Kyiv National Economic University

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The Kyiv National Economic University, named after Vadym Hetman, is a higher educational institution in Kyiv, Ukraine, and a self-governing (autonomous) research National University. The University was founded in 1906. The main building is located on Victory Avenue, 54/1. Its estimated quality of education and research puts the University in third place in the National ranking of the Ukrainian universities. According to one of the leading university rankings globally (Eduniversal, 2015), KNEU occupied the second position among universities in Ukraine.

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The Kyiv National Economic University is the largest economic, educational institution in Ukraine, recognized in our country and the world as a center of training of economists, lawyers, and managers. It is the self-governing (autonomous) research national university. The area of the University is 118,765 m² or 9.4 m² per student. The classroom foundation includes audiences for lectures, rooms for seminars and workshops, computer classes, and more. The total area of the fund classroom is 14,332.7 m². The University also has a 6709 m² gyms area and own the stadium and six hostels. The number of students in Kyiv National Economic University is approximately 15 000

Kyiv National Economic University, named after Vadym Hetman, focuses on participation in international research and education, and therefore endeavors to maintain its relations with other countries. At the University, international activity is coordinated by the Center of International Academic mobility (CIAM). Established in 1998 as a Centre of International Relations, the Center has renamed International Academic Mobility's Center in 2015.

CIAM is a structural subdivision of the University, which carries out the planning, organization, and monitoring of the international academic relations between the KNEU and foreign higher education establishments, research institutions, organizations, foundations, institutions, grantmakers, and businesses.

The University's Mission contributes to society's development using scientific research, the generation and the dissemination of new knowledge, and the training of competitive specialists and creative personalities.

More than 36,000 students study at KNEU. Only in the leading institution, they are taught by:

• Eight full and corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and sectoral academies
• more than 127 professors and doctors of science
• Five hundred seven candidates of science and associate professors.

Achievements:

• University Innovative Development Programme for Years 2011 and 2012
• The accession to the Magna Charta Universitatum
• The establishment and successful operation of 13 research institutes
• The establishment of new educational and training centers
• The library with 1,317,645 items, including educational, scientific, popular science, reference, information, and bibliography publications in the Ukrainian and other languages
• In the year 2010, the University's publishing office published nine textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education and Science, 33 workbooks, including 26 approved by the Ministry of Education and Science, and 11 study guides, including 10 approved by the Ministry of Education and Science, and 16 monographs.
• New forms of the intensification of the learning process in the course of lectures and students' standalone work are being implemented.
• The Web-CT remote study system operates successfully with 150 disciplines developed and used in its environment.
• The Perspektyva Employer Relations and Students Job Placement Centre are operating successfully.
• The Institutional Repository (IRKNEU) has been put in operation. The management of the University and its assets has been automated.

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