Social impact ↘
SET University is a non-profit tech university in Kyiv. We prepare Ukraine's engineers, including those returning from the front, for the fields the next decades will demand: AI, cybersecurity and autonomous systems.
$7,000covers a full 1.5-year master's. In 2026, we funded 60 scholarships. In 2027, we want to fund 100.
Why the IT industry ↘
Why it matters ↘
of surveyed veterans want to start their own business
Ukrainian Veterans Fund survey, 2024They need work that benefits from their skills. We build on the skills they already have and teach them to create products.
Our solution ↘
We select on talent, motivation and leadership potential, not on the ability to pay. More than 50 international practitioners teach at SET: people who build real products and show students how to ship. Every master's thesis is a product launch.
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Who you fund ↘
Your scholarship can cover full tuition in any of these groups. You choose who you back.
SET University turns service members and veterans with engineering experience into founders who build real products.
They need work to start again. A scholarship changes a life and grows Ukraine's economy.
When one family member serves, the other often carries the household alone.
A scholarship lets them move into tech to keep the family financially stable while their loved one defends Ukraine.
Women are still a minority in Ukrainian tech. The war is pushing more women into new professions, often while they carry the family's finances alone.
A scholarship gives them financial stability and a fair shot in AI and cybersecurity.
Strong candidates with top results and product ideas. The potential is ready; only the tuition is missing.
A scholarship turns their skills into new companies and economic value for Ukraine.
Support ↘
No amount is too small. All income goes back into scholarships and programs.
For individuals, investors and companies
$7,000 covers a full 1.5-year master's. Fund one, several or part of one; a named scholarship can go to a chosen program.
For companies, universities and lecturers
Co-build a program, teach with us – a guest lecture once or twice a semester, or a course of 2 hours a week for 3 months – recruit students before graduation, or bring us a real product problem.
For companies and foundations
Back a group of students or a whole program track: several named scholarships plus a shared part we design with you – your product in the curriculum, a real case to solve, or an R&D track with SET students and faculty.
Prefer to talk first? Write directly to
Yuliia Buryk, Director of Strategic Development and Partnerships
For companies ↘
One scholarship gives a talented person a new profession and a better future. By backing talent, you take part in rebuilding Ukraine and creating something new and valuable. Your company gets more than a good cause.
Meet scholarship holders before they graduate: engineers with 5+ years in tech, now trained in AI, cybersecurity and autonomous systems.
Your company's name on the scholarship and next to SET's at our events and in our communications: social media, website and presentations.
Your team can teach at SET as guest lecturers and shape the curriculum, so graduates learn what your industry needs.
Our impact ↘
of all SET master's students are service members and veterans
scholarships awarded
people trained in SET's programs
directed to scholarships
applications to our free cybersecurity course since April 2022, 180+ of them from the Armed Forces of Ukraine
young people joined grant-funded international mobility programs
partner universities abroad
People ↘
Co-founder, Azaion – AI for video analytics. Master's student at SET University.
“Ukrainian startups at SelectUSA aren't seen as victims of war, but as carriers of unique expertise.”
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In their words ↘
“The army changed my perspective. SET gave me an engineering way to work with uncertainty.”
“When I heard ‘you are getting this grant today’, it was a turning point. Someone believed in me and gave me a chance to make my dream real.”
“It gave me the chance to stay in Ukraine and continue growing while studying in an environment that thinks globally.”
“The grant lets me combine service with study. For service members it is a unique chance to turn army experience into systemic knowledge.”
“The named master's grant at SET became more than financial support for me. It is also a strong source of motivation and clearly a new point of growth in a community of like-minded people.”
“SET University gave me the professional knowledge I now combine with my military experience, and that makes my service more effective.”
“With the rise of AI applications, I realized that many processes are gradually becoming automated. That's why, more than ever, it is important to keep learning and developing.”
Already with us ↘
Ukrainian companies, foundations and private patrons.
Jennifer Ewbank
Daniella Taveau
Viktoriia HryhorenkoTrack record ↘
Cybersecurity
SET's international cybersecurity competition for students. In October 2026 we ran its first edition together with IronCyber.
Co-organizer: IronCyber
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HealthTech
SET University's national HealthTech accelerator for solutions that already save lives and improve their quality.
Funded by: EUnited
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STEM for women
A bootcamp for startups founded by women.
Funded by: USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine
Learn moreIn the media ↘
Atlantic CouncilUkraineAlert column by SET President Iryna Volnytska, September 2026Learning from Ukraine's unrivaled experience of Russian cyber warfare
tech.euFeature, November 2025Can SET University become Ukraine's founder factory?
Project SyndicateColumn by SET President Iryna Volnytska, July 2026The Death of the Degree
EU-StartupsGuest article by SET President Iryna Volnytska, September 2026From the frontline: Ukraine's cyber security learnings for EU founders
Times Higher EducationUkraine's university born out of war: 'education is our future'“There are innovations by choice, and there are innovations by necessity – and now we don't have any choice.”
The Chronicle of Higher EducationLatitudes, February 2024“Starting a new university is no small undertaking. Starting one during a war — that compounds the challenges. Yet that's the story of SET University.”
IT LogosTwo years in, Ukraine's tech ecosystem still stands strong“One of the most important institutions when it comes to the country's tech education is the recently established SET University. The war didn't stop them; it just showed even more why what they are doing is important.”
Frankfurter AllgemeineHow Ukrainian tech companies are defying the war“We should fully rely on digitalization.” – Iryna Volnytska
Questions ↘
Yes. SET University is a non-profit university, licensed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and accredited by the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance. All income goes back into scholarships and programs. University documents are in Public information.
On talent, motivation and leadership potential, not on the ability to pay. Service members and veterans can study fully free, and a donor can fund full tuition in any group: service members and veterans, military families, women in tech or talented students.
Yes. A named scholarship can go to a chosen master's program. RIA.com, for example, funds a service member in AI & Cyber Defense or AI & Strategic Leadership, and Rilian funds a significant share of the current intake in cybersecurity.
If you live in the US and give by card through PayPal, yes. Liberty Ukraine Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 88-1688760), processes these donations, and you get a receipt for your tax records. Bank transfers go straight to SET University in Ukraine and are not tax-deductible in the US.
Yes. Cloud credits, licenses and lab equipment go straight into our AI, cybersecurity and autonomous systems programs. Write to us with what you can offer.
Yuliia Buryk, our Director of Strategic Development and Partnerships, keeps in touch with donors and partners. She will tell you which scholarships your gift funded and how the scholars are doing. Write to her any time at y.buryk@setuniversity.edu.ua.
Beyond threat,future is SET
$7,000 covers a full 1.5-year master's for one engineer who builds in Ukraine.
