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The Department of Natural Sciences was established in 2024 following the merger of the Department of Natural Sciences and Teaching Methodologies with the Department of Ecology, Geography and Chemistry. It is a constituent part of the Faculty of Psychology and Natural Sciences at Rivne State University of the Humanities.

As a degree-granting department, it provides professional training in the following specialties:

A4.15 Secondary Education (Natural Sciences), A4.07 Secondary Education (Geography), A4.05 Secondary Education (Biology and Human Health), A4.06 Secondary Education (Chemistry) of the first level of higher education and E2- Ecology of the first and second levels of higher education.

The department’s mission is to provide high-quality training for future educators in the natural sciences, physics, chemistry, biology, and geography, as well as for specialists in ecology.

Strategic Goals for 2024–2029:

• Supplying students with updated textbooks and methodological materials.
• Developing the scientific and pedagogical potential of the faculty.
• Advancing the professional development of teaching staff.
• Facilitating student research initiatives in natural sciences and pedagogy.

• International Cooperation

Our faculty members are actively engaged in global academic integration through:

I. International Internships at foreign higher education institutions.

II. International Research Projects: academic staff participate in educational programs and are involved in major international initiatives:

• AMUSE Project: Prof. N. Hrytsai, Prof. O. Voitovych.
• "Act for Health" Project: K. Pavelkiv.
• Prof. A.V. Lysytsia: Involved in Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, NATO, STCU, and Euratom initiatives; recipient of the Vision Grant (ID# 10051513) from the Spencer Foundation (USA).

III. International Publications: Including conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals.

IV. Collaborative Research: Joint publications with international colleagues.

V. Participation in international conferences

 VI. Language Proficiency (B2 Level):

• Polish (B2): Prof. N.B. Hrytsai (Head of Department), Prof. V.Y. Melnyk, Prof. I.O. Siaska, Assoc. Prof. I.L. Sukhodolska, and Assoc. Prof. Lohvynenko.
• English (B2): Prof. O.P. Voitovych, Prof. A.V. Lysytsia, Prof. R.M. Sachuk, Assoc. Prof. T.A. Velesyk. Assoc. Prof. O.V. Popelnytska has also defended her thesis in English.

VII. International Guest Lectures

We actively foster partnerships with international HEIs. Notably, on November 11, 2025, a guest lecture was held by Oksana Valchuk-Orkusha, Doctor Habilitated (Earth Sciences) at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) and geography teacher at the Da Vinci School and TEB Lyceum in Poznań. The lecture was titled 'Methodological Innovations in Geography Teaching: Polish Experience for Ukrainian Schools.'"