Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine is an important component of higher education cooperation between Ukraine and Austria: the rectors meeting of the countries

On April 16, a high-level meeting of representatives of education and science of Ukraine and the Republic of Austria was held in Uzhhorod, at the Uzhhorod National University, on the topic: “Development Perspectives in Higher Education Cooperation between Austria and Ukraine”. Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine was presented at the event as an integral element of cooperation between the two countries.

The event was held in the format of an exchange of experience between the rectors of higher education institutions of the two countries. The discussion focused on the prospects for the development of international cooperation between Ukraine and Austria in the field of higher education in general and the areas of cooperation between Ukrainian and Austrian higher education institutions in particular. The participants considered the possibilities of cooperation in crisis time during wartime and post-war, the role of higher education institutions in the reconstruction of Ukraine, the current state of Ukrainian-Austrian cooperation in higher education, and the priorities for developing cooperation in the short and medium term, especially in the medical field.

The event was organized by the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation with the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research of Austria, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine.