Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University

From November 24 to 28, 2025, a delegation from TNTU, including Vice-Rector for International Cooperation Prof. Olena Sorokivska, Prof. Liliya Melnyk, Assoc. Prof. Halyna Kramar, and Assoc. Prof. Nataliya Riznyk, visited Iskenderun Technical University (Turkey).

The visit included productive meetings with the host university’s faculty to discuss key areas of scientific, educational, and international cooperation. The scientists presented reports on strategic academic partnerships, the digital divide in SMEs, tool materials based on TiC, and Ukraine’s “Diia” digital transformation.

The parties outlined promising areas for partnership, including:

• Joint research in engineering, materials science, and economics.
• Participation in international grant programs (Erasmus+ (Jean Monnet), Horizon Europe, Creative Europe).
• Expansion of academic mobility and the creation of joint educational programs and summer schools.
• Organization of international conferences focused on digital transformation and sustainable development.

Special thanks were extended to Lect. Murat Turkmenoglu, Erasmus Office Coordinator, for the warm reception and organization.