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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." View full university

The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv is a classic university with a distinct research profile and the leading contemporary academic and educational hub of Ukraine. With the independent Ukrainian nation arising, the UniversityUniversity is facing new challenges and responsibilities. The academic experts of the future can be identified by a thorough professional knowledge and the ability to think creatively, understanding the massive responsibility to be taken when working at the leading-edge of academic thought. Only a university with a long tradition of achievement and success in teaching and research could cope with such a mission. On 21 April 1994, Kyiv University was granted the status of "National" by Leonid Kravchuk, the President of Ukraine by Decree № 176/94. On 25 November 1999 a further Decree, № 1496/99, of Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine at that time, significantly expanded the autonomous status of the UniversityUniversity. Decree № 412/2008, of Viktor Yushchenko, then President of Ukraine, on 5 May 2008, further stipulated the conversion of the UniversityUniversity to becoming the main principal educational and scientific centre of Ukraine for the education of academic and teaching staff with higher qualifications. Then on 29 July 2009 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with Regulation № 795 granted the UniversityUniversity the status of being a self-governing and autonomous national research university, while providing increased funding for the future development of the UniversityUniversity. The high status of a classical research UniversityUniversity is underpinned by the numerous academic achievements of its staff. The staff at the UniversityUniversity have a broad range of formal achievements recognised, in particular with the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, Awards from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and branches of the national academies of sciences, Orders of Merit, Orders of Saints Cyril and Methodius, awards of the honorary title of Honoured Educationalist of Ukraine and Honoured Lawyer of Ukraine, also Awards by the President of Ukraine for young academics and Awards by the Ukrainian Parliament to the most talented young scientists in basic and applied research, and scientific and technological development. The UniversityUniversity awards Junior Specialist's, Bachelor's, Specialist's and Master's degrees, Higher Qualification Post-graduate degrees and Doctoral degrees. Training and retraining programs are provided in 14 specialities of Junior Specialist qualification, 55 fields of Bachelor training programs, 49 areas of Specialist training programs and 98 fields of Master training programs. More than 26 thousand students study at the UniversityUniversity. Approximately 1,645 postgraduate students and 125 PhD students are working for higher qualifications at the UniversityUniversity. Over 350 doctoral and higher postgraduate theses are submitted annually at the UniversityUniversity. 198 Departments provide courses. The academic potential of Kyiv University is today demonstrated by more than 60 full members and corresponding members of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 626 members of staff with Doctor's degrees and 1,645 staff with higher postgraduate degrees. There are 13 Faculties within the University: Geography, Economics, History, Cybernetics, Mathematics and Mechanics, Sociology, Information Technology, Radio Physics, Electronics and Computer Systems, Psychology, Physics, Philosophy, Chemistry, Law. There are 8 Institutes (the Military Academy, the High Technology Centre, the Institute of Journalism, the Institute of Geology, the Institute of International Relations, the Postgraduate Education Centre, the Institute of Linguistics, and the State Security Department) and 1 Training and Research Center (the Institute of Biology), 2 Colleges (Optical and Mechanical College, Geological Exploring College), Ukrainian Physical and Mathematical Lyceum. Kyiv University has several other facilities, including a Ukrainian Studies Centre, a Geological and Zoological Museum, a Museum of the University History, an Interfaculty Museum of Linguistics, an Informatics Centre, an Astronomical Observatory, a publishing and reprographics unit called "Kyiv University", and the Maksymovych Academic Library. At the time of writing, 3,362,359 specimens of documents were held in inventory. A campus provides student accommodation with comfortable residence halls, computer clubs, sports facilities, cafeterias and dance halls. To promote a healthy lifestyle, the UniversityUniversity has both health spa and sports facilities on the river Dnipro banks. Today the UniversityUniversity has bilateral partnership agreements with 227 foreign educational and scientific institutions from 57 countries. One hundred eighty foreign academics and lecturers from 32 countries visit the UniversityUniversity annually to collaborate in research, attending conferences and giving lectures. Each year more than 1500 lecturers, researchers and students travel abroad to 59 countries. Two-thirds of those overseas trips in 2013 travelled abroad for academic purposes (conferences, training, and research). The University of Kyiv has become more proactive in the foreign citizen's recruitment process. At present, the number of international students enrolled at the UniversityUniversity is 935. The Russian and English training programs set up to enable the number of international students to increase. The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ranked in the top 421-430 brackets in QS World University Rankings (Great Britain) in 2014-2015. Our doors are open to all who seek and spare no effort to work for the welfare and prosperity of Ukraine! View full university