On 16 -20 March, 2010 Vice-rector, prof. Ihor Mysula and the head of international relations department Nataliya Lisnychuk visited Patra (Greece).

During this visit the Partner Agreement on granting educational services between I.Ya. Horbachevskyy Ternopil State Medical University and the Educational organization “Fitilas” was signed. According to the Agreement TSMU will teach Greek students on a speciality „Pharmaceutics”. Students will study according to the plans of correspondence course and will receive the diploma of specialist and in future, maybe, Master degree.

National College “Fytila” is the subdivision of Greek educational institutions network “Fytila”. This educational organization was established by George Fytilas in 1955. In National College has department of business administration, aethsetics- cosmetology, health units management, marketing, logotherapy, psychology, nursing department, etc. There are 2 (junior specialist) and 4 (bachelor) years studies. Graduates obtain speciality of microbiology assistant, radiology assistant, nursery assistant, heath diet assistant, physiotherapy assistant and cosmetics assistant. National College has all necessary equipment and, according to the Agreement with University of Patra, it can use labs and educational base of the University. College has its own library, computer classes, canteen, labs and classrooms.

Students get here not only a degree, but also an aesthetic education – all rooms of College are decorated with paintings of historical subjects.

For significant achievements in the field of education the National College "Fytila" was rewarded with several awards of the Ministry of Education of Greece and International educational institutions.

College conducts active international activity, working with institutions providing specialist instruction at secondary level and higher educational institutions of the United States (Clayton University, Georgia; Clayton College, Alabama) Bulgaria, Ukraine (National Automobile and Highway University, Kharkiv National Academy of Municipal Economy, National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute”).

Our Greek partners were interested in possibility of distance education on a speciality “Bachelor of Nursing” in International Nursing School as well as the possibility of obtaining higher pharmaceutical education by students who have Greek educational qualification level "Bachelor of Pharmacy”.

Website of National College “Fytila”

http://www.nationalcollege.gr/index_en.htm