The present research undertakes the first attempt to systematically describe internationalisation of higher education in Ukraine with reference to the international theory in the field by exploring: 1. The current state of internationalisation of higher education in Ukraine at the sector and at the institutional levels including context, rationales, meaning, actors and stakeholders, policy formation and implementation, achievements and failures, stage of development in the view of existing classifications;2. Similarities with international trends and specifics;3. Contribution of internationalisation into the development of higher education in Ukraine.The analysis of national higher education internationalisation policy bases on the policy documents and reports, whereas the analysis of internationalisation at the institutional level grounds on empirical observations, interviewing and is furnished by two case studies that illustrate national trends.