On December 29, 2020 a meeting of the working (project) group of the educational and scientific program 015 Vocational Education with the participation of Doctors of Pedagogical Sciences, Professors of the Department of Pedagogy Koycheva Tetyana Ivanivna and Osipova Tetyana Yuriyivna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Olga Anatoliyivna Galitsan took place. The discussion was joined by the Head of the Department of Pedagogy, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Iryna Anatoliyivna Knyazheva. The meeting was devoted to the analysis and discussion of the dynamics of training of applicants for educational and scientific level in the specialty 015 Vocational Education (candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy). The members of the project group expressed their position on the state of preparation of dissertation research, presented their views on the procedure and content of pre-defense graduate student of the Department of Pedagogy Orda Kateryna Serhiivna. The opinions and suggestions expressed were useful in the work of both supervisors and graduate students.

The instrumental ensemble of the Faculty of Music and Choreography of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D.Ushynsky consisting of students Zhuan Xin, Li Hunyan, Di Tanchao and Hanna Grabovska became the winner of the first degree at the Canadian-Ukrainian Festival of Children's and Youth Creativity 2020 "Instrumental genre". The festival was held in partnership with Canadian Children’s Art Foundation and with the support of Kyiv Free Economic Zone. The contestants were evaluated by an international jury consisting of well-known cultural and artistic figures, organizers of international festivals in Canada, France, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Macedonia, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Montenegro.

On December 24, 2020, a round table "ILS technology in the educational process in physics in secondary education institutions" was held at the state institution "South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky" within the project of the EU ERASMUS + program "MoPED - Modernization of higher pedagogical education innovative teaching tools ”(№586098-EPP-1-2017-1-UA-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP).

Ushynsky University traditionally summed up the results of the Competition based on the results of professional activity at the end of the year.

As part of an international project to create a network of university think tanks, on December 23, 2020, the Center for Socio-Political Research "POLITICUS" of Ushynsky University organized a focus group to discuss the results of analytical research "Local policy after the reset of government due to municipal elections in 2020". applicants for higher education and lecturers of Ushynsky University (heads of Doctor of Political Science, Professor G. Muzychenko and Candidate of Political Science, Professor S. Rostetska).

On December 23, 2020 a round table was held on the topic: "Ukraine and the world: results of 2020" with the participation of teachers of the Department of Political Science and Law (Prof. Naumkina S.M., Prof. Gedikova N.P., Assoc. Prof. Rostetska S.I. ., senior lecturer, Pronoza I.I.) and the applicants for higher education 1-4 years of study specialty 052 "Political Science" of the State Institution "South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after  K.D. Ushynsky".

On December 21, 2020, the State Institution “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky” hosted an information meeting “Innovative classrooms” within the project of the EU ERASMUS + program “MoPED - Modernization of higher pedagogical education using innovative teaching tools” (№586098- EPP-1-2017-1-UA-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP).