He is Associate Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy, Rector of Mariupol State University,[1] Honoured Education Employee of Ukraine.

After that he successfully finished Postgraduate studies at Mariupol State University, major 23.00.02 – political institutes and processes.

Phase V: Interdisciplinarity, intersectoral and university development strategies" (Republic of Poland) In October 2020, Mykola Trofymenko was elected to the Mariupol city council of the 8th convocation from the Vadym Boichenko Bloc party.

Mykola Trofymenko successfully continues to implement the unique model of international cooperation, developed at the university.

His research interests include issues of foreign policy, public diplomacy, globalization, anti-globalization, the functioning of the diplomatic and consular services.