American-Ukrainian School of Computer Science was established at April 16, 2004 as the result of collaboration of Ternopil National Economic University and University of Maine. Such collaboration become possible after one-year visit of professor Anatoly Sachenko as the Fulbright professor to the University of Maine and Bowdoin College, both in Maine, in 2002-2003. During his visit he discussed idea of creating of such school with professors George Markowsky and Allan Tucker. After his return to Ukraine, a General Agreement of Cooperation was signed between TNEU and UMaine in 2003. And a year after that, school was established. Markowsky became first director of the school. A year after that, Sachenko became director of the AUS. An agreement about cooperation was signed between TNEU and University of South Carolina Upstate in 2006.
Benefits
Students are studying according to the American and Ukrainian education standards;
Education process is performing with the Computer Science;
Best students from the school yearly may study during a semester or two in UMaine;
Education grants for studying abroad are available from UMaine;
Transfer system allows students transfer to any AUS partner university.
Students, according to their wishes, will have the opportunity to continue their studies at any partner university and get an American diploma in Computer Science after completing three academic years at AUS. After successful education completion in a partner university and gaining American bachelor's degree, alumni can continue studying at graduate school at a partner university and apply on master’s or Ph.D. degree. AUS students who have neither possibilities nor desires to complete education in the U.S.A. study their during fourth year in Ternopil and, after the successful examinations, obtain the Ukrainian bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Students can continue their education in the master department of TNEU or in foreign universities after the fourth year. The lectures at the AUS are conducting by faculty from the U.S.A., European and Japanese universities, Peace Corps representatives and leading instructors of the Faculty of Computer Information Technologies.
