University Board of Overseers

The development of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, creation and implementation of programs on its interaction with partner foreign institutions of higher education largely depend on the activities of the Board of Overseers, which not only ensures the University's functioning as a national institution, but also controls scientific and educational activities carried out on the basis of autonomy, self-government, and interaction with public authorities and local self-government in Ukraine. The decisions of the Board of Overseers, adopted within its competence, are aimed at the development of Karazin University as a modern national institution of higher education and are mandatory for consideration by the institution’s administration. They are taken into account during the control by relevant public authorities.

The competence of the Board of Overseers includes the following issues: promoting the implementation of the strategy of long-term development of the institution; popularizing its achievements in research and education; assisting the University administration in implementing state policy in higher education and science; supervising property management; attracting financial resources to ensure the University’s activity and monitoring their use; ensuring effective interaction of the institution with public authorities, scientific community, socio-political and commercial organizations; participating in the creation of educational, scientific, financial strategy and development prospects of the University; assisting in the creation and development of modern material and technical facilities and social infrastructure; proposing amendments to the Charter for consideration by the Academic Board, etc.

The tasks of the Board of Overseers, its powers and rights, organizational issues regarding the activities of its members are enshrined in the Regulations on the Board of Overseers of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. These Regulations are developed on the basis of the Laws of Ukraine "On Education", "On Higher Education", and the University Charter. The Regulations on the University Board of Overseers are adopted by the Chairman of the Board of Overseers with the approval of the University Academic Board. The term of office of the Board of Overseers is 5 years. Its composition is elected by the University Academic Board and approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The University employees cannot be members of the Board of Overseers.

The organizational form of the Board of Overseers’ work is meetings held at least once a year. The decisions of the Board of Overseers are adopted by a majority of its members. In the event of a tied vote, the Chairman's vote is decisive. The decisions of the Board of Overseers are documented in the minutes, which are signed by the chairman of the meeting. They are mandatory for consideration by the University administration.

The Board of Overseers of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University comprises:

Anatolii Zahorodnii — Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Full Professor, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Chairman of the Board;
Leonid Lytvynenko — Adviser to the Directorate of the Radio Astronomical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, Full Professor, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Deputy Chairman of the Board;
Oleksandr Kahanovskyi — Head of AS Capital Management LLC, Secretary of the Board;
Zurab Alasania — journalist, Chairman of the Board of the UA: Public Broadcasting;
Viktor Bariakhtar - Honorary Director of the Institute of Magnetism of the NAS of Ukraine and the MES of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, Full Professor, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics;
Liudmyla Bielova — Director of the Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, Doctor of Sociology, Full Professor
Anatolii Bondarenko— Honorary Consul of the Republic of Slovenia in Kharkiv;
Tetiana Havrysh — President of Inurpolis CJSC, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kharkiv, PhD in Law;
Valentyn Holik — Head of the NGO Kharkiv Club ‘Heneral’;
Viktor Kovtun — Chairman of the Board of the Kharkiv Regional Organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine;
Oleksandr Krasovytskyi — General Director of Folio Publishing House;
Vasyl Kremen — President of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, Full Professor, Doctor of Philosophy;
Oleksii Lohvynenko — Adviser to the General Director of Turboatom PJSC, People's Deputy of Ukraine of V and VI convocations, PhD in Political Science;
Yurii Sapronov — founder of the Yuri Sapronov Kharkiv City Charitable Foundation;
Volodymyr Semynozhenko — Head of the Northeastern Research Center of the NAS of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, Full Professor, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics;
Maksym Strikha — Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, Full Professor, Professor of the School of Radiophysics, Electronics and Computer Systems of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics;
Taras Finikov — President of the International Charitable Foundation “International Foundation for Education Policy Research”, Full Professor, PhD in History;
Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi — founder, owner and President of the DCH Group, Karazin University Doctor Honoris Causa, PhD in Engineering.