The Ministry of Education has postponed the election of the rector of Shevchenko University until the fall
The Ministry of Education and Science has rescheduled the election for the rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv for October 27
The election of the university’s head, which was originally scheduled to take place earlier, has been postponed in accordance with an order from the relevant ministry dated May 11, 2026. The reason for the schedule change was an official request from the university’s organizing committee due to the need to finalize procedural aspects.
The organizing committee identified inconsistencies in local regulations that must be approved by the Academic Council, as well as insufficient logistical preparation and violations of safety requirements. Valery Kopiika is currently serving as the university’s acting head. The postponement is intended to ensure transparency in the voting process and a level playing field for all participants in the competition, which was announced in March of this year.
The revision of the schedule will allow the precinct commissions to properly prepare the premises and organize the documentation in accordance with the law. As a reminder, the previous head of the institution left his post in early spring, after which preparations for the election process began. The new date of October 27 has been set as the final date for the KNU community to cast their votes.
As a reminder, Volodymyr Bugrov was dismissed from his position as rector of KNU due to the expiration of his contract. Prior to this, he was accused of committing an administrative offense related to corruption and fined for failing to declare a vehicle.
Recently, the Sixth Court of Appeal of Kyiv upheld the decision of the court of first instance in the case of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Rector Volodymyr Bugrov regarding false declarations.
Thus, the court upheld the decision of the court of first instance. On March 4, 2026, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv found Rector Volodymyr Bugrov guilty of an administrative offense related to corruption, fining him for failing to declare a vehicle.
Journalists from “Slidstvo.Info” established that Volodymyr Bugrov, rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, became the owner of an apartment in a luxury new building in Kyiv, which he could not have afforded with the funds he had declared. The KNU rector registered a two-bedroom apartment with an area of 74.7 m² in his name in the newly built White Lines residential complex near Holosiivskyi Park. Currently, such apartments cost over $200,000.
