Odessa State Environmental University provides pre-university training of foreign citizens in the following areas:
- Economic;
- Engineering and technical;
- Medical and biological.
While studying at the Preparatory department, foreign students learn Ukrainian or another language (by choice), as well as study the following disciplines depending on the chosen area: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, geography and others. Studies lasts one academic year according to the curriculum. International students, who have successfully completed the curriculum, receive a state certificate, which entitles them to enter the Odesa State Environmental University and other institutions of higher education in Ukraine.
The cost of training at the Preparatory department for the year is UAH 2,500.