Kiel and Kherson, 1. January 2023. Today phase 2 of our project started. It aims to more closely connect teaching at Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University (KSAEU) and Kiel University. Our vision is to create an international campus where students and teachers of our two Universities can work and learn together, exchange ideas and […]
Liberation of Kherson
Kherson, 17 November 2022. Great news from Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University, temporarily relocated to Kropyvnytskyi city. Yesterday, the Rector and colleagues returned to the campus and raised the Ukrainian flag. What a wonderful day! While the Russians caused a lot of damage and mined many premises so it will take time to restart, […]
It’s great to make a difference
Here is a message of the Rector of Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University to the whole project team. A big incentive to continue our support.
70 Laptops arrived at Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University
Kropyvnytskyi, 5 October 2022. Our cooperation is picking up speed. Today the 70 laptops were delivered to Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University, currently relocated to the city of Kropyvnytskyi. We had never before shipped anything from Germany to Ukraine, let alone in wartimes, so it was challenge. German logistics companies either had either completely […]
Scholarships: Five students of KSAEU arrive at Kiel
September 1, 2022, was an exciting day. We welcomed five talented students of Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University (KSAEU) in Kiel. A joint Kherson-Kiel committee had selected them from all applicants based on academic merits, taking aspects of gender equality and diversity into account. This marked a huge milestone for our project at Kiel […]
Project phase 1: Addressing emergency needs
In mid-May 2022, we teamed up with Tetiana to apply for the DAAD’s “Ukraine digital: Ensuring academic success in times of crisis” funding program and kickstart an emergency project for her home institution, Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University (KSAEU). We had only a few weeks to put together a meaningful and doable project and […]
Escaping the Russian invasion: Olena’s new life in Germany
Olena is a courageous girl, whose life took an unexpected turn because of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Thanks to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), she had the opportunity to pursue her dreams of studying, creating a brighter future for herself. In this heartfelt video, Alena shares her experiences in Ukraine during tumultuous times, […]
How the project started: Scholarships for Ukrainian scientists
In March 2022, we thought about how we – the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences of Kiel University – could support Ukrainian scientists who suffered from Russia’s full-scale invasion. We decided to join the great initiative of Science for Ukraine and use some Faculty funds to offer two scholarships for researchers in the […]