List of Universities Helping Ukrainian Students
Many universities have expressed willingness to offer support to Ukrainians working and studying abroad as well as to students and academics who have already fled the country. The support is mainly academic, financial, legal advice.
When Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the education sector worldwide acted quickly, offering support to Ukrainian universities, students, educators, and scholars, affected by the war in their country.
Before the war began, Ukraine was itself a favored study destination among international students. According to data gathered by the education search platform Erudera, there were 80,470 international students in Ukraine in 2019.
With days passing by, more universities, student organizations, and alumni, as well as educational institutions, are coming together to ensure that Ukrainian students and staff can manage to flee the country and continue education in other countries in the world.
The list below shows universities worldwide that are helping Ukrainian students and educators. The type of help these universities are offering is mainly academic support, counseling services, free tuition, meals, and more.
Data by the Institute of International Education (IIE) indicate that more than 6,500 Ukrainian and Russian students attended college and grad school in the United States during the last academic year.
List of Universities Helping Ukrainian Students
Last Updated: 20th July, 2022
Note: Our team is gathering all information related to universities that are offering help to displaced Ukrainian students including the type of help they are providing, for anyone who might need it, in times of hardship. Reporting and sharing this information is the least we can do. If you want to contribute to this list or would like to get in touch please contact [email protected].
| Country | University | Type of help | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | University of Melbourne | counseling and other assistance | https://www.unimelb.edu.au/ |
| Australia | Australian National University | counselling and psychological services, study support | https://www.anu.edu.au/ |
| Australia | University of Sydney | special consideration, peer support, and counseling | https://www.sydney.edu.au/ |
| Australia | University of Queensland | counseling and other assistance | https://www.uq.edu.au/ |
| Australia | University of Western Australia | counseling and other assistance | https://www.uwa.edu.au/home |
| Australia | University of Adelaide | access to advisors, counseling services, and peer support | https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ |
| Australia | Monash University | mental health support, accessing and maintaining studies, financial assistance | https://www.monash.edu/ |
| Australia | UNSW Sydney | counseling and other aid | https://www.unsw.edu.au/ |
| Austria | University of Graz | tuition fees waived | https://refugees.uni-graz.at/en/ |
| Bulgaria | Varna University of Management | free Bulgarian language lessons for those wishing to stay in the country, accommodation and meals | https://vum.bg/ |
| Bulgaria | Sofia University | donation campaign to raise funds, accommodation, psychological support | https://www.uni-sofia.bg/ |
| Bulgaria | American University in Bulgaria | fundraising campaign, financial aid, room and board, English language Instructions, on-site support. | http://www.aubg.edu/ |
| Canada | University of Toronto | financial assistance and mental health support | https://www.utoronto.ca/ |
| Canada | McGill University | counselling services, professional mental health support | https://www.mcgill.ca/ |
| Canada | University of Alberta | financial support, counselling and clinical services | https://www.ualberta.ca/ukraine.html |
| Croatia | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zagreb | free tuition, free meals, counseling services, completion of clinical practice, academic and psychological counseling | http://www.vef.unizg.hr/ |
| Czech Republic | The University of South Bohemia | extraordinary and social scholarships, accommodation | https://www.jcu.cz/cz/ |
| Czech Republic | Masaryk University | special scholarships, financial aid, accommodation, jobs opportunity at MU, psychological helpline | https://www.muni.cz |
| Denmark | University of Southern Denmark (SDU) | counseling, admission services | https://www.sdu.dk/da |
| Finland | University of Helsinki, Finland | support for health and wellbeing grants the right to complete non-degree studies | https://www.helsinki.fi/en |
| Finland | University of Eastern Finland, Finland | admission of 20 students, grants to cover the living costs and as travel expenses | https://www.uef.fi/en |
| Finland | Aalto University | study places and scholarships | https://www.aalto.fi/en/ |
| France | Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 | Ukrainian researchers, their families, and doctoral students are welcomed within the framework of the "PAUSE" program and the continuation of studies for one hundred Ukrainian students. | https://www.univ-lyon1.fr/ |
| France | Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University | emergency relief fund, individual and psychological support, and the possibility to 25 Ukrainian students to enroll in Lyon 3 as part of the Diploma of French University Studies (DEUF). | https://www.univ-lyon3.fr |
| France | Jean-Monnet University | scholarships, training courses for non-French speaking students, support for professors, lecturers, and researchers within the PAUSE program | https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr/ |
| Germany | Technical University of Munich, Germany | financial support, counseling services, studies, and application support | https://www.tum.de/ |
| Germany | Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany | financial support, residence permit support, other administrative matters | https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en |
| Germany | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany | counseling, fundraising | https://www.lmu.de/de |
| Germany | Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany | accommodation, job and funding opportunities | https://www.fu-berlin.de/ |
| Germany | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany | scholarship programs, opportunities to get involved at the HU | https://www.hu-berlin.de/de |
| Germany | Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) | financial support via “Berlin-Ukraine” aid fund, reimburse fees for German courses | https://www.tu.berlin/ |
| Germany | TU Dresden | financial aid, mental health support, free consultations with Refugee Law Clinic, study and career support | https://tu-dresden.de/ |
| Germany | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität | counseling, admission services, student services | https://www.fau.eu/ |
| Germany | University of Hohenheim | academic support, counseling services, fundraising | http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/ |
| Global | University of the People | University of the People announced its initiative to provide 1,000 Ukrainian students with scholarships to pursue their studies online. | https://www.uopeople.edu/ |
| Hungary | Budapest Semmelweis University, Hungary | free education until the conflict ends, job opportunities to medical staff | https://semmelweis.hu/ |
| Italy | University of Padua | scholarships, accommodations, and boarding | https://www.unipd.it/ |
| Japan | Kyoto University of Advanced Science | full-tuition scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students, living expense support, career counseling, Japanese language lessons, researcher placement | https://www.kuas.ac.jp/en/ |
| Lithuania | Vilnius University | psychological support, scholarships, tuition and dormitory fee exemptions | https://www.vu.lt/en/support-to-ukraine |
| Norway | University of Bergen | mental health support, Chaplaincy support | https://www.uib.no/en |
| Poland | University of Wrocław | offering forms of support through service “University of Wrocław with help for Ukraine and Ukrainian students” | https://uni.wroc.pl/en/ |
| Portugal | University of Minho | admission of 25 students, Portuguese language classes | https://www.uminho.pt/EN/ |
| Spain | University of Granada | transfer studies and extend residence permit | https://www.uib.no/en |
| Sweden | Stockholm University | support during study time, counselor services, workshops and other activities | https://www.su.se/english/ |
| Sweden | Karolinska Institute | individual support, advice by phone, lunch seminars on stress management, speech anxiety, etc. | https://ki.se/en |
| Switzerland | ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland | interest-free loans or scholarships, psychological help, admission of Ukrainian researchers and students | https://ethz.ch/de.html |
| Switzerland | The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland | counseling services, spiritual care service, financial support | https://www.epfl.ch/en/ |
| United Kingdom | University of Oxford, UK | academic, welfare, financial support | https://www.ox.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | University of Cambridge, UK | counseling, financial and wellbeing support | https://www.cam.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | Imperial College London, UK | wellbeing service, study support | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | The University of Edinburgh, UK | safe repatriation of all affected students, financial support, study support | https://www.ed.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | The University of Manchester, UK | hosting asylum seekers and refugees, mental health and wellbeing services, financial support, study support | https://www.manchester.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | King’s College London, UK | hardship funding, counselling, online support, study support | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK | academic, financial, wellbeing, halls of residence support and more | https://www.lse.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | The University of Warwick, UK | wellbeing support services, personal tutor, student funding, chaplaincy, global connection community, student union, visa support | https://warwick.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | University of Glasgow, UK | hardship funds, wellbeing support | https://www.gla.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | University of Worcester | ||
| United Kingdom | University of Lincoln | study and work support, bursaries to cover living costs, package of support including full tuition fee waiver, and accommodation bursary | https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/ukrainesupportappeal/ |
| United Kingdom | University of Nottingham | humanitarian, mental health and wellbeing support, Ukrainians on study visas in the UK will have their visas temporarily extended or can switch onto different visa routes | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | University College London | mental health and wellbeing support, financial support through UCL’s Financial Assistance Fund | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ |
| United Kingdom | University of York | welfare and financial support (the University is enabling contributions through Equal Access Fund giving page) | https://www.york.ac.uk/ |
| United States | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | academic support, food security, financial resources | https://www.mit.edu/ |
| United States | Harvard University | launching UkraineTakeShelter.com website to help Ukrainian refugees connect with people who are willing to host them | https://www.harvard.edu/ |
| United States | University of Chicago | gathering spaces, events, and counseling | https://www.uchicago.edu/ |
| United States | University of Pennsylvania | student intervention services, student counseling | https://www.upenn.edu/ |
| United States | Yale University | financial aid, resources for mental health and other needs, free consultations with an attorney, temporary teaching and research position, career guidance | https://www.yale.edu/ |
| United States | Columbia University | welcoming students and scholars at Columbia campuses | https://www.columbia.edu/ |
| United States | Brown University | funds, guidance, fundraising campaigns | https://www.brown.edu/ |
| United States | Santa Monica College | financial support, wellness, and psychological services, food and housing resources, student jobs, and technology resources. | https://www.smc.edu/ |
| United States | University of Chicago | full-tuition scholarships for undergraduate students, increased financial support, preparation for college applications | https://www.uchicago.edu/ |
| United States | Hampton University | free room, board and tuition to Ukrainian and international students studying in Ukraine | https://www.hamptonu.edu/ |
