UFU announces scholarships

MUNICH - The German state scholarship fund Hanns Seidel Stiftung will provide several full scholarships for Ukrainian doctoral candidates at the Ukrainian Free University (UFU) here. The scholarships will run for two years for each student beginning on April 1.

On January 26, the president of the university, Prof. Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky, and the dean of the faculty of law and socio-economic sciences, Prof. Dr. Alexander Zyznewski, came to an agreement with Mr. Niedermaier, head of the scholarship fund, to provide financial support for top Ukrainian students. They will work on projects with German doctoral candidates from the University of Munich. The UFU has established ties with several German universities.

The German Bavarian government has been very supportive of the UFU. Secretary of Education and Research Dr. Hans Zehetmaier, has stated that the Ukrainian Free University is highly regarded and very important to Ukrainians and those interested in Ukraine.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 21, 1999, No. 12, Vol. LXVII

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