Alberta, which is 5% of its gross domestic product.

Seven Nobel laureates, 69 Rhodes Fellows (an international scholarship to study at Oxford University) and 65 Olympic medalists are associated with the university.

The University of British Columbia is home to the National Particle and Nuclear Physics Laboratory TRIUMF, which houses the world’s largest cyclotron (particle accelerator).

Training and research are conducted at 12 faculties on the campus in Vancouver and another 7 faculties on the campus in Kelowna. The University of British Columbia offers a special joint bachelor’s program with the University of Sciences Po in Paris.

In total, the university has more than 50,000 inpatient students, a quarter of whom are foreign.

Three Canadian prime ministers, including current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have been educated at the University of British Columbia.

3. McGill University. McGill University is the only Canadian institution represented at the World Economic Forum’s World University Leaders Forum, which includes the heads of the world’s 26 leading universities.

The university was founded in 1821 and its main campus is located at the foot of Mont Royal in central Montreal. Most of the university buildings are located on a park-type campus, where many freshmen live.

The old buildings were built using local gray limestone, creating a striking campus aesthetic that allowed it to enter the list of the 17 most beautiful campuses in the world.

In 1829, the country’s first medical school was founded at McGill University, which is still reflected in the high positions of the university in the world rankings in clinical subjects.

The university offers more than 300 different profile subjects to more than 40,000 students from 150 countries and is considered a university in Canada with one of the highest levels of international diversity.

Singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen and actor William Shatner are graduates of McGill University. In addition, the university claims that there are more Rhodes fellows among its students than at any other Canadian university.

To enter, students are required to score the highest average score among all universities in the country.

4. University of Montreal. As the only French-speaking university in the top five, the University of Montreal is the second largest university in the country in terms of student numbers. It enrolls more than 50,000 students, a quarter of whom are foreigners.

The main campus of the university is located on the slopes of Mount Royal. The local tower, which has long been a landmark, was built in the twentieth century in the Art Deco style.

74% of students study for a bachelor’s degree. The Student Union has both undergraduate and graduate students, and the university also has three fraternities and women’s clubs affiliated with the Student Union.

Sports are a popular pastime at the university. Students compete in teams called Carabins and participate in badminton, football and hockey competitions, as well as other sports.

Many prominent business leaders are graduates of the University of Montreal, including the CEO of United Technologies. Other graduates are noted for their contributions to research in the field of nuclear energy innovation, visual perception and quantum cryptography.

Ten Quebec prime ministers are university graduates, in addition to many other government officials who were educated at the University of Montreal.

5. University of Alberta. Consisting of four campuses in Edmonton, as well as a number of facilities elsewhere, the University of Alberta has had a significant impact on the region since its founding in 1908.

From an economic point of view, the university generates 12.3 billion Canadian dollars a year for the economy of Alberta, which is 5% of its gross domestic product.

At present, just under 40,000 students from almost 150 countries study at the university.

Group sizes vary from 10 students to just over 40.

The School of Public Health is Canada’s first specialized disease prevention department, and the Indigenous Research Faculty is the only one in the country.

Another specialization of the university is teaching and research in the field of paleontology, as its faculty have unique knowledge in this field, which is also represented by online courses.

The university has huge museum and library collections, the size of which is more than 17 million objects and 12 million library copies.

Many Canadian public figures are graduates of the University of Alberta, including Prime Minister Joe Clark and Nobel Laureate Physicist Richard E. Taylor.

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The Polish government provides scholarships for young scientists

The Polish government gives Ukrainian scholars the opportunity to receive scholarships to defend research in history, international relations, political science, journalism, sociology, ethnology, cultural studies, social psychology, management, law or related disciplines at a Polish university.

A monthly stipend of PLN 1,500 covers accommodation, meals and insurance. The scholarship program is supervised by the Center for Eastern European Studies at the University of Warsaw and will be funded by the Polish government.

Fellows will be able to work on their research, attend profile lectures and improve their Polish language for 10 months.

The competition is open to Ukrainian scientists under the age of 35 who have not been on internships or scholarships in Poland, speak Polish and English, have a bachelor’s or master’s degree or are working on a dissertation, are familiar with the general issues of their discipline , in particular XIX -XX st. and have scientific achievements and an active public position, so they will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in Ukraine.

Participants can submit documents for participation in person or by mail to the Polish Embassy in Kyiv or the Consulate General of Poland in Lviv with a note on the envelope “Scholarship Program for Young Scientists” or by sending an e-mail to stypendia.studium @ uw.edu.pl.

Acceptance of documents will last until March 1, 2021.

The program will begin on September 1, 2021.

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12/29/2020

China has provided 54 scholarships for Ukrainians

The Government of the People’s Republic of China has provided 54 scholarships for Ukrainian citizens for the 2021/22 academic year.

The decision to provide scholarships was made in the framework of cooperation between Ukraine and China in the field of education.

Training will take place at four levels: “Bachelor”, “Master”, “Doctor of Philosophy” and “Trainee” (language internship).

Applications for participation in the competition for scholarships are accepted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Applications will be accepted until February 5, 2021.

Applicants wishing to participate in the scholarship program must submit documents in accordance with a specific list.

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12/11/2020

Exchange programs at Polish universities

International student exchange programs, which are widespread in Polish higher education institutions, raise the level of university education and broaden the horizons of young people, and strengthen international and intercultural ties.

International student exchange programs are divided into two main groups.

The first are direct agreements between universities, cities, countries with partnerships. At the state level, such programs are a diplomatic form, they strengthen cultural and economic ties.

For universities, participation in such programs is, first of all, an exchange of experience, borrowing advanced educational methods from partners to improve the level of education and teaching in their own university. The programs of the first type are designed for students from Europe, Russia, the USA, Australia and other countries.

The second group is the EU programs – Erasmus and Erasmus Plus, part of the program “Continuing Education”.