On June 18, an honoring of the leaders of domestic education based on the results of activity in 2003 took place at the Palace of Arts "Ukrainian House" (Kyiv). According to the results of the "Sophia of Kyiv" Rating, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University was awarded a diploma and an award in the nomination of classical universities of Ukraine for the introduction of modern technologies for training highly qualified personnel, the VSU press center reported. \nThe rating has been conducted for more than one year by public educational organizations – the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, the Institute of Higher Education of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, the All-Ukrainian socio-political weekly "Osvita", the Confederation of Non-State Higher Educational Institutions of Ukraine, the International Personnel Academy and the Ukrainian Institute of Social Research. The Chairman of the Rating Organizing Committee is the first President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk. \n \nReference: in 2002, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University was awarded the Silver Medal "Independence of Ukraine" of the "Golden Fortune" rating and the diploma "Best Enterprise" in the nomination "Higher Education". \n