Higher education in Ukraine has centuries-old history, national traditions
and high prestige in the world. Ukraine was one of the
most developed republics of the former Soviet Union, distinguished
by high level of training of highly qualified specialists and
research workers.
Higher school in Ukraine has got developed training, scientific and
social infrastructure and is ready to give an opportunity to every
citizen of Ukraine or citizen of any other country to obtain education
of different levels, to study at proficiency improvement or
advanced courses, to study at post-graduate courses or to write doctorate
dissertation, to take part in fundamental and applied
researches. Every year almost 200 thousand Ukrainians and citizens
of other countries become students of higher educational
institutions in Ukraine after passing entrance examinations based on
secondary education.
The system of higher education in our country has flexible structure,
corresponds to modern trends and tendencies to those in
advanced countries recognized by UNESCO, UN Organization and many other
international organization.
Almost 900 thousand undergraduates study at the universities, academies
and institutes, about 600 thousand of them are full-time
students. About 40% of school-leaves have the opportunity to get higher
education.
Scientific and teaching staff accounts about 80,000 persons; among
them — 4,506 doctors of science, 32,825 candidates of
science, 5,228 professors and 26,665 assistant professors.
Graduates of higher educational institutions who have outstanding inclinations
for scientific-research work have an opportunity to
continue their studies at the post-graduate and doctorate course.
The vast net of post-graduate courses on different specialities satisfies
the needs in highly qualified specialists for different
branches of industry, economics, science, culture and education. Training
is carried out for 20 branches of science and 366
specialities and it includes all the branches of training of the specialists
of high qualification. There are 16,000 post-graduate
students and 930 persons working for a doctor's degree. Training on
specialities which determine the reformational processes in
the country (economics, law, social and political studies) is expanded
now.
New Ukrainian educational laws, state policy give certain autonomy
to the higher educational institutions in their activities classical
academic liberties in the self-government.
Ukraine has entered into the world educational system, and its higher
education system fulfils important social functions creating
the intellectual potential of Ukraine which is inseparable part of
the world civilization. Higher education supplies all spheres of
national economy with highly-qualified professionals, it looks for
better ways of development, leading the humanity to the XXIst
century.
Useful links
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - http://www.nas.gov.ua/
Chernihiv Technological Institute - http://www.ti.chernigov.ua/
Chernivtsi State University - http://www.chdu.cv.ua/
Dnipropetrovsk State University - http://comsci.dsu.dp.ua/
Donetsk State Technical University - http://www.dgtu.donetsk.ua/
IMEM Mechnikov University - http://www.imem.odessa.ua/
Institute of International Relations - http://www.iir.kiev.ua/
International Christian University - http://icu.ratman.kiev.ua/
Ivan Franko Lviv State University - http://www.franko.lviv.ua/
Kharkiv State University - http://www.univer.kharkov.ua/
Lviv Medical University - http://www.meduniv.lviv.ua/
Lviv State University "Lvivska Polytechnica" - http://www.polynet.lviv.ua/
National Agricultural University - http://www.nauu.kiev.ua/
National Technical University of Ukraine "KPI" - http://www.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua/
Odesa State Marine University - http://www.osmu.odessa.ua/
Odesa State Polytechnic University - http://www.ospu.odessa.ua/
Scientific Research Laboratory Center (SRLC) - http://www.srlc.nmu.kiev.ua/
Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev - http://www.univ.kiev.ua/
University of "Kiev-Mohyla Academy" - http://www.ukma.kiev.ua
Uzhgorod State University - http://www.univ.uzhgorod.ua/
Vinnitsa State Medical University - http://www.vsmu.vinnica.ua/