Dear friends, UAСHE needs support for the scientific activities of its faculty. Since the institution does not currently have sufficient funds, it makes it difficult for us to continue our work. At the moment we have 15 Adventist postgraduate students who are dedicated to Adventist science and education in Ukraine. Seven of them are planning to defend their dissertations in the current 2022-23 academic year. Each postgraduate student studies for 4 years in a paid postgraduate school. In addition to the text of the dissertation research, at least 5 articles must be published and 5 conferences must be attended. There are also costs during the thesis defense.

Also, UACHE has 4 doctoral students. The requirements for doctoral students are as follows: 20 profile articles, 6 publications Scopus or Web of Science, participation in 15 conferences with publications of theses.

For each postgraduate and doctoral student, it is necessary to have:

·  relevant publications, each costing on average about $60.

·  articles in scientific journals that are included in the scientometric databases Scopus or Web of Science (this is a prerequisite under Ukrainian law). Average cost per publication is $200.

·  participation in conferences with the publication of abstracts. The average cost per participation is $20.

The total cost of publications per year for all postgraduate and doctoral students is $5,300. And the cost of pre–defense publications is $6,870.

Postgraduate and doctoral students also have to pay for their studies (on average $500 per year for a postgraduate student, and up to $3,000 for a doctoral student). Defending dissertations is also a one-time fee, ranging from $1,000 to $2,500.

Teachers are also required by international accreditation commission to receive training abroad, professional development, including English language training.

In the context that now there are many grants from various organizations and governments of different countries for Ukrainian scientists, can we give an appropriate request for Adventist universities around the world, whether they have such proposals for our Adventist scholars. Perhaps some universities cooperate with scientific journals, which could give the opportunity to make a free publication for our teachers.

The cost of the defense for postgraduate and doctoral students this year will be $20250.

The current year’s tuition for postgraduate and doctoral students is $39050. For the entire period of study of current graduate students tuition will be $61740.

The costs for each postgraduate and doctoral student are listed in the table attached.

We would be grateful for your cooperation.

 

 

Postgraduate student’s name	tuition per year in dollars	publication costs per year in dollars	expenses for the thesis defense in the current year in dollars	tuition until the end of the training period in dollars	pre-defense publication costs in dollars	category	аpproximate defense date
Kuryliak B.I.		350	1000		350	PhD	autumn2023
Kuryliak I.I.		350	1000		350	PhD	autumn2023
Shevchuk A.V.	380	360	1800		360	PhD	winter 2022-23
Ovchatova A.P.	500	180	–	1000	400	PhD	summer 2024
Steshyts I.V.	500	400	2100		400	PhD	spring 2023
Vakulova I.V.	500	220	–	1000	400	PhD	summer 2024
Vasylenko I.I.	500	210	–	1000	350	PhD	summer 2024
Vasylenko O.O.	–	300	–	–	400	PhD	summer 2024
Synchak B.A.	500	440	2200	500	440	PhD	winter 2022
Steshyts A.V.	500	100	2150	500	100	PhD	autumn2023
Bulatov V.A	970	120	2500	970	120	PhD	autumn2023
Kuryliak V.V.	–	200	2200	–	200	Doctor	spring 2023
Dudarets V.M.	600	700	2500	600	700	Doctor	winter 2023
Livak P.Y.	3000	350	2500	3000	350	Doctor	summer 2023
Romanchuk S.M.	2000	400	2100	2000	400	Doctor	summer 2023
Shutko S.L.	500	160	–	1500	400	PhD	summer 2025
Ivonchak N.D.	500	140	–	1500	350	PhD	summer 2025
Pedko A.A.	500	160	–	1500	400	PhD	summer 2025
Nosova O.V.	250	160	–	750	400	PhD	summer 2025
Total	11700	5300	22050	15820	6870
for the current year	39050			61740	for the entire period of study of current graduate students