YSU carries out joint research projects within the framework of the "NFSAT", and "CRDF" programs, cooperates with "Synopsis Armenia" organization, the USA International Development Agency, the "Abdulaziz Saud al-Babtain" Cultural Foundation, East-West Institute of USA, the Russian Science Foundation, the National Research Council of Spain, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Within the framework of the implementation of "Erasmus+" programs, YSU cooperates with 75 universities of 22 countries, giving students the opportunity to study at the best universities of Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, Poland, and the countries of the European Union.

The international higher education part of the "Erasmus+" program includes the following:

Main action 1.

• Credit mobility,
• Degree mobility through joint Master's programs.

The partner universities of the project are:

Lille University of Science and Technology (Lille, France)

Paul Valery Montpellier 3 University (Montpellier, France)

University of Aix-Marseille (Aix-en-Provence, France)

Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic)

University of Pavia (Pavia, Italy)

University of Naples L'Orientale (Naples, Italy)

Ca’ Foscari University (Venice, Italy)

University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy)

University of Granada (Granada, Spain)

University of Valencia (Valencia, Spain)

Catholic University of Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)

Hasselt University (Belgium)

Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland)

Saarland University (Germany)

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Iasi, Romania)

Silesian University of Technology (Gliwice, Poland)

University of Salzburg (Salzburg, Austria)

University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)

Varna University of Management (Varna, Bulgaria)

University of Minho (Minho, Portugal)

Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkiye)

University of Cadiz

Main action 2.

• Capacity development programs,
• Knowledge-based partnerships and strategic collaborations open to partner country participation.

Main action 3.

• Teams of experts on higher education reforms,
• Political dialogue of the commission with partner countries/regions,
• Research,
• Regional branches of "Erasmus+" alumni associations in partner countries.