Online (without traveling to Ukraine).
Offline (with travel to Ukraine).
Before starting any admission procedures, the applicant must decide on their future field of study.
The applicant needs to choose:
To apply, the applicant must provide a passport, a color photograph in the official format, and an educational document (school certificate or diploma together with the transcript or grade supplement, if available).
Documents must be submitted in PDF or JPG/JPEG format. They must be clear and legible, include all pages without cropping, and clearly show the full name, date of birth, document number and issue date, seals, signatures, and grades.
For official admission, an international applicant must obtain an electronic invitation to study.
This is done through the state system:
Important: this is not a platform for the complete admission process — it is used only to start the process and obtain an invitation.
Registration
Application Creation
Document Upload
Application Fee Payment
After the documents have been reviewed:
IMPORTANT
The invitation is not a guarantee of admission; it is only a required step for further enrollment.
After receiving the invitation, all further communication takes place directly with the university via email: inter@karazin.ua
A student visa is not required for everyone.
If you have questions regarding the need to obtain a visa, you may contact the International Admissions Office at inter@karazin.ua for clarification.
For further admission, educational documents and the passport must be properly prepared. All documents must be legally valid in Ukraine.
Required:
The applicant must submit the following documents between July 19, 2026 and October 20, 2026, either in person at Room 4-74, 4 Svobody Square, Kharkiv, by post, or as scanned copies via email to inter@karazin.ua.
Required documents:
The review process takes up to 5 working days after the documents are received.
The University Admissions Committee verifies the completeness of the documents, the accuracy of translations, and compliance with admission requirements, and then decides whether to admit the applicant to the entrance examinations or return the documents for revision.
After being admitted to the entrance process, the university sends the applicant information about the date, time, and format of the entrance examination. Entrance examinations are a mandatory part of the admission competition. The examinations are conducted online via a link that will be sent to the applicant's personal email address.
The entrance examinations consist of several components:
The results of the entrance examination are taken into account during the competitive selection process.
After being admitted to the entrance process, the university sends the applicant information about the date, time, and format of the entrance examination. Entrance examinations are a mandatory part of the admission competition. The examinations are conducted online via a link that will be sent to the applicant's personal email address.
The entrance examinations consist of several components:
The results of the entrance examination are taken into account during the competitive selection process.
After completing the entrance examinations, the University Admissions Committee reviews the applicant's results.
If the applicant successfully passes the competitive selection process, the university sends a notification regarding the possibility of enrollment.
After receiving a positive admission decision, the applicant must confirm that they have chosen to study at our university and agree to enroll in the selected educational program (a sample confirmation form will be sent by email).
The following documents must be signed by October 29, 2026:
If tuition is paid by another individual (representative) or an organization, the contract may also be concluded with the individual or legal entity responsible for the payment.
After successfully completing all stages, the university issues an enrollment order admitting the applicant to study.
The enrollment order is issued provided that the applicant has:
Within the period specified in the agreement, the student must make the required payment.
It is important to pay tuition fees within the established deadlines, as late payment may affect the student's further studies.
If the applicant submitted documents online, then after successful admission, but no later than December 15, 2026, they must provide the university (in person, by postal service, or by any other convenient means) with the following documents:
Educational documents issued in another country must undergo the recognition procedure in Ukraine. This is required to confirm that the student's previous education meets the requirements of Ukrainian legislation. The recognition procedure must be completed during the first year of study, specifically by June 30, 2027. Without completing this stage, the previous educational documents will not be fully recognized for study in Ukraine, which may affect the student's ability to continue studies and obtain a diploma.
IMPORTANT: International applicants may contact the Admissions Committee for consultation at inter@karazin.ua, tel. _____________.
To begin the admission procedure, you need to prepare a package of documents and create an electronic account on the apply.studyinukraine.gov.ua portal.
Prepare for upload to the portal:
After uploading the documents, you must submit an application and pay the service fee through the portal. The number of applications for generating an electronic invitation cannot exceed 20.
The university verifies the documents and sends the applicant an educational offer.
After the applicant accepts the educational offer, an electronic invitation to study is issued, valid for 6 months. International students planning onsite study must contact the Ukrainian embassy in their country to obtain a student visa.
Education documents of international students issued by educational institutions of other countries must undergo a recognition and equivalency procedure in accordance with Order No. 504 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated 05.05.2015.
Important: unlike first-year enrollment, for reinstatement the recognition procedure for the education document and academic transcript is carried out before reinstatement to study.
The application and document package should be sent to the university email: vstup.imo@karazin.ua or interadmission@karazin.ua
Legalized and notarized copies of education documents must be sent by mail. Original documents are submitted personally upon arrival at the university.
The document package is submitted personally to the Selection Committee of the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education:
Kharkiv, Svobody Square 4, office 4-74.
The interview is conducted at the relevant faculty or educational-scientific institute to assess the applicant's ability to successfully complete the educational program.
If the applicant receives a negative assessment regarding their ability to successfully complete the program, reinstatement may be denied.
If reinstatement is to an educational program in another specialty or from a foreign higher education institution (regardless of specialty), passing an entrance examination is additionally mandatory.
The exam consists of four components:
The exam may be conducted onsite or remotely with mandatory video recording.
The exam consists of two components: — language of instruction (Ukrainian or English); — professional exam in the specialty.
The exam consists of four components:
All exams may be conducted onsite or remotely with mandatory video recording.
After the admissions committee decides to recommend enrollment, a study contract is concluded between the university and the applicant. The contract may be signed onsite or remotely.
International students reinstated at the expense of individuals and/or legal entities are required before reinstatement to sign a contract for paid educational services and make payment no later than 14 calendar days from the date of the relevant order.
All international students staying in Ukraine during their studies are required to obtain a temporary residence permit in accordance with current legislation.
