HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Training of specialists in the Ukrainian and Russian philology in Volyn began in 1940 with the establishment of the Lutsk State Teachers' Institute. In 1946, a historical and philological department was established in an educational institution, and in 1948 the first graduation of teachers of philology took place. In 1952 the historical and philological department was reorganised into the historical and philological faculty of the Lesya Ukrainka Lutsk State Pedagogical Institute, and in 1969 in connection with the reorganisation the philological faculty was established as a separate structural subdivision of the institute.
In 1993, in connection with the establishment of the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University, the Faculty of Philology underwent the subsequent reorganisation. On its basis, two departments were created (the Faculty of Ukrainian Studies and the Faculty of Slavic Philology), which were again merged in 2002 into the Faculty of Philology.
Since 2001, the faculty has started training specialists in the specialty "Language and Literature (Polish)". 2006 - "Publishing and Editing", 2007 - "Journalism". In 2009 the faculty was reorganised into the Institute of Philology and Journalism. In 2016, the department was renamed the Faculty of Philology and Journalism. In the same year, 2016, various educational directions emerged from the philological specialties "Ukrainian Language and Literature" and "Language and Literature (Polish)" – actually philological and pedagogical. Currently, the faculty has 9 educational and professional programmes of the first (bachelor's) and second (master's) educational levels, as well as one educational and scientific programme (postgraduate study in the specialty 035 Philology).
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STAFF
The Faculty of Philology and Journalism is distinguished by a highly qualified teaching staff and respectable academic traditions. The faculty has developed a powerful scientific center, represented by several philological schools, well known in Ukraine. There are 59 full-time scientific and pedagogical workers, 58 of whom have scientific degrees and academic titles. There are 15 doctors of philology, professors or associate professors working at 6 graduating departments (Mykola Mirchenko, Maria Moklytsia, Luiza Oliander, Viktor Davydiuk, Hryhoriy Arkushin, Nadiya Koloshuk, Nina Danyliuk, Natalia Kostusiak, Oleksandr Mezhov, Halyna Yastrubetska, Iryna Melnyk, Margarita Zhuykova, Tetyana Masytska, Tereza Levchuk, Serhiy Romanov), the 1 doctor of sciences in social communications, professor (Svitlana Kravchenko), the 2 candidates of philological sciences, professors (Svitlana Bohdan, Yuriy Gromyk), the 38 candidates of philological sciences, associate professors or senior teachers, the 3 candidates of sciences in social communications, associate professors or senior teachers.
DEAN’S OFFICE
Dean of the Faculty is a Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Lavrynovych Lilia Bohdanivna.
Associate Dean for Educational and Methodological Affairs is a Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Zinchuk Ruslana Stepanivna.
Associate Dean for Research and International Cooperation is a Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Shulska Natalia Mykolaiivna.
Associate Dean for Innovation and Promotion is a Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Levchuk Iryna Petrivna.
Full-time study Registrar is Chechelyuk Halyna Silvestrivna.
Part-time study Registrar is Hromyk Olena Oleksandrivna.
DEPARTMENTS
The educational process at the Faculty of Philology and Journalism is administered by six departments.
Department of Ukrainian Language. The department was established in September 1970. It provided the basis to form the current Department of History and Culture of the Ukrainian Language in 1993 and the Department of Publishing, Editing, and Journalism in 2007 (now the Department of Social Communications). During different periods the department was headed by Larysa Rozhylo, Vasyl Holoyukh, Ivan Vykhovanets’, Larysa Pavlenko, and others. The head of the department is a Doctor of Philology, Professor Natalia Kostusiak.
Department of History and Culture of the Ukrainian Language. The department was established in 1993 as a result of the reorganisation of the Department of Ukrainian Language, having Hryhoriy Arkushin as its first head. Currently, the head of the department is a Candidate of Philological Sciences, Professor Svitlana Bohdan.
Department of Polish Philology and Translation. The department was formed from the departments of Polish Philology and Russian Philology in 2011. The current head of the department is a Doctor of Philology, Professor Svitlana Sukhareva.
Department of Ukrainian Literature. The department has a long history and profound traditions. It was established in 1953. Andriy Omelkovets, a post-graduate of Lviv University, was the first head of the department. Together with Halyna Mudryk, the student of an academician Mykhailo Vozniak, he was determining the essence and the level of development of philological education and study in Volyn for many decades. From 1955 through 1970, the teaching staff changed qualitatively and quantitatively, and the departments of Ukrainian Language and Literature merged together. Since September 1970, the Department of Ukrainian Literature has been functioning as a separate structural unit. The department’s heads were Halyna Mudryk, Oleksandr Rysak, Dmytro Lyashchynsky, Nadiya Stashenko, Iryna Konstankevych, Halyna Yastrubetska. Since 2020, the department has been headed by a Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Viktor Yaruchyk.
Department of Literary Theory and Foreign Literature. The Department of Literary Theory and Comparative Literary Studies was established in January 2000. In August 2002, as a result of the merging of the faculties of Ukrainian Studies and Slavic Philology, the department was reorganised and its name was changed to the Department of Literary Theory and Foreign Literature. Mariia Moklytsia and Viktoriia Sokolova were the heads of the department. Since 2020, the department has been headed by Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor Serhii Romanov.
Department of Social Communications. The Department of Social Communications (the Department of Publishing, Editing and Journalism until 2013) was established in August 2009 as a result of readjustment of the Department of Ukrainian Language, Publishing and Editing and the Department of Literary Theory, Foreign Literature and Journalism. Nataliia Blahovirna and Svitlana Kravchenko were the heads of the department at different times. Since 2020, the department has been headed by Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Olena Kosheliuk.
MATERIAL-TECHNICAL BASE
20 classrooms and 22 office facilities, including 7 specialised classrooms and academic and research laboratories (computer class, Polish studies room, educational media centre, West Polisyan Onomastic and Dialectological Centre, Shevchenko Studies room, etc.), Lesya Ukrainka Research Institute. Teachers and students have access to the large library located in the same building and the dining room.
Student body: almost 670 full-time and part-time students.
