One of the main areas of work is the organization and participation in inter-university, regional and international scientific conferences. Among them, the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Information Technologies: Science, Technology, Technology, Education, Health" (MicroCAD), International Conference of Students and Postgraduates "Ukraine and the World" and others.

The department is traditionally engaged in research activities. The subject of scientific research is an integral part of the University's research in the field of social and humanitarian sciences, and is coordinated with the research plans of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Research fields:

2019–2022: "History and culture of Slobozhanshchyna as a component of the civilizational progress of Ukraine in the XIX - early XXI centuries." (DR №0119U002616) (Scientific supervisor of the departmental research topic is prof. V. M. Sklyar)

The staff of the Department of Ukrainian Studies, Cultural Studies and History of Science marked the end of 2021 with the following achievements in scientific work.

During 2021, the Department of Ukrainian Studies, Cultural Studies and History of Science worked within the initiative research "History and Culture of Slobozhanshchyna as part of the civilizational progress of Ukraine in the late nineteenth - early twentieth century." (Head - Prof. Sklyar V.M.). The staff of the department focused their efforts on the following tasks:

- Training of scientific personnel. In 2021, the department defended 3 PhD theses (Haidamachuk O.V. "Intonation of philosophical text: philosophical and cultural dimension", Lavrinenko O.V. "Formation and development of electrical engineering as a science and academic discipline in Ukraine in the 30's years of the twentieth century - early nineteenth century. The field of social sciences and humanities is carried out by five postgraduate students of the department, and four teachers (Dvorkin I.V., Kharchenko A.V., Telukha S.S.) received the academic title of associate professor.

- Publication of research results. Teachers of the department have published 3 monographs, 7 articles in journals included in the scientometric database Scopus, 4 articles in journals included in the scientometric database Index Copernikus, 1 article in a publication included in the scientometric database Web of Science. Teachers of the department published 5 articles in professional publications of Ukraine.

- Participation in the organization and holding of scientific conferences. During 2021, teachers of the department took part in 27 conferences, 16 of which are international conferences. Among them are the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Information Technology: Science, Technology, Technology, Education, Health" (MicroCAD), the International Conference of Students and Postgraduates "Ukraine and the World", the International School-Seminar "Modern Pedagogical Technologies in Education" and others.

- Management of research work of students. One of the main activities of the department is to prepare students for participation in interuniversity, regional and international scientific conferences. During the International Scientific and Theoretical Conference of Students and Postgraduates "Ukraine and the World: Humanitarian and Technical Elite and Social Progress" (NTU "KhPI" April 14 - 15, 2021) in the work of three departmental sections participated 96 speakers. The research group "Historian" works at the department (co-chairs: Prof. Savchenko L.P., Assoc. Prof. Dvorkin I.V.) - International cooperation. Teachers of the department carry out active scientific cooperation with foreign organizations.

In 2021 the implementation of the joint project of NTU "KhPI" with a research group from the University of Haifa, Israel "Vivat Membrum Quodlibet: contacts of Jewish and non-Jewish students at the Imperial University of Kharkov, 1805-1862" (Assoc. Prof. Kharchenko A.V., prof. Savchenko L.P., Associate Professor Telukha S.S., Associate Professor Dvorkin I.V.)