Maria M. Bilianska, Doctor of Science in Education (habil.), associate professor (part-time  employee).

In 1994, she graduated with honours from the Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after M.P. Dragomanov. After graduating from the postgraduate studies, she defended her PhD thesis in 2004 and received the academic title of associate professor in 2008.

Since 2003, she has been teaching at the Dragomanov National Pedagogical University as an assistant (2003-2006) and associate professor (since 2006).

After studying in a doctoral program at the Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, she defended her thesis in 2018 and habilitated as a Doctor of Science in Education in the speciality 13.00.04 - Theory and Methodology of Professional Education. In KNUTD, she has been part-time working since 2018.

M. Bilianska published over 100 scientific and methodological works. Among them, there are three monographs, 40 scientific articles in Ukrainian journals, three international publications, 11 educational programs, 12 textbooks for students, teachers and students of secondary schools.

She teaches the disciplines "Fundamentals of pedagogy and psychology", "Theory and methodology of educational work", "History of pedagogy" and "Psychology", "Ukrainian as a foreign language".

In 2010, she was awarded by the M.P. Dragomanov medal.