The Faculty of Foreign Languages originated in 1938, when the Department of Foreign Languages of Odessa Pedagogical Institute was founded. The Faculty of Foreign Languages was established in 2001 as part of the Institute of World Languages (2001−2014) at South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky. Since September 2017, the Dean of the Faculty has been Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor Oleksandra Volodymyrivna Popova.
Tel.: 731-14-21; 732-59-95
Currently, the faculty unites three departments:
− The Department of Germanic Philology and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages (Chairperson – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Professor Yeremenko Tetiana Yevstafiivna, tel.: 32-46-69);
– The Department of Translation and Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (Chairperson – Doctor of Philology, Professor Korolova Tetiana Mykhailivna, tel.: 732-47-90);
– The Department of Western and Eastern Languages and their Teaching Methods (Chairperson – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Yumrukuz Anastasiia Anatoliivna, tel.: 716-59-13).
The Faculty of Foreign Languages provides training for applicants for higher education at the first (bachelor's) level of education in specialties 014 Secondary Education (Language and Literature (English / Chinese / Korean / Turkish) and 035 Philology (specializations: 035.041 – Germanic Languages and Literatures) (translation included), major – English and 035.065 – Oriental Languages and Literatures (translation included), major – Chinese) alongside at the second (master's) level of education in specialties 014 Secondary Education (Language and Literature (English)) and 035 Philology (specialization: 035.041 – Germanic Languages and Literatures) (translation included), major – English).
Upon graduating, the graduates are awarded the appropriate education degree (“bachelor” / “master”).
The educational process provides full-time and part-time forms of education. The training of future specialists is carried out in accordance with the programs developed by the faculty members and approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The educational process is provided by leading lecturers of the relevant departments of the faculty and university, as well as lecturers from America, England, China, Korea, Turkey, Germany and Israel.
Both Ukrainian citizens and overseas students from Turkey, China, Turkmenistan, America and other countries study at the faculty. Other foreign languages are optionally taught at the faculty. The Faculty of Foreign Languages closely cooperates with Harbin Engineering University in the framework of the Confucius Institute International Project, maintains business contacts with Fatih University (Turkey), Dresden University of Technology (Germany), Ariel University (Israel) and Gyeongin National University of Education (Korea). The Faculty of
Foreign Languages has these centres: the Education and Culture Centre “Confucius Institute” (it was recognized as the best in the world by international experts in 2016), the Education Science Information and Culture Centers of the Republic of Korea and the State of Israel, the Center for Multilevel Linguistic Training in foreign languages. The international relations of the university provide an opportunity to implement academic mobility programs for Ukrainian students in foreign universities (China, Korea, Germany, USA, Turkey).
The faculty regularly conducts work on training highly qualified personnel in the framework of educational-scientific and scientific programs at the educational-scientific (postgraduate / PhD) and scientific (doctoral) levels.
Currently, the faculty members are fruitfully working on the preparation for the accreditation of postgraduate studies in the framework of obtaining a higher education degree “Doctor of Philosophy” in specialty 035 Philology.
From 2008 to 2016, a Specialized Academic Council for the defense of PhD theses in specialties 10.02.15 – General Linguistics and 10.02.16 – Translation Studies functioned at the faculty (Head of the Specialized Academic Council – Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor T. M. Korolova). The Specialized Academic Council K 41.053.04 for the defense of PhD theses in specialty 13.00.02 – Theory and Methods of Teaching (Germanic / Oriental Languages) works successfully. The Specialized Academic Council is headed by Raisa Yuriivna Martynova, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine.
Since 2005, the Faculty has been publishing the Scientific Research Issues of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky: Linguistic Sciences, approved by the State Attestation Commission of Ukraine as a specialized collection of scientific works, where leading scholars of Ushynsky University and philologists from other Ukrainian and foreign universities publish their research achievements.
The Faculty of Foreign Languages conducts modern research on the basis of the Laboratory of Cognitive and Communicative Research under the guidance of Candidate of Philological Sciences, Professor T. Ye. Yeremenko; the Laboratory of Modern Speech Technologies under the guidance of Doctor of Philology, Professor T. M. Korolova; the Laboratory “Intensive Teaching / Learning of Foreign Languages” under the guidance of Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine R. Yu. Martynova.
Admission to all specialties is carried out in accordance with the rules of admission to the university (see the section ”Admissions Committee”).
Contacts:
34 Staroportofrankivska Str., 65020, Odesa, Ukraine
Tel.: 732-59-95, 731-09-15. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Departments
The Department of Translation, Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
The Department of Translation, Theoretical and Applied Linguistics was founded in 2002.
The academic staff consists of 13 members, including 2 Doctors of Science, professors and 7 Candidates of Science, associate professors.
The department provides professional training in Speciality 035 Philology, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
The range of academic interests of the staff of the department covers General, Typological, Comparative and Applied Linguistics, Translation Studies.
The Department offers a PhD postgraduate training program and is accredited for defending PhD theses.
The department contributes to academic publishing. The collection of scientific works “Scientific Research Issues of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky: Linguistic Sciences” is published twice a year. The collection of scientific works highlights the actual issues of Linguistics, presents a wide range of scientific research achievements of domestic and foreign researchers. The collection is included in the list of scientific professional editions of Ukraine.
