Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship

International relations and strategic partnerships

As of 2026, the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship has both formalized foreign partnerships with signs of strategic partnerships (with which it has been actively cooperating for many years in most of the main areas of international activity – joint grant projects, academic exchange programs, double degree programs, scientific cooperation, etc.

The strategic partner universities of the Department, with which systematic work is being carried out to establish formalized international partnerships and expand the formats of relations, are:

  • Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lithuania) (agreement on the mobility of higher education students and staff dated 04.12.2023) (https://www.vu.lt/en);
  • University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić (Zaprešić, Croatia) (agreement on mobility of higher education students and staff dated 09.11.2023) (https://www.bak.hr/en/);
  • Krakow University of Economics (Krakow, Poland) (agreement on cooperation in higher education and research, which establishes the basis for planning and implementing joint activities, dated 2023) (https://uek.krakow.pl/en/);
  • University of Latvia (Latvia) (agreement of 28.08.2018) (https://www.lu.lv/);
  • University of Perugia (Perugia, Italy) (agreement of 24.07.2017, automatic prolongation) (https://www.unipg.it/en/);
  • Higher School of Economics (University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic) (agreement of 10.10.2016, automatic prolongation) (https://www.vse.cz/);
  • University of Applied Sciences, Zittau/Gerlitz (Germany) (agreement of 24.05.2012, automatic prolongation) (https://www.hszg.de/en/);
  • University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tyrol (Austria) (agreement of 16.07.2011, automatic prolongation) (https://www.fh-kufstein.ac.at/).

 

Foreign Legal Entities with Which the Department Cooperated under Relevant Agreements in 2025

  • Balthazar University of Applied Sciences in Zaprešić, Croatia (joint virtual international academic mobility programme; offline student mobility in the form of studies and research internships; staff mobility in the form of teaching);
  • Vilnius University, Lithuania (joint virtual international academic mobility programme);
  • Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (joint virtual international academic mobility programme);
  • University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (offline mobility in the form of research activities of the department’s academic staff);
  • Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia (offline student mobility in the form of research internships);
  • Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia (offline mobility in the form of teaching);
  • University of Foggia, Italy (offline mobility in the form of professional development of the department’s academic staff).

 

Joint Scientific Publications of the Department’s Academic Staff and/or PhD Students Prepared within the Framework of Cooperation with Foreign Legal Entities in 2025

  • Xi’an Pei Hua University, China;
  • TUBAF Digital, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany;
  • Sambalpur University, India;
  • Silesian University of Technology, Poland;
  • University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic;
  • Karagandy Buketov University, Republic of Kazakhstan;
  • Armenian State University of Economics, Armenia;
  • International Institute of Saint Louis, USA;
  • University of Kalisz, Poland;
  • John von Neumann University, Hungary;
  • WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland;
  • University of Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa;
  • Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic;
  • Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland;
  • University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia;
  • Tatra Banka, Slovakia;
  • Kidsköpfe gGmbH, Germany;
  • Querco Property, Poland.

 

Foreign legal entities with which the Department cooperated under relevant agreements in 2024:

  • University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zapresić (Croatia);
  • Lebanese International University (Lebanon);
  • Vilnius University (Lithuania);
  • University of m. Foggia (Italy);
  • Technical University of Denmark (Denmark);
  • University of Liverpool (UK). Liverpool University (UK);
  • Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovakia);
  • Silesian University of Technology (Poland);
  • Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland);
  • Leibniz University of Hannover (Germany);
  • University of Alicante (Spain). University of Alicante (Spain) and others.

 

Foreign legal entities with which the Department cooperated under relevant agreements in 2023:

  • Wroclaw University of Economics and Business;
  • Technical University of Denmark;
  • University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zapresić;
  • Lebanese International University;
  • Vilnius University;
  • Krakow University of Economics;
  • University of Foggia;
  • University of Liverpool University;
  • University of the Alpine-Adriatic University;
  • Vienna University of Economics;
  • Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.


Foreign legal entities with which the Department cooperated under relevant agreements in 2022:

  • Lebanese International University;
  • Vilnius University;
  • University of Latvia;
  • University of Almeria;
  • University of the Alpine-Adriatic University;
  • Metropolitan University of Prague;
  • Prague University of Economics;
  • Czech Agricultural University in Prague;
  • University of Lodz;
  • University of Foggia;
  • University of Liverpool. Liverpool University.


Developing foreign partnerships of the department (2023-2026):

  • University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zapresic. The foreign partner is Kristina DoloLabus, and the initiator from Sumy State University is Oleksandra Tverzovska. Areas of joint activity: virtual mobility for students; joint organization of an international conference; offline Erasmus+ mobility of students and teachers; other scientific work;
  • University of Foggia. The foreign partner is Giulio Esposito, and the initiator from Sumy State University is Oleksandra Tveresovska. Areas of joint activity: joint organization of an international conference; offline Erasmus+ mobility of students, postgraduates and teachers; other scientific work;
  • Technical University of Denmark Foreign partner – Michael Hedegaard, initiator from Sumy State University – Larysa Hrytsenko. Areas of joint activity: virtual mobility for students; joint organization of an international conference; other scientific work;
  • Wroclaw University of Economics and Business Foreign partner – Agnieszka Orkusz, initiator from Sumy State University – Larysa Hrytsenko. Areas of joint activity: virtual mobility for students; joint organization of an international conference; other scientific work;
  • Vilnius University, Lithuania (QS TOP 500). Foreign partner – Rasa Subačienė, initiator from Sumy State University – Larysa Hrytsenko. Areas of joint activity: virtual mobility for students; joint organization of an international conference; other scientific work;
  • Business School, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon. The foreign partner is Katherina Daher, the initiator from Sumy State University is Larysa Hrytsenko. Areas of joint activity: virtual mobility for students; virtual mobility for postgraduate students; participation in the organization and holding of an international conference; other scientific work;
  • University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. The foreign partner is Marina Kudinska. Initiator from Sumy State University, initiator from Sumy State University – Larysa Hrytsenko. Areas of joint activity: virtual mobility for students; joint organization of an international conference; other scientific work;
  • Matej Bel University, Slovakia. Foreign partner – Peter Kristofik, initiator from Sumy State University – Larysa Hrytsenko. Areas of joint activity: joint organization of an international conference; other scientific work.
 

The strategic partners of the department in the framework of the implementation of open lectures, scientific seminars and round tables are teachers, researchers and administrative staff of leading universities, in particular: