Venue: the main building of the Taras Shevchenko National University of (at the address: 60 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv).

March 26th, 2019 08.30 – 09.45 Registration of participants 10.00 – 10.10 Official opening of the Forum

• Welcome speech by the rector of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Leonid Guberskiy

• Welcome speech by the Minister of Education and Science of Liliia Hrynevych

• Welcome speech by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Roman Greba

• Welcome speech by the Director of the state company «Ukrainian State Center for International Education» Olena Shapovalova

10.10 – 10.25 Speech of the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Liliia Hrynevych REFORM IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION OF FOREIGN CITIZENS IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF UKRAINE

10.25 – 10.40 Speech of the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Roman Greba MODERN TRENDS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF ADMISSION AND EDUCATION OF FOREIGN CITIZENS

10.40 – 11.00 Discussion • Ruslan Hurak – Head of the State Service of Education Quality of Ukraine • Anna Romanova - Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the VIII convocation, chairperson of the subcommittee on the development of tourism, health resorts and recreation activity of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

11.00 – 11.15 Break 11.15 – 11.30 LEGAL SUPPORT OF HIGHER EDUCATION Olena Kozievska – Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Committee on Education and Science of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

11.30 – 12.00 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN UKRAINE Olena Shapovalova – Director of the state company «Ukrainian State Center for International Education» Olena Belik – Director of the State Company «Inforesource»

12.00 – 12.15 Break 12.15 – 13.15 First Plenary Session MEDICAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS Alexander Linchevskyy – Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine • Discussion

• STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF ACADEMIC EVALUATION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

Petro Selskyi – The dean of The Faculty of International Students of the State University «I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine»

• Discussion

13.15 – 14.30 Lunch break 14.30 – 15.30 Second Plenary Session ACCREDITATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Serhiy Kvit – Head of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance

Natalia Stukalo – Deputy Head of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance

Taras Finikov - President of the International Foundation “IFEPR”

• Discussion

• ADAPTATION OF ACCREDITATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO THE LEGAL FIELD OF UKRAINE AND PRACTICES OF UKRAINIAN UNIVERSITIES (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESULTS OF PROJECT QUAERE)

Volodymyr Buhrov - Vice-rector of Education and Research of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Andrii Gozhyk – director of the scientific-methodical center of educational process organization of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv • Discussion

15.30 – 15.45 Break 15.45 – 16.30 Third Plenary Session LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN UKRAINE Yuriy Rashkevych – Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine

Svetlana Danilchenko – Deputy Director of the Department for Approval of Higher Qualifications and Licensing of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

• Discussion

16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break 17.00 – 18.30 Fourth Plenary Session INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION ORGANIZATION PROCESS • ORGANIZATIONAL CONDITIONS OF PREPARATORY COURSES FOR FOREIGN CITIZENS IN UKRAINE

Olena Zadorozhna – Deputy Head for Educational and Methodical Work of the Preparatory Department of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

• Discussion

• TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR FOREIGN CITIZENS IN UKRAINE: MODERN CHALLENGES

Svitlana Sivitska - Vice-Rector for Scientific and International Work of the National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University

• Discussion