Olivier Vedrine
Adviser to the President of the University for International cooperation, Professor Honoris Causa of Kiev International University
One of the main activity of the University is the development of international cooperation, preparation of students for professional activities at the level of world standards, ensuring integration of the University into the international university community, gaining additional opportunities for accelerated development within the Bologna process and European integration.
The fulfillment of relevant tasks in the educational process consists in:
- applying the experience of leading foreign universities in determining specialization, selection courses, organization of the educational process of the university as a whole;
- coverage of socio-political, legal, economic, philological, cultural, historical and other problems, taking into account world experience in the context of Ukraine’s relations with other countries;
- in-depth study of foreign languages, providing students with the skills of everyday, business, professional and professional communication;
- involvement in the teaching of foreign languages by native speakers on the basis of short-term and long-term cooperation programs under intergovernmental agreements and arrangements with embassies, other institutions and educational institutions of foreign countries;
- teaching in the higher courses of professional disciplines in English;
- systematic involvement of foreign specialists, who are employees of embassies, international foundations, organizations, in the educational process, in order to enhance the practical orientation of students’ preparation and actualization of their acquired competences;
- ensuring the implementation of short- and long-term internship programs for students abroad;
- introduction of new educational technologies recognized both in Ukraine and abroad: intensive methods of teaching foreign languages, module-rating system of intermediate and final control and evaluation of educational achievements, various types of testing, informal, popular innovative methods of conducting seminars in the form of seminars tables, colloquiums, brainstorming, and more. The curricula of theoretical courses are drawn up taking into account the aspect of international contacts of Ukraine both from the historical side and from the present state of international relations.