UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Sep. 18, – Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science selected V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and 11 other universities for the CampeX project to create excellence campuses. Karazin University will implement the Karazin LifeTech CampeX project, which focuses on advanced materials and biotechnologies.

The CampeX project is part of the Ukraine Higher Education Improvement for Results Project (UIHERP), carried out with World Bank partnership. Its goal is to create a network of university hubs that bring together the strongest teams and research capabilities in higher education, science and innovation. 

After launching the competition in December 2025 and considering universities’ proposals this summer, an independent expert commission selected 12 universities with the highest scores. Among them was Karazin University.

“In fact creating an excellence campuses means moving from individual laboratories and research groups to a shared research environment where the entire process can be covered — from a research idea and experimental validation to a mock-up and its further implementation, said Oleksandr Holovko, Karazin University Acting Rector, in a comment to Gwara Media.

Under the Karazin LifeTech CampeX project, the university plans to establish three research and technology clusters that focus on advanced materials and molecular modeling, biotechnology and bioengineering, nuclear medicine and precision imaging.

The clusters will include specialized laboratories for spectroscopy, functional materials, microfluidic and cellular technologies, radiopharmaceuticals and nuclear medicine. The project also provides for educational, conference and communication spaces.

The next step after selection is signing an agreement to implement the project. Practical work may begin once the necessary funding is secured. The cost of the project is around 5.9 million U.S. dollars.

According to Holovko, Karazin University also plans to expand international and cross-sector cooperation. Karazin University already partners with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands and institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and participates in Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020 and EURATOM programs.

“For Karazin University, this result goes far beyond the funding itself. It demonstrates that it is possible not only to preserve research capacity in a frontline city, but also to develop it at a modern level,” Holovko concluded.

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