Aim
The aim of the Department of Regional Studies and International Tourism is to train highly qualified and competitive specialists in the field of international relations, public communications and regional studies, including experts in the development and functioning of countries and international regions, as well as to be a scientific and educational component of the Faculty of International Relations as one of the greatest schools of international relations in Ukraine.
Vision: Establishment of the Department of Regional Studies and International Tourism as a well-known center for training specialists in the field of international relations, public communications and regional studies, as well as the scientific center for research of countries and international regions.
Goals
Strategic goals of the Department of Regional Studies and International Tourism:
Increasing the educational capacity of the department by introducing new master’s programs “International Project Management”. “International tourism”, preparation of educational and methodological publications for providing courses taught by the department’s staff, among other electronic versions for the purpose of introducing distance learning, preparation and introduction of new courses for the study of the regions “Central and Eastern Europe” and “Northern Europe”
Increasing the scientific potential of the department:
Increase in the number of teachers of the department who have a Ph.D.
(defense of at least 3 theses during the years 2020-2025)
Together with the Department of Tourism of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv holding an annual scientific international conference “Geography, Economics, Tourism: National and International Experience”, to prepare a collective monograph on the results of the research topic “Regions in International Relations” by the staff of the department. Setting up a scientific consortium and writing an international project at the National Science Center of Poland. (Narodowegu Centrum Naukowego) and other European foundations, the introduction of more English-language programs and courses.
Infrastructure development of the Department of Regional Studies and International Tourism: multimedia support to 202 audiences assigned to the department using international programs funds. Use of Internet resources and preparation of the on-line courses by teachers of the department.
Strengthening relations with employers and developing cooperation with relevant departments in Ukraine and abroad. Involvement of foreign teachers into teaching at the Faculty of International Relations of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
Increasing the scientific potential of the department:
Increase in the number of teachers of the department who have a Ph.D.
(defense of at least 3 theses during the years 2020-2025)
Together with the Department of Tourism of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv holding an annual scientific international conference “Geography, Economics, Tourism: National and International Experience”, to prepare a collective monograph on the results of the research topic “Regions in International Relations” by the department’s staff. Setting up a scientific consortium and writing an international project at the National Science Center of Poland. (Narodowegu Centrum Naukowego) and other European foundations, the introduction of more English-language programs and courses
Infrastructure development of the Department of Regional Studies and International Tourism: multimedia support to 202 audiences assigned to the department using international programs funds. Use of Internet resources and preparation of on-line courses of teachers of the department.
Strengthening relations with employers and developing cooperation with relevant departments in Ukraine and abroad. Invitation of Foreign Teachers to Teaching at the Faculty of International Relations of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.