At Ushynsky University on May 26, 2026, the successful defense of the dissertation of the postgraduate student of the Department of Pedagogy ZHAO ZHUYCHEN on the topic “Formation of intercultural competence of future teachers of philological disciplines in professional training” for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in specialty 011 Educational and pedagogical sciences was held on the Zoom platform. The scientific supervisor is Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Pedagogy of Ushynsky University Osypova Tetyana Yuriivna.

The defense of the dissertation was held at a meeting of a one-time specialized academic council with the following composition: Chairman of the council: Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pedagogy of Ushynsky University Knyazheva Iryna Anatoliivna. Opponents: Bidyuk Natalia Mykhailivna, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Language Education and Intercultural Communication of Khmelnytsky National University; Tsyganok Oksana Oleksandrivna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Ukrainian and Foreign Literature and Ukrainian Studies, Uman National University. Reviewers: Koycheva Tetyana Ivanivna, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Ushynsky University; Galitsan Olha Anatoliivna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Ushynsky University.

Members of the one-time specialized academic council noted the thoroughness, innovation, uniqueness, scientific novelty and undeniable practical significance of the dissertation and highly appreciated its quality and defense.

Congratulations to Zhao Ruichen and her scientific supervisor on a successful defense! We wish you further scientific achievements!