The Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines of Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine was renamed the Department of International and Private Law of Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Order No. 76-OD of 26 September 2025).
The Department of International and Private Law at Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has 24 academic staff members, including: professors (O. D. Bezzubov, O. O. Bryhinets, S. Ya. Fursa and Ye. I. Fursa), associate professors (I. V. Atamanchuk, I. P. Bakhnovska, M. M. Huchko, N. K. Isaieva, M. M. Ihoshyn, Yu. H. Korostashyvets, N. V. Linnyk, O. V. Melnychenko, L. V. Polunina, O. A. Radzivill, M. M. Sychuk and L. M. Shatalova), senior lecturers (O. A. Bilous, O. A. Lysak and M. V. Ponomarenko) and a lecturer (A. O. Pekar).
The Department’s strong professional expertise is reflected in its membership, which includes: four Honoured Lawyers of Ukraine (Yu. L. Boshytskyi, V. P. Pylypenko, I. M. Sopilko and S. Ya. Fursa); the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania in Poltava Region, who also advises Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications on international humanitarian law (V. P. Pylypenko); and a member of the Scientific Advisory Councils of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (I. M. Sopilko).
Associate Professor I. I. Vashchynets, Candidate of Legal Sciences; Senior Lecturer M. V. Ponomarenko, PhD in Law; and Lecturer A. O. Pekar, Candidate of Legal Sciences, combine teaching and research with legal practice as advocates..
The Department of International and Private Law conducts intellectual and creative work in higher education and research to develop, share and apply knowledge, skills and other competencies among students studying at the first (Bachelor’s), second (Master’s) and third (PhD) levels of higher education in the specialities 081 ‘Law’, D8 ‘Law’, 293 ‘International Law’ and D9 ‘International Law’.
The Department of International and Private Law at Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine:
- Provides teaching in international law, European Union law, civil law and civil procedure, family law, private international law, labour law and social security law, commercial law and commercial procedure, land law and many other subjects — both compulsory and elective courses within the Department’s remit, as provided for by the professional and research-oriented educational programmes in Law and International Law;
- Conducts research in the Department’s subject areas;
- Enhances professional expertise and teaching skills;
- Upholds professional teaching ethics, respects students’ dignity, fosters their commitment to Ukraine and instils respect for the Constitution and national symbols;;
- Develops students’ and doctoral researchers’ independence, initiative and creativity;
- Complies with the requirements of the Laws of Ukraine ‘On Education’ and ‘On Higher Education’, and other regulations governing educational activities, including the internal regulations of Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
In addition, most members of the Department of International and Private Law pursue professional activities through participation in professional and/or civic associations.
- Department Management
- Academic Staff
- Educational and methodical work
- Courses
- Elective Courses
- Department Documents
Rehushevskyi
Eduard YevhenovychHead of the Department of International and Private Law, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor
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Rehushevskyi
Eduard YevhenovychHead of the Department of International and Private Law, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor
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Svitlana
FursaDoctor of Legal Sciences, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of International and Private Law
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Bryhinets
Oleksandr OleksiiovychDoctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Professor at the Department of International and Private Law.
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Vashchynets
Ivan IvanovychCandidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines
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Nataliia
IsaievaCandidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines
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Bezzubov
Dmytro OleksandrovychDoctor of Legal Sciences, Professor at the Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines
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Melnychenko
Oksana ViktorivnaCandidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines of KUL NASU.
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Yevhenii
FursaCandidate of Legal Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines
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Maksym
Mykhailovych IhoshynCandidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines
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Larysa
ShatalovaCandidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of International and Private Law
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Huchko
Mariia MykhailivnaAssociate Professor in the Department of International and Private Law
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Anastasiia
PekarCandidate of Legal Sciences, Lecturer at the Department of International and Private Law
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Bilous
Oksana AnatoliivnaSenior Lecturer, Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines
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Iryna
AtamanchukCandidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines
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Iryna
BakhnovskaCandidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines
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Mykhailo
PonomarenkoDoctor of Philosophy in Law, Senior Lecturer at the Department of International and Private Law
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The educational and methodological work of the department is carried out in the following areas:
- improvement of working training programs in disciplines;
- making appropriate changes to work programs in accordance with changes in current legislation and recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;
- development and preparation for printing of textbooks, methodical guides and recommendations for all academic disciplines of the department;
- preparation of individual work plans of department teachers and their approval;
- control over adherence to the schedule of consultations, individual work by teachers of the department;
- preparation by teachers of complex control works in order to determine the level of residual knowledge of students;
- listening to teachers’ reports on the implementation of individual plans, which provide for all types of teacher’s work
Achieving the set goal presupposes the determination of the following main tasks facing the department:
- structural development of the department in accordance with the needs of the educational process and scientific activity of the university;
- the study of world scientific achievements and trends in the development of legal science and, based on them, the improvement of the quality of scientific research carried out at the department;
- strengthening the scientific and pedagogical potential of the department of international law and comparative jurisprudence by encouraging employees to carry out scientific and research activities and, on its basis, to prepare educational and methodological literature to ensure the relevant educational disciplines taught;
- raising the level of educational services for the training of highly qualified legal specialists of the appropriate educational levels who possess deep theoretical and applied knowledge and are able to use them in their further professional activities and are competitive in the modern labor market;
- creation of appropriate conditions for the harmonious development of the personality of the future legal specialist, formation of high moral qualities, respect for the law, patriotism and social responsibility;
- ensuring and protecting the rights and interests of higher education applicants, in particular regarding the organization of the educational process;
- promotion of educational, scientific and creative activities of higher education students by organizing scientific, mass cultural, sports, health and other events;
- promotion of a healthy lifestyle, safe behavior, prevention of offenses committed by students of higher education;
- intensification of the work of the curatorship institute and the headship of academic groups;
- establishing and maintaining relations with the management of law faculties of other educational institutions;
- the participation of the department in the international activities of the university, in particular: the implementation of permanent measures for the development and strengthening of mutually beneficial international scientific cooperation within the framework of bilateral and multilateral agreements of the faculty with scientific institutions and organizations of foreign countries and strengthening the ties of the department’s teachers with scientists of the world’s leading universities; participation of the department’s teachers in international and all-Ukrainian scientific, scientific-practical, scientific-methodological conferences, seminars, symposia, etc., as well as student Olympiads, competitions with the aim of attracting the most capable students to scientific and research work, expanding and deepening the sphere of scientific interests of the department’s teachers; implementation of the university’s international cooperation plans with foreign partners in the field of educational, methodological and scientific work in accordance with the agreements concluded by the university.
The strategic goal of the department is to ensure a high level of teaching of disciplines, constant expansion and updating of special courses, active development and self-improvement of teachers, their participation in scientific life; development of partnership relations with related departments of higher educational institutions of Ukraine.
Syllabi of Compulsory Courses of the “Law” Educational Programme
Administrative law
Administrative proceedings
Executive proceedings
Commercial law
Commercial procedural law
Environmental law
Constitutional law of Ukraine
International Law
European Union law
Family law
Labor law and social security law
Civil law. General part
Civil law. A special part
Civil process
Syllabi of Elective Courses of the “Law” Educational Programme
Bar of Ukraine
Administrative responsibility
Alternative dispute resolution methods
Banking law
Housing right
Land law
Foreign economic activity
Informational law
Competition law
Customs law
International private law
Local self-government in Ukraine
Municipal law
Notary in Ukraine
Tax law
Intellectual property right
Legal principles of state registration of land rights
Public administration
Inheritance law
Insurance law
Financial law
Legal support of business disputes
Syllabi of Compulsory Courses of the “International Law” Educational Programme
Production practice
Introduction to the "International Law" specialty
International private law
International public law
International relations and world politics
International legal mechanisms for the protection of human rights
Fundamentals of civil law and procedure
European Union law
Law of international security
Syllabi of Elective Courses of the “International Law” Educational Programme
Alternative dispute resolution methods
Diplomatic protocol and etiquette
Conflictology and negotiation theory
Customs law
Migration law of the European Union
International information and information-analytical activity in international relations
International economic law
International space law
International maritime law
International legal regulation of business
International labor law
International business
International commercial arbitration
International economic relations
International legal responsibility in modern international law
Local self-government in the countries of the European Union
Comparative administrative law
Comparative tax law
The law of international negotiations
Legal regulation of banking activity in the EU
Legal regulation of foreign economic activity
Roman state and civil law
Insurance law
Financial law
Selective academic disciplines of OPP D8 "Law" for the 2025-2026 academic year
The second (master's) level of higher education in 2026 (chosen by 1st-year students)
Actual issues of labor law
Protection of consumer rights
International humanitarian law
International financial law
National and foreign corporate law
National and foreign insurance law
Legal regulation of business relations
Legal forms of settlement of civil and commercial disputes
Selective academic subjects of OPP D9 "International Law" for the 2025-2026 academic year
The second (master's) level of higher education in 2026 (chosen by 1st-year students)
Protection of consumer rights
International financial law
National and foreign corporate law
National and foreign insurance law
Legal regulation of business relations