Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University

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Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University is a higher educational institution that has been the standard of quality of Ukrainian education for over 95 years and successfully implements educational, research, and upbringing activities guided by the best world and domestic traditions, modern principles, and the latest trends in the development of the sphere of educational services.
Luhansk National University is not going through the most comfortable times because it is in evacuation for the third time in its history. A complicated situation in our country has not bypassed a single Ukrainian. Our University was in the epicenter of the conflict, and left the war zone to continue its work, evacuating to the city of Starobilsk. For almost two years, despite the difficult conditions, the university staff continues its educational activity, remains the leader of the East of Ukraine's higher education, and is proud of employees, teachers, and students who remained loyal to their country and native Alma Mater.
The academic offer of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University covers more than 300 specialties and professions. Annually, the educational institution produces about 5000 specialists for various branches and spheres of public activity at various levels. In particular, the University altogether provides the educational field in the country's eastern regions with highly educated employees. Connection with forced evacuation, the educational process is organized using remote technologies. The educational process's quality is provided by a combination of full-time and e-learning, which opens up new opportunities for both students and teachers.
Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University was one of the first among the national universities to introduce this form. In 2004, the staff of the Department for Analysis and Prospective Development of the University initiated research in this direction, and then, based on the experience of Great Britain, Spain, Germany, France, the United States, began actively involving interactive education technologies.
The University uses a convenient and reliable system – an open educational platform Moodle for the organization and technical support of e-learning. Today, the main goal is achieved: activation of the educational activity of each student.
E-learning courses are designed so that the student can efficiently work with the material. Training content contains instructions and methodological recommendations. The teacher's task is to motivate students, explain the algorithm, and pay attention to the main thing. During the process of work, students are offered the latest audio-visual and distance learning technologies. This allows rational and practical use of teaching time, which significantly improves the quality of educational services.
LNU teachers annually create more than 200 electronic textbooks, educational programs, and multimedia lectures with methodical and engineering support of the Center for Information Technologies. Scientists of LNU have developed more than 14000 courses for remote work. Active cooperation of teachers and students of LNU allows improving e-learning technologies.
Also, students have a rich cultural and educational program, sports life. A graduate of Luhansk National University is a highly qualified specialist and a highly developed personality with his civic position.
For the last seven years, the University is among the 25 best universities in the country according to the Ranking "Top 200 Ukraine". In 2014 LNU took the 25th position in this national ranking, having left all Luhansk universities behind. According to Webometrics – 2015, the University took the 27th position that is 10 points better than last year's results.
LNU is one of the first among domestic universities that joined the European standards in education, so the University is significantly ahead of our country's higher educational establishments. These are some of the university achievements: the wins in the ranking "Gold Fortune," recognition as the best sports establishment of the country (2000 – 2006), the repeated status of "Leader of Modern Education," and gold medals of the international exhibition of educational establishments "Modern Education in Ukraine" (2005 – 2009), Grand Prix and gold medals of the international exhibition-presentation "Modern Educational Establishments" (2010 – 2014). Also, in 2014 LNU was recognized as the best in the nomination "Leader of Higher Education in Ukraine."

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