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The University of Cambridge has opened a new scheme providing financial support for students from Ukraine to study a one year master's degree in 2011, launched at the financial support of Ukrainian business tycoon Dmytro Firtash, the University's Department of Slavonic Studies reported.

The study of the first five Ukrainian postgraduate Masters students within Cambridge Ukrainian Studies program will start in October 2011 and will last for a year. This will be a pilot program, and its results will be analyzed to decide on its fate.

"Ukrainian students can choose from a wide variety of nearly 50 courses ranging from Archaeology, History and Literature to Linguistics, Economics and International Relations. The presence of these students will enrich the multinational community at Cambridge and contribute to promoting awareness and deeper understanding of Ukraine," Dr Emma Widdis, Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies, said.

Firtash in turn said that the education of Masters-level students from Ukraine in the United Kingdom will promote closer cohesion between the two nations.

"Having established the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Program and launched this Cambridge-Ukraine Studentships Program, we have in effect created an informal Embassy of Ukraine in one of the world’s greatest educational and research centers," he said.

Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, an initiative of the Department of Slavonic Studies, was launched in 2008 to promote and contribute to the study of Ukraine in the United Kingdom and beyond. It is committed to deepening public understanding of Ukraine and to advancing fresh, innovative approaches to research on the largest country within Europe.

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