The training of highly qualified scientific personnel at the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is carried out through full-time postgraduate studies. Leading scientists of the Institute, in close cooperation with educators and scientists from higher education institutions and scientific institutions in Ukraine and abroad, are actively involved in the development and implementation of educational and scientific programs for the training of PhD candidates. Educational and scientific programs are developed taking into account current trends in the development of specialties and the labor market, which indicate the need to train highly qualified scientists who have the necessary knowledge, modern methods of chemical and biological research and analysis of the results obtained, and are able to propose and implement scientific projects and publish their results in high-ranking scientific journals. Doctoral students studying at the Institute at the expense of the State Budget of Ukraine are provided with a monthly scholarship. Postgraduate students have the opportunity to continue fundamental and applied research under the guidance of highly qualified staff of the Institute, participate in various grants and international programs.

The condition for admission to the entrance examinations is the successful completion of the EIT in research methodology in 2025 and the successful completion of the EIT in 2023, 2024, or 2025 with a score of at least 150 points for each of its blocks.

To participate in the competitive selection for postgraduate studies, you must collect and submit the following documents:

1. Application addressed to the director, indicating your address, contact phone number, and e-mail.
2. Employee questionnaire (personal data sheet).
3. Autobiography.
4. A certified copy of your diploma from a higher education institution. Diploma supplement.
5. Medical certificate form 086-o.
6. Results of the Unified Entrance Exam (UEE).
7. Results of the Unified Professional Entrance Exam (UPEE) in research methodology.
8. Research proposal in the chosen specialty (2 copies).
9. Four 3×4 cm photographs.
10. Excerpt from the protocol-recommendation for postgraduate studies (if available).
11. List of published scientific works and inventions; copies of published articles/abstracts (if available).
12. A copy of an identity document as required by the Law of Ukraine “On the Unified State Demographic Register and Documents Confirming Citizenship, Identity, or Special Status.”
13. A copy of the certificate of assignment of an identification number.
14. A copy of the military registration document.
15. A copy of the employment record book, certified by the place of employment (if available).
16. A statement of consent to the collection and processing of personal data.

Passport, diploma and diploma supplement on the previously obtained educational degree (educational and qualification level) and military registration document shall be submitted by applicants in person.

The selection of a scientific supervisor is based on the main areas of his/her scientific research (see the section of the website “Departments”). List of potential scientific supervisors

More details about the rules for admission to postgraduate studies.

The Admissions Committee of the Institute operates in accordance with the “Regulations on the Admissions Committee of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine” and Order No. 1085 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated October 15, 2015.

Documents from applicants will be accepted from August 25 to September 10, 2025, at the following address: 1 Akademika Kukharia St., Kyiv (Lisova metro station), room 214.

Contact person:

Galina Ivanivna Gupalova

Department of Scientific and Organizational Work and Intellectual Property

02094, Ukraine, Kyiv, Akademika Kukharia St., 1

+38 (068) 902 9390

g.gupalova@gmail.com

Entrance exam programs

Specialty E3 Chemistry

Specializations

“Bioorganic Chemistry” Entrance exam program (Ukr.) (Eng.).

“Petrochemistry and Carbon Chemistry” Entrance exam program (Ukr.) (Eng.).

Specialty E1 Biology and Biochemistry

“Bioorganic Chemistry” Entrance Examination Program (Ukr.) (Eng.).

Additional entrance examination programs

(for applicants entering graduate studies in a field of knowledge (specialty) other than that indicated in their master’s (specialist) diploma).

Specialty E3 Chemistry

“Organic Chemistry”

Specialty E1 Biology and Biochemistry

“Biochemistry”

Educational activities at the V.P. Kukhary Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine are carried out in accordance with accredited educational and scientific programs: “Bioorganic Chemistry; Petrochemistry and Coal Chemistry” (specialty E3 ‘Chemistry’), “Bioorganic Chemistry” (E1 “Biology and Biochemistry”).

Educational and scientific program “Bioorganic Chemistry; Petrochemistry and Carbon Chemistry” in specialty E3 ‘Chemistry’ (Ukr.) (Eng.).

Educational and scientific program “Bioorganic Chemistry” in specialty E1 “Biology and Biochemistry” (Ukr.) (Eng.).

The selection of a scientific supervisor is based on the main areas of his scientific research.

List of potential scientific supervisors –

E3 “Chemistry” Field of scientific activity

Volodymyr Brovarets – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.10. – Bioorganic Chemistry.

Andrii Vovk  – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Advisor to the Directorate of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.10. – Bioorganic Chemistry.

Serhii Konovalov – Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 02.00.13 – Petrochemistry and Coal Chemistry.

Vitaliy Yevdokimenko – Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Head of the Department of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.13 – Petrochemistry and Carbon Chemistry.

Oleg Smoliy – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Protein and Peptide Chemistry of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.10. – Bioorganic Chemistry.

Oleksandr Pud – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Chemistry of Functional Materials of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.06 – Chemistry of High Molecular Compounds 02.00.04 – Physical Chemistry.

Oleksiy Kachkovsky – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.03 – Organic Chemistry.

Lyubov Patryliak – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Catalytic Synthesis of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.13 – Petrochemistry and Carbon Chemistry.

Igor Gerus – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Head of the Department of Fine Organic Synthesis of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.08 – Chemistry of Organoelement Compounds.

Oleksandr Golovchenko – Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.10 – Bioorganic Chemistry.

Oleg Shablykin – Ph.D., Senior Researcher of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.10 – Bioorganic Chemistry

Stepan Pilio – Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.03 – Organic Chemistry.

Mykhailo Frasyniuk – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Senior Researcher of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.03 – Organic Chemistry, 02.00.10. – Bioorganic Chemistry.

List of potential scientific advisors – E1 “Biology and Biochemistry”

Volodymyr  Kravets – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Metabolism Regulation of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03.00.04 – Biochemistry, 02.00.10 – Bioorganic Chemistry.

Larysa Metelytsia – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor,  Head of the Department of Medical and Biological Research of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.10 – Bioorganic Chemistry.

Viktoria Tsygankova  – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Leading Researcher, Department of Chemistry of Bioactive Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Bases of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03.00.20 – Biotechnology.

Mykhailo Derevianchuk – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.10 – Bioorganic Chemistry.

Diana Нodina  – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.10 – Bioorganic Chemistry.

Igor Pokotilo – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher of the V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 02.00.10 – Bioorganic Chemistry.