Ushynsky University has presented a unique educational and methodological course "E-Governance and E-Democracy" in 15 parts, prepared with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation within the framework of the program "E-Governance for the Accountability of Government and Community Participation" implemented by the Eastern Europe Foundation and the InnovaBridge Foundation jointly with the State Agency for E-Government of Ukraine.

December 15, 2018, with the support of the Educational and Cultural Center "Confucius Institute" of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky, the opening ceremony of the world-wide exhibition of the famous Chinese artist Wang Xinyuan "One Belt, One Road" was held at the Museum of Western and Oriental Art.

Congratulations to the graduate student of the Faculty of Music and Choreography Maria Samulyak (class teacher T. N. Tolstova, concertmaster G.P. Pogosyan) with the victory and the title of First Class Laureate in the nomination "Academic Vocal" at the IV International Festival "Musical Power 2018", which took place on December 14 in Odesa..

December 13, 2018, the Department of Educational Institution Administration and Sivil Service conducted a seminar on "The formation of a credit to a public person" with a view to forming and developing managerial competence of future managers in the specialty 073 "Management" and bachelors of the specialty 281 "Public Administration and Management", and also within the vocational guidance work.

December 13, 2018, the training course "Features of the development of communicative skills" was conducted at South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky's by the Office Psychological Service. Its participants have been foreign the 1st year students of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics.

The International Festival of Contest of Arts "New Year’s Consonance-2018" was held on December 10-11 in Chornomorsk. The contest has gathered talented and creative young people from different parts of Ukraine who demonstrated their talents in the following categories: choreography (classical, folk, ballroom and contemporary); vocal - solo (academic, folk, pop); instrumental genre (solo and ensemble performance on a musical instrument).

On the Day of Local Self-Government the students of the specialties "Political Sciences" and "Law" of Ushynsky University at the invitation of the Odesa City Council have visited the Office of Physical Culture and Sport of the Odesa City Council and familiarized with the specifics of the Office's activities, problems and prospects of local self-government in Ukraine.