor of the Department of Economics, Finance and Statistics, Professor of the Jean Monet Cristiano Perugini Department, University of Perugia, Italy;
- Professor of the Department of Economics Fabrizio Pompei, University of Perugia, Italy.
- J. Marcus Job Professor of Information Systems and Analytics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
- Dean of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Freiberg, Head of the Department of Finance and Investments, Professor A. Horsch (Prof. Horsch); University of Freiberg, Germany.
- Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance, Trinity Business School Ranadeva Jayasekera (Dr. Ranadeva Jayasekera), University of Dublin, Ireland.
Presentations are held at the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship to increase the opportunities for academic mobility of students and postgraduates from various international organizations, in particular:
- the German academic exchange service DAAD;
- international youth public organization AIESEC;
educational company AnyWay; - Foundations of the Central European Academy of Training and Certification CEASC.
News about the academic mobility of students and postgraduates

Mobility at the University of Almeria
Fourth-year student BS-91a major “Banking” Polina Kolomiets successfully completed academic mobility at the University of Almeria (Spain). The studying took place at the partner university

International mobility of a student of the department!
Second-year student majoring in “Banking”, Iryna Kozhushko successfully began her studies as part of international academic mobility at the University of Foggia (Foggia, Italy). Iryna

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE VIRTUAL MOBILITY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS AND PHD STUDENTS OF ERI BIEM
In the period from 31.10.2022 to 13.12.2022, the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship together with the University of Latvia (Latvia), Vilnius University (Lithuania) and

Impressions from the international Erasmus + training!
Oleksandra TVEREZOVSKA, a PhD student at the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship, who recently returned from a week-long international training as part of Erasmus

Participation of representatives of the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship in the international scientific conference
During November 25-26, 2021, the head of the department, Dr. (Ec.), Prof. Larysa HRYTSENKO, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Olena PAKHNENKO, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Svitlana POKHYLKO and

Virtual Academic Mobility Program from Lebanese International University
The program of virtual academic mobility “Statistical Methods in Public Finance, Business and Banking”, organized jointly by the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship of

