Students’ academic success

One of the forms of non-class work contributing to the scientific research of students at the department is their participation in the discussion club of students, PhD students and young scientists of the department, which has been functioning for over 10 years., the urgent problems associated with modern socio-geographical research, development of science itself, scientific researches of youth, etc. are discussed at the meetings of the discussion club, held in accordance with the approved plan. Involving students in this form of non-class work contributes to increasing their creative activity, multiplies the contribution of young researchers in the research activities of the department. In 2024-2025 academic year 7 meetings of the discussion club were held, including 2 the meeting has been held remotely since March.

The Department of Human Geography and Regional Studies holds scientific and methodological seminars every month, in which students, PhD students, doctoral students, young lecturers and researchers report on the results of personal research. In the 2023-2024 academic year 6 scientific and methodological seminars were held.

Participation in scientific and practical, scientific and theoretical, scientific and methodological conferences is one of the forms of students’ research work in a higher educational institutions. Every year an International Scientific and Practical Conference for Students, PhD students and Young Scientists" "Region: Human-Geographical Aspects" is held at the department. Under the lecturers’ supervision students of the department prepare abstracts and articles which are result of their research work; during the conference at the plenary and sectional meetings they make presentation and discuss the main results of their own research, as well as results of research by other participants in the conference.

• During the 2024-2025 academic year, students of the department actively participated in educational and scientific events, in particular, in the University Competition of Student Scientific Papers in Natural Sciences, the Kharkiv Regional Competition of Student Scientific Papers in Natural Sciences.
• The 4th-year student Belevtsov D.O. (scientific supervisor is D.Sc. in Geography, Prof. Kostrikov S.V.) won the 1st rank in the All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Scientific Papers in the specialty “Secondary Education” of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in the 2024/2025 academic year.
• 4th-year student Zimin D.I. (scientific supervisor is D.Sc. in Geography, Prof. Sehida K.Yu.) took the 2nd rank in the All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Scientific Papers in the specialty “Geography” of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Karazin in 2024/2025 academic year.
• Student Cherepina A.S. (scientific supervisor is D.Sc. in Geography, Prof. Sehida K.Yu.) won the 3rd rank in the All-Ukrainian competition of student scientific works in the specialty "Geography" of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in 2024/2025 academic year.
• The PhD student of the department Venhryn D.V. received an academic scholarship named after M.S. Hrushevsky for 2024/2025 academic year.
• October 28 - November 1, 2024, lecturer and PhD student of the K. Niemets Department of Human Geography and Regional Studies Venhryn D.V. underwent an internship in the city of Uppsala under the CAFU (Competence Aid For Ukraine) project. The project is implemented by Karazin University in collaboration with Folkuniversitetet and Sustainability InnoCenter (Sweden).
• The 3rd year student Chumak I. studied at the University of Girona (Spain) in the 2nd semester of 2024-2025 academic year under the Erasmus+ academic mobility program.
• The 2nd year students Podpriatova O. and Stupak V. studied at the University of Ostrava (Czech Republic) during the 2nd semester of 2024-2025 academic year under the Erasmus+ academic mobility program.
• The 2nd year graduate student Gavrikova I.M. underwent an internship at the University of Oradea (Romania) under the Erasmus+ academic mobility program.