Sumy State University is located in Sumy city in the North-East of Ukraine. Its history began in 1948. Today, SumDU is a leading university in the region.

The University currently serves about 12,000 students who are pursuing bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 55 majors and 23 fields of knowledge. About 1900 foreign students represent more than 50 countries worldwide.

Sumy State University enters the ranking of the THE World University Rankings by Times Higher Education at the position of 501-600 and 1-2 position among Ukrainian universities.

Sumy State University is included in Global Research University Profiles (GRUP) by ShanghaiRanking.

Sumy State University enters the TOP-group (3%) of leading universities of the world and is classified as a university with high research intensity according to the international ranking of higher education institutions QS World University Rankings. According to these rankings, SumDU enters the group of leading Ukrainian universities. SumDU also ranked 101-150 among the fastest-rising young stars of the higher education world by the QS.

Sumy State University enters the young universities ranking from Times Higher Education and currently, SumDU is the only representative of Ukraine in this category of ranking.