One of the oldest departments of the university. It was founded in 1962. Initially, it was called Marxism-Leninism, since 1972 – the history of the CPSU, since 1993 – Ukrainian studies, since 2001 – history, since 2014 – the theory and history of state and law. During 2016-2020, the department existed as a section of history within the Department of Constitutional Law, Theory and History of State and Law. In 2019, the bachelor’s degree specialty 032 “History and Archeology” was opened at the history section and the first set of students took place. In 2020, an independent department of history was restored.
The Editorial Board of the Sumy State University Department of History’s professional journal, “Sumy Historical and Archival Journal,” invites authors to submit their articles, reviews,
On October 8, 2025, students of Sumy State University majoring in “Secondary Education (History and Civic Education)” and “History and Archeology,” as well as lecturers
In 2023, “History of Ukraine” was officially introduced as a mandatory component of the National Multi-Subject Test (NMT).Traditionally, in October 2025, Sumy State University will
On 1 October 2025, within the framework of the interfaculty research seminar “History of Ukraine Is Fascinating!”, Associate Professor Anatolii Honcharenko, PhD in History and
In 2025, Ukraine launched the project “Preservation of the Jewish Documentary Heritage of Ukraine, Commemoration of Collective Memory, Expanding Knowledge and Access to Archives, and
From 18 to 21 September 2025, Iryna Priadko, a third-year student of the “Secondary Education (History)” programme at Sumy State University, took part in the
