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Karazin Kharkiv National University |
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Providing advanced education and research |
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In General V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is among the oldest and most widely recognized universities of Eastern Europe. Founded in 1804 on the initiative of the prominent educator V.N. Karazin, for almost 200 years it has embodied the human strife for the light of knowledge and the peaks of science. Since its foundation Kharkiv National University has graduated over 100,000 students. Over 50 of its graduates became academicians and corresponding members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. University lecturers and graduates have glorifies their alma mater with scientific discoveries of the world level. Three Nobel laureates: I. Mechnikov, L.Landau, S.Kuznets and world-famous researchers: the historian D. Bahaliy, the astronomer M. Barabashov, the physicist and chemist M. Beketov, the mathematician O. Lyapunov, the linguist O. Potebnya and many others have catered for the fame of the University. The names of the University graduates are commemorated in geographical names, names of cosmic objects, plants and minerals, laws and formulae. Distinguishing CharacteristicsAt present Kharkiv National University is among the recognized leaders of higher education and research. It incorporates 15 Schools and 97 Departments; its total enrollment amounts to 12,000 undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. The University employs about 2,000 lecturers and research officers, including over 200 full professors with doctor's degrees and over 1,000 associate professors with candidate's degrees. It offers 46 degree and 65 major licensing opportunities. The University supports 2 lyceums and the Centre of Presessional Training with branches in other cities. The University is among the largest research centers in Ukraine committed to work in almost all trends of modern fundamental research. The University comprises Research Institutes of Chemistry, Biology, Laser Biology and Laser Medicine, the Astronomical Observatory, the Botanical Garden, the Central Scientific Library, the Museum of Natural History and numerous research laboratories. Over 20 world-famous research schools work at the University together with 12 specialized academic councils for conferring doctor's degrees in 31 areas of research and 5 councils for conferring candidate's degrees in 11 areas of research. In 1999 16 doctor's and 97 candidate's degrees were conferred in 40 areas of research. Due to its accomplishments Kharkiv University enjoys deserved authority both in Ukraine and abroad. This is evidenced by numerous honorary titles, grants and awards received by its researchers and graduates, fruitful international cooperation with higher educational and research centers in many countries of the world. V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University starts its third hundred as a future-oriented institution that is maintaining and enriching the best traditions of a classical University. |
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Information supplied by the Company December 2000. Page last updated: January 19, 2004
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