Kiev University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, colloquially known in Ukrainian and Russian as KNU is located in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The university is universally recognized as the most prestigious university of Ukraine, being the largest national higher education institution. KNU is ranked within top 550 universities in the world. It is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and University of Kharkiv. Currently, its structure consists of fifteen faculties and five institutes. It was founded in 1834 by the Russian Tsar Nikolai I as the Kiev Imperial University of Saint Vladimir, and since then it has changed its name several times. During the Soviet Union era, Kiev State University was one of the top-three universities in the USSR, along with Moscow State University and Leningrad State University. It is ranked as the best university in Ukraine in many rankings. Throughout history, the university has produced many famous alumni including Nikolay Bunge, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Nikolai Berdyaev, Mikhail Bulgakov, Ivan Schmalhausen, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Viacheslav Chornovil, Leonid Kravchuk, and many others. Taras Shevchenko himself, banned from educational activities for political reasons, worked for the Kyiv University as a field researcher.
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine. In the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the Slobozhanshchyna historical region. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv Raion, though administratively it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion.
The National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", in the city of Kharkiv, is the largest and oldest technical university in eastern Ukraine. Founded in 1885, it is the second-oldest technical university in the former Russian Empire and in the territory of modern Ukraine.
Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics is the largest economic higher educational and research institution in Eastern Ukraine. Established in 1912, since 2013 the University is named after Simon Kuznets, its noted alumnus.
Piatykhatky is a neighborhood of Kharkiv, Ukraine, former khutir. The neighborhood is part of the Kyivskyi District of Kharkiv city.
Kharkiv National Medical University, formerly known as Kharkiv Medical Institute and previously Kharkiv State Medical University, is a medical university in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
The Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University is a self-governing (autonomous) state higher law educational establishment of the IV level of accreditation, a national university, located in Kharkiv, Ukraine, named after Yaroslav the Wise.
The National Science Center Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (KIPT) is the oldest and largest physical science research centre in Ukraine. Today it is known as a science center as it consists of several institutes that are part of the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology science complex.
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) is a higher education institution of the highest level of accreditation in Ukraine. It is one of the oldest technology universities in Ukraine, with over 7000 students and 30 scientific centers.
The Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics is a university in the city center of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy is a Ukrainian academy in Kharkiv.
Kharkiv State Academy of Culture is a Ukrainian public academy in Kharkiv.
People's Ukrainian Academy is a private institution of higher education in Kharkiv. Despite its full name, it is not affiliated with the University of Kharkiv.
H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University is a Ukrainian university in Kharkiv.
Kherson National Technical University is a Ukrainian university in Kherson.
Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University is a Ukrainian university in Kharkiv.
National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport is a Ukrainian university in Kiev.
The Kharkiv State School of Art is an educational institution in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It accepts a new class of students each year for instruction in the subjects of visual arts education, sculpture, decorative arts, graphic design, and landscape architecture.
Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture is a Ukrainian Academy of University level in Kharkiv.
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