On the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, October 1, solemn events on the occasion of taking the Police Oath were held in different parts of the country - at the National Academy of Internal Affairs, as well as at Kharkiv, Dnipro, Donetsk, Lviv and Odesa State Universities of Internal Affairs.

The events on the occasion of the oath-taking of the first-year police officer were held at Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. These are talented young people from all regions of Ukraine, including graduates of lyceums with enhanced military-physical training, honor students, prize-winners of Olympiads, etc.

During the celebrations for the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, employees and students of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs were awarded.

On this topic, the student active of the ERI No. 5 successfully completed a course developed by leading lawyers of Ukraine. Within the framework of eight modules, participants gained knowledge about the best practices of pre-trial investigation, got acquainted with the advice of expert practitioners and consolidated the material with the help of tests.

In early September, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs team, which included cadets of the ERI No. 2 Milena TSVIETKOVA, Polina DIAKOVA, Yevhen NOVIKOV, Svitlana SHAPOVALOVA, ERI No. 1 Diana KOROTKA and ERI No. 4 Ivan ANDRIIENKO, won a grant to implement the “Financial Patrol” project.

For 2nd year students of Sumy branch of KhNUIA majoring in "Law Enforcement Activities", a curator's hour on the topic "Day of Defenders of Ukraine: Honoring Heroes" was held by Associate Professor of the Department of Humanities Tetiana PONOMARENKO.

Representatives of the scientific circle of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology of the ERI No. 1 held the first organizational meeting in the 2025/2026 academic year. Associate Professor of the Department Tetiana SHEVCHUK outlined the goal, objectives and main forms of activity of the circle.

Professor of the Department of Socio-Economic Disciplines of Sumy Branch of KhNUIA Svitlana VYHANIAILO, together with an invited expert - the head of Sumy Regional Office of PJSC "IC "PZU Ukraine"" Nadia IVANYTSKA, held a binary lesson on the academic discipline "Insurance".

The student active of the ERI No. 5 joined the meeting of the youth of the city of Kharkiv with the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, held on the occasion of the Day of Defenders of Ukraine. These are people who, before the start of the full-scale invasion, lived a peaceful life, worked in various fields, but at the most difficult moment joined the ranks of the defenders.

A webinar was held on this topic, in which the scientific and pedagogical staff of the Department of Socio-Economic Disciplines of Sumy Branch of KhNUIA Olena LUKIANYKHINA, Liudmyla PARFENTII and Oleksandr NESVIETOV participated.