The Young Scientists’ Council (YSC) of Berdiansk State Pedagogical University (BSPU) is a collegiate, advisory and representative body of the University on matters of young researchers. The YSC is a voluntary association of young plenipotentiary representatives of the University’s faculties that encourages the development of creative scientific activity of young scientists.

The Young Scientists’ Council of the BSPU was established in 2016. 19 young researchers of BSPU – associate professors, lecturers, assistant lecturers, doctoral, postgraduate and undergraduate students – are on the board of the YSC.

Young scientists of BSPU are active participants and organizers for scientific events of various levels. Experts of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine expertise of scientific state budget projects; winners of the national and international competitions in various fields; scholarship holders for young scientists of the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya oblast council, oblast state administration, etc. are among them.

In its activities, the YSC follows the principle of the supremacy of creative scientific work and professional ethics of a researcher. The Council of Young Scientists of BSPU is actively engaged in establishing and maintaining professional contacts and cultural ties with scientific and youth organizations of domestic higher educational and research institutions, as well as with foreign colleagues.

In order to popularize science, the Council of Young Scientists actively provides coverage of its intellectually challenging work in mass media and social networks. The YSC constantly conducts sociological research to identify the problems of young scientists and find ways of their solving. It also exercises public control over the defence of students, postgraduates and young scientists’ rights.