Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, colloquially known as KNU, is located in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The university is recognized as the most prestigious university of Ukraine, being the largest national higher education institution. KNU is ranked within top 650 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 Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev, 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 Mykola Lysenko, 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 university as a field researcher.
South Ural State University (SUSU) in Chelyabinsk is an educational institution in Russia. It is among the top-ten of the Russian universities according to the state rating of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, and the largest in Russia in terms of the number of undergraduates.
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.
Central China Normal University (CCNU) or Huazhong Normal University, located in Luonan Subdistrict, Hongshan District in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, is a comprehensive university directly under the administration of the Chinese Ministry of Education. The campus of over 2,000 Mu is on Guizi Hill, bordering South Lake.
Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics is the largest economic higher educational and research institution in the eastern part of Ukraine. Established in 1912, since 2013 the university is named after American economist Simon Kuznets, its noted alumnus.
Uzhhorod National University is a Ukrainian state higher educational institution in the city of Uzhhorod in Ukraine.
Kharkiv National Medical University, formerly known as Kharkiv Medical Institute and previously Kharkiv State Medical University, is a medical university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. In March 2022 many buildings were heavily damaged due to the Russian invasion into Ukraine.
Oles Honchar Dnipro National University is an establishment of higher education in Dnipro, Ukraine. It was founded in 1918. The first four faculties were history and linguistics, law, medicine and physics and mathematics.
Higher education in Ukraine operates several levels, all of which are regulated by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. In early 2016, Ukraine had 802 universities, but the Ministry intends to lower that number to 317. Ukraine had 1,586,700 higher education students in 2016-17.
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.
Kyiv National Linguistic University is a public university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1948 as Kyiv State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. Kyiv National Linguistic University was ranked the fourth best Ukrainian university specializing in Social Science and Arts and Humanities in 2012.
National Aerospace University – "Kharkiv Aviation Institute", NAU "KhAI" is a university in Kharkiv, Ukraine which specializes in aviation and space engineering. The KhAI was founded in 1930.
Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine is a state-owned higher educational institution within the system of the National Bank of Ukraine of the IVth level of accreditation. It is located in the city of Sumy, in the north-eastern part of Ukraine.
The Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics is a university in the city center of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
The Classic Private University is a university in Ukraine.
Sumy National Agrarian University (SNAU) is a higher educational institution, located in Sumy, Ukraine.
Kharkiv State Academy of Culture is a Ukrainian public academy in Kharkiv.
Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University is a Ukrainian university in Kharkiv.
Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University is a university in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, the largest university in Poltava Oblast. There are more 7 000 students studying in the university as of 2013. Its current rector is Mykhaylo Zagirnyak.
Cherkasy National University or officially The Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy is located in Cherkasy. It is one of the leading universities of Ukraine. More than 95 years old, it has more than 6,000 students that acquire 54 specialties. Currently, its structure consists of eight institutes and two faculties. The university was named after Ukrainian Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky who was born in Cherkasy region.
