On October 24, 2025, the Final Scientific and Practical Conference of 3rd International Competition of Research Papers for Higher Education Seekers in the direction "Art and Design" was held at the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design.

For the 3rd International Competition of Research Papers for Higher Education Seekers in the direction "Art and Design" research papers of young scientists and students from higher education institutions of Ukraine and the world (Great Britain, Moldova, Georgia, Latvia, etc.) were submitted. The competition committee provided review of 96 research papers of higher education seekers, which came from 26 higher education institutions. 31 higher education seekers from 26 educational institutions of Ukraine and the world spoke at the Final Scientific and Practical Conference.

Students of the Faculty of Design of the KNUTD presented their scientific achievements and became the winners of the competition.

First place in the competition was won by:

Yulia Kulinich , student of the Department of Art and Fashion Design, KNUTD (supervisors: Galyna Kokorina, Ph.D., Associate Professor, KNUTD, Mara Binde, Lecturer, Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia);

Maksym Kudrevsky, student of the Department of Art and Fashion Design of the KNUTD, and Natalia Sajin, student of the Department of Fine Arts of the Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University of Chisinau, Republic of Moldova (supervisors: Natalia Chuprina, Doctor of Art, Professor, KNUTD, Anna Simak, Doctor of Art, Professor, Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University of Chisinau, Republic of Moldova).

Anastasia Kurhanska, a student of the Department of Multimedia Design, KNUTD (supervisor Olena Vasylieva, Ph.D., Associate Professor, KNUTD), took the second place.

Third place in the Competition was won by Alina Kukharevych, who represented the Department of Interior and Furniture Design, KNUTD, together with her scientific supervisor Oleksandra Shmelyova-Nestrenko, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Interior and Furniture Design, KNUTD.

We sincerely thank all participants of the competition, scientific supervisors, members of the competition committee and organizers of the competition for their fruitful work!

We congratulate the students and their scientific supervisors on their victory and wish them new scientific achievements!

17.11.2025