Donetsk National Technical University

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Donetsk National Technical University
НЗВО «Донецький національний технічний університет»
Coat of arms DNTU.png
MottoVivat, Crescat, Floreat!
TypeUniversity
Established1921
Chancellor Denys Shylenko
Undergraduates 28000
Location
Drohobych (originally Donetsk)
,
Lviv Oblast
,
Ukraine
Campus urban
Affiliations Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Donetsk National Technical University
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia [1] 251-300 (2022)

The Donetsk National Technical University (abbr.DonNTU, formerly Donetsk Polytechnic Institute and other names [2] ) is the largest and oldest higher education institution established in Donbas, founded in 1921. Since 2024, it has been temporarily located in Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, due to the partial Russian military occupation of Donetsk Oblast since 2014.

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History

In its early years, it was attended by Nikita Khrushchev. Following the loss of Ukrainian government control over Donetsk in 2014 during the war in Donbas, the University was evacuated to Pokrovsk. [3] [4]

A small group of collaborationists among the faculty have claimed to continue to operate as the Donetsk National Technical University in the campus in Russian-occupied Donetsk, as a project aimed to legitimize the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, [5] [6] however diplomas they issued weren't recognized even in Russia itself and local students were officially enrolled as correspondent students at minor provincial Russian universities. Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the educational activities in the original university buildings in Russian-occupied Donetsk appear to have been discontinued.

On 28 February 2024, the temporary university building in Ukrainian-controlled Pokrovsk was partially destroyed by a Russian missile attack. [7] It was decided to move the university's activities much further away from the frontline this time, first to Lutsk (capital of Volyn Oblast), and then to Drohobych (in Lviv Oblast).

Structure

Donetsk National Technical University (DonNTU) is the first higher education establishment in the Donbas Region and one of the first technical universities in Ukraine. 27,000 students study at 7 [8] faculties, 60 specialities being their major. There are 28 correspondent members and academicians of the engineering academies, 18 honorary researchers and professors among the academics of the university. A number of scientists of DonNTU are honorary and full members of foreign organizations and academies. There are professors and students whose work was supported by the Soros Fund.

DPI team

From 1987—1996, the university had a group known as the DPI team  [ ru ] participating in the popular comedic game-show KVN. It contained a number of figures, made up of students who were studying at the university and would later become prominent within Ukrainian society, including Ismail Abdullaiev and Serhii Syvokho  [ uk ]. [9]

Cooperation

Donetsk National Technical University is a member of the EAU (European Association of Universities).

DonNTU is a member of

DonNTU is a participant in the following international programmes:

References

  1. ↑ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia" . Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Names of the institution over the time
  3. ↑ "Order of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine about university relocation to Pokrovsk" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Donetsk National Technical University Ukrainian website
  5. ↑ Ukraine’s displaced universities Archived 3 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine , Open Democracy, NIKITA PIDGORA 3 March 2017]
  6. ↑ "Donetsk National Technical University pro-Russian website". Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "ЗС РФ завдали ударів по Покровську: одна з ракет влучила в будівлю ДонНТУ (фото)". Фокус. 28 February 2024. Archived from the original on 28 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Structure DonNTU, site University". Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Stryzhova, Olha (13 January 2021). "От КВН до «Лиги cмеха»: 10 юмористических команд Донбасса" [From KVN to the "League of laughter": 10 humorous teams of the Donbas]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Russian). Retrieved 26 April 2023.

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