Serhiy Kvit

Serhiy Kvit
Сергій Квіт
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
In office
February 27, 2014  14 April 2016
Prime MinisterArseniy Yatsenyuk
DeputyMaksym Strikha
Preceded byDmytro Tabachnyk
Succeeded byLiliya Hrynevych
Personal details
Born (1965-11-26) November 26, 1965
Uzhhorod, USSR
Political partyunaffiliated
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Serhiy Myronovych Kvit (Ukrainian: Сергій Миронович Квіт; born 26 November 1965), is a Ukrainian literary critic, journalist, educator and social activist. Former champion of Ukraine in fencing (1984). Kvit has served as Rector (President) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy from 2007 until 2014 and again since 2022. He occupied the position of Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine in 2014-2016 when the progressive Laws on Higher Education (2014) and On Science and Research (2015) were adopted. In 2015, Kvit signed an agreement that allowed Ukrainian scientists and businesses to fully participate in Horizon 2020 (H2020), the European Union’s flagship research program.