Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine is a leading postgradu­a­te institution in Ukraine, which is actively engaged in international activities aimed at ensuring high competitiveness at the external and internal educational services market.

The University’s graduates, including Ukrainian and foreign citizens, successfully work in clinics of Great Britain, Germany, France, the USA and other countries.

Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine is constantly expanding its partnerships in the field of education and science. The University has become the first in Ukraine among higher medical educational institutions collective member of the International Personnel Academy UNESCO (since 2001), a member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (since 2008), a member of the Association of Medical Education in Europe – АМЕЕ (since 2011).

 There was created permanent Commission of Academic Board on International Relations, which deals with the issues of participation in the work of international organizations, exhibitions, establishing partnerships with scientific and medical institutions abroad etc. Academic staff of the University has membership in more than 60 international organizations, including the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), International Academy of Science and Higher Education (IASHE), European Academy of Teachers in General Practice and Family Medicine(EURACT), International Informatization Academy (IIA), Section and Council for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS PRM Section and Council), etc.

A recognition of the institution's authority in international scientific circles is the election of the Full Professor Borys Mankovskyi, Head of the Department of Diabetology, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, as a member of the Presidium of the Working Group on Diabetic Neuropathy of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, as well as the election of Olga Barna, Full Professor of the Department of Diabetology, as a member of the Executive Committee of the European Association for Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation. Yurii Bisyuk, Full Professor of the Department of Clinical, Laboratory Immunology and Allergology, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Global Asthma Association at the INTERASMA General Assembly, which was the first time for scientists from Ukraine. Head of the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine and Sports Medicine, Full Professor Oleksandr Vladymyrov, is the national manager of the European Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine in Ukraine.

Vice-Rector for Research & Education and International Cooperation, Full Professor Olesia Hulchii, has been representing Ukraine in the Council of Europe's Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO) since 2019.

In 2017, the University joined the Magna Charta Universitatum. The signatory institutions call this document a standard of their belonging to the international community that shares high scientific values and goals. Employees regularly participate in webinars of the Magna Charta Observatory.

In 2018, the University gained membership in ORPHEUS (the Organization for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System). The purpose of the organization is to improve the quality of education and harmonize training programs. A total of 4 Ukrainian institutions are represented in ORPHEUS, including the Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine.

З 2019 року заклад представлений  у національній агенції Великобританії  «UK NARIC» (UK National Recognition Information Centre / Національний інформаційний центр з визнання у сфері освіти). Каталог об’єднує заклади вищої та післядипломної освіти з понад 190 країн, які підтвердили свою високу репутацію.

Since 2019, the University has been represented in the UK National Recognition Information Centre (UK NARIC). The catalog brings together higher and postgraduate education institutions from more than 190 countries that have proven their high reputation

In 2020, the University joined the Memorandum on the Creation and Development of the All-Ukrainian Network for the  Recognition of Foreign Educational Qualifications, concluded between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the State Enterprise "Information and Image Center".

Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine cooperates with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). In 2018, the institution was visited by Graham McMahon, President and CEO of ACCME. In the framework of the visit, meetings were held with the management, academic staff and interns, where Mr. Graham McMahon familiarized the participants with the system, the standards of continuing medical education in the United States, the main activities of the ACCME, the requirements for accreditation according to the standards of this organization, etc.

In the spring of 2020, the University took part in the ACCME 2020 ONLINE annual meeting. As part of the event, we presented our "success story" - the first results of the project "Training of Physicians in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) in Ukraine", which is being implemented at the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine and Sports Medicine in cooperation with international partners - educational and medical institutions of the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Lithuania - and with the support of the NATO Medical Rehabilitation Trust Fund.

The University traditionally organizes (co-organizes) international scientific and educational forums. In 2020, the III Israeli-Ukrainian Symposium "Intensive Care and Anesthesia in Obstetrics and Gynecology", the XII British-Ukrainian Symposium, the Youth Anesthesiology Conference (YAC-5), the IX Ukrainian-Polish Conference "EUROLOR-2020", etc. were held. Within the framework of the Ukrainian-American project initiated by the Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (the name of the institution at that time) and the administration of the Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital, the Ukrainian-American "live" surgery forum was held at the Hospital in October 2018, where the honorary participants from Harvard University were surgeon Vitaliy Poylin, Full Professor of the Medical Faculty, and urologist Ruslan Korets, Associate Professor of the Medical Faculty.

The departments of the Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine are actively involved in international programs in the field of science and education, more than 40 every year, in particular:

• NATO Support and Procurement Project "Development of a Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) Curriculum for Physicians in Ukraine";
• The Central and Eastern European Project on Primary Immunodeficiencies in Children "J-project" (university representatives are members of the steering committee);
• International Educational and Scientific Project PENTA (university representatives are experts);
• "Preparation for the International Pearson Test of English General (PTE General)" (the university is the official preparation center for PTE General);
• International Labor Organization (ILO) programs implemented in Ukraine: "Prevention of HIV/AIDS in the Workplace"; "Prevention of TB in the Workplace"; "Improving Occupational Safety and Health in the Metallurgical and Mining Industry";
• Program of the WHO European Office for the Control of Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Ukraine (university representatives are national experts);
• International Charitable Mission, which performs cardiac surgery for children and infants with congenital heart disease in the Republic of Iraq, etc.

Our foreign partners also recognize the significant contribution of the university's academic staff. Thus, by the decision of the World Congress on Diabetes in 2017, the Department of Diabetology was awarded the honorary status of a Center of Excellence for its active international educational and scientific activities.

In 2017, the Department of Hematology and Transfusiology was awarded a "Certificate of Recognition" by the American International Health Alliance (AIHA). The certificate states that the AIHA recognizes the contribution of the Department of Hematology and Transfusion to the implementation of the project "Providing Technical Assistance to Strengthen Blood Transfusion Services in Selected Countries under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)" in the areas of donor care, quality management, and the proper use of blood components and confirms its success and achievements.

In 2017, the Department of Hematology and Transfusiology was awarded a "Certificate of Recognition" by the American International Health Alliance (AIHA). The certificate states that the AIHA recognizes the contribution of the Department of Hematology and Transfusion to the implementation of the project "Providing Technical Assistance to Strengthen Blood Transfusion Services in Selected Countries under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)" in the areas of donor care, quality management, and the proper use of blood components and confirms its success and achievements.

A high indicator of the university's international recognition is the fact that its academic staff plays key roles in international projects. In particular, the Head of the Department of Cardiology, Full Professor Maryna Dolzhenko, is a member of the International Council of the European International Preventive Cardiology Study EUROASPIRE IV and EUROASPIRE V. Head of the Department of Functional Diagnostics, Full Professor Oleg Zharinov is a member of the International Scientific Council of the REALISE-AF trial on the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Head of the Department of Cardiac and Major Vascular Surgery, Full Professor Vasyl Lazoryshynets is a co-organizer and coordinator of the International School of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Milan (Italy). Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Immunology, Full Professor Alla Volokha, Full Professor Liudmyla Chernyshova and Associate Professor Anastasiia Bondarenko are members of the organizing committee of the Central and Eastern European Project on Primary Immunodeficiencies in Children "J-project". Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Immunology Anastasiia Bondarenko is the main coordinator and responsible executor of the research project under the CHILDREN research program grant "Genetic landscape of severe combined immunodeficiencies in Eastern Europe". Full Professor of the Department of Family Medicine Viktoriia Tkachenko is the national coordinator of a number of international research projects of the European General Practice Research Network, the European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association, the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice / Family Medicine, the "Vasco da Gama Movement" network, the "EQUIP" consortium, and the LESS research project of the Institute of Primary Health Care at the University of Bern (Germany) and is a member of the advisory board of the international project "Regions4PerMed".

At the Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine the conditions for improving English language training and obtaining international certification in English by university employees have been created. According to the cooperation agreement with the "International Examination Center" LLC (Kyiv, Ukraine), concluded in 2018, the University is the official preparation center for the international exams Pearson Test of English General (PTE General) and Pearson Test of English Young Learners (PTE YL). A person who successfully passes the Pearson Test of English exam receives a certificate in accordance with the Common European Framework of References. The training course is conducted by highly qualified teachers of the Department of Foreign Languages.

The high authority of the Shupyk National Medical University of Ukraine in international circles is confirmed by the fact that the academic staff provide scientific supervision of PhD students abroad, namely, the Head of the Department of Pathological and Topographic Anatomy, Full Professor Olena Dyadyk (University of Milan Bicocca, Italy); Full Professor of the Department of Family Medicine Viktoriia Tkachenko (within the framework of the international project on scientific mentoring for African students "AfriWon Research Collaborative Program" organized by Boston University, USA); Professor of the Department of Palliative and Hospice Medicine Vira Chaikovska (Higher School of Public Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan).

Academic staff are invited to participate as official opponents in the work of specialized academic councils abroad, namely, Head of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Immunology, Full Professor Alla Volokha (Republic of Moldova), Full Professor of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Full Professor Olga Gorbatyuk (Republic of Moldova), Full Professor of the Department of Dentistry, Full Professor Iryna Mazur (Republic of Kazakhstan).

The university has established a permanent commission of the Academic Council of the Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine on international activities, which includes representatives of institutes, faculties, structural units and students. Under the leadership of the Vice-Rector for Research & Education and International Cooperation, Full Professor Olesia Hulchii, the members of the commission consider current issues and identify proposals for further development of the University's international activities.