On August 10, 2026, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Ukraine, Dr. Robert Müller, paid a working visit to Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University. During the visit, a meeting was held with the rector of the university, Profesor Valentyna Bodak, with the participation of the vice-rector for international relations and information activities, Associate Professor Ihor Hrynyk, and the head of the Austrian Library, Associate Professor Yaroslav Lopushanskyi.
The conversation focused primarily on the successful cooperation between Drohobych University and Austrian partner universities, scientific and cultural and educational institutions in Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Linz, etc. The Rector informed the Ambassador about the priority areas of the University’s activities in the context of the russian-Ukrainian war and thanked the government and public organizations in Austria for their significant support to Ukraine in the social and humanitarian sphere during the war.
Ambassador Dr. Müller emphasized the important role of the University in strengthening Austrian-Ukrainian scientific and cultural cooperation. He also had an opportunity to get acquainted in more detail with the activities of the Austrian Library and the Centre for Ukrainian-Austrian Cooperation. The visit of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria testified to the common interest in the further development of close cooperation, the implementation of new scientific projects and the increase in the opportunities for academic mobility for students.