Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

50°26′30.85″N 30°30′40.73″E The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), also known as Kyiv University, Shevchenko University, or KNU, is in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and University of Kharkiv. Its structure consists of 15 faculties and five institutes. The university is recognized as Ukraine's most prestigious university, and is the largest national higher education institution in the country.

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка
Latin: Universitas Kioviensis
Motto"Utilitas honor et gloria" (Latin)
Motto in English
Utility Honor and Glory
TypePublic
EstablishedNovember 8, 1833 (1833-11-08)
RectorVolodymyr Bugrov
Students<30,000
Location,
Campusurban
Colors
AffiliationsIAU, EUA
Websiteknu.ua

The university was founded in 1834 by Nicholas I of Russia as the Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev; it has since 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. Its alumni include Mykola Lysenko, Nikolay Bunge, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Nikolai Berdyaev, Mikhail Bulgakov, Ivan Schmalhausen, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Viacheslav Chornovil, and Leonid Kravchuk. The university is named after Taras Shevchenko, who was banned from educational activities for political reasons, but worked for the university as a field researcher.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.