This year, 327 first-year students entering 10 bachelor’s degree programs chose to study at the Ukrainian Catholic University. And 311 students will study at the university’s 16 master’s degree programs.

In a situation of demographic crisis and a general decrease in the number of school graduates in our country, such a level of trust in the university from young people deserves great appreciation.

Certain programs are particularly popular among incoming students and enjoy full groups: among bachelor’s degree programs: Computer Sciences (50 of 50), Psychology (30 of 30), Philology (30 of 30), Sociology (29 of 30), Ethics-Politics-Economics (40 of 40), and IT and Business Analysis (27 of 27); among master’s degree programs: Innovations and Entrepreneurship (28 of 30), Clinical Psychology on the Basis of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (32 of 30), Journalism (30 of 30), and Media Communications (25 of 25).

Throughout the last year, the university, on the one hand, continued to grow actively and to develop. On the other, the team made efforts to review, improve, and provide new content and quality to the processes that happen at the level of management and also the content of programs. The importance of this approach is well demonstrated by the university’s admissions campaign and its results: a number of absolutely new interdisciplinary programs like Ethics-Politics-Economics (Faculty of Social Sciences) and Business Analysis (Faculty of Applied Sciences) managed to attract outstanding new students.

In general, 41% of incoming first-year students in bachelor’s degree programs in 2017 belong to the country’s top 5% of school graduates, according to the results of the profile independent testing exam. And 57% of incoming students of the Faculty of Applied Sciences are in the top 5%.

Among master’s degree programs, the UCU law program made an important step: it’s in first place in the rating of its incoming students, according to the average rating of points in independent testing.

39% of first-year bachelor’s degree students received full or partial scholarships to cover their education. In particular, with the support of noted business consultant and friend of UCU Adrian Slywotzky and his family, this year: 23 incoming students received “Scholarship+,” which requires not only a high average score in independent testing, 185 out of 200 points, but also participation in a contest by specialization; 40 students received an annual scholarship; also 44 for rating and 20 based on financial need.