SNAU STUDENTS TOOK PART IN THE INTERADIS PROJECT IN LITHUANIA

Sumy National Agrarian University actively cooperates with foreign universities under the ERASMUS+ program. Students have already had the opportunity to visit many countries of the European Union: Turkey, Georgia, Lithuania, etc.

Recently, Yaroslava ZHEVNIAK, a 2nd-year student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport, and Daria KRAVCHENKO, a Master’s student of the Faculty of Law, visited Lithuania, Vilnius city, as part of this youth program. The two-week internship on the topic “Adaptation and Integration of Foreign Students” (“INTERADIS”) took place at Mykolas Romeris University. 16 students from 8 Ukrainian universities took part in the program.

Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) plays important role in teaching international students.

In addition, to providing information about the structure of the university, faculties, evaluation, organization of studies, foreign students are given lectures on mental health and psychological state. To the question “What should SNAU adopt to from the viewpoint of Mykolas Romeris University?” Daria KRAVCHENKO answers:

“It was interesting to meet with a psychologist who talked about ways how to overcome stress, build a career and about methods of effective learning. I think such information should also be shared with Ukrainian students, because to take care of mental health is necessary nowadays, especially during a full-scale invasion.”

Not only lectures! Ukrainian students were invited to the celebration of September 1 – the Day of Knowledge. Later, together with foreign students, they visited Trakai – an ancient city of lakes and medieval castles. They also visited the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

Students enthusiastically share their impressions about daily leisure time after lectures. We went to museums, visited the “Days of the Capital” festival, enjoyed the beauty of the ancient part of Vilnius. The girls advise everyone who is lucky enough to visit the capital of Lithuania, to visit the MO museum and try parmesan ice cream.

The last day of the program included an exchange of thoughts and impressions. Previously, the participants from Ukraine were divided into 4 groups, each of which had to report. As part of her team’s presentation, Yaroslava ZHEVNIAK spoke positively about the games held at MRU to bring together and get to know foreign students. Daria KRAVCHENKO and her group put attention to the common and distinctive features of native universities and MRU, presented facts about internships and made suggestions for future improvement and development.

For both students, this trip was the first experience of participation in ERASMUS+, but, we are sure, it will not be the last one, because such internships provide students with an incredible amount of knowledge that can later be implemented at the native university, improving the level of higher education.