The University central building is an architectural monument of the early XIX-th century. This educational establishment was founded in 1818 as the Institute for Noble Maidens. The walls of the Noble Maidens' Institute saw I.P.Kotlyarevsky and T.G.Shevchenko. The outstanding personalities of Ukrainian, Czech, Russian history and culture used to work as teachers at the Institute.
Among the graduates of this educational establishment were O.S.Pushkin's and M.V.Gogol's great-granddaughters, famous Ukrainian democratic writer Lyubov Yanovska. Founded in the summer of 1930 as the Farm Building Engineers Institute, this educational institution was reformed into the Civil Engineering Institute in the 1960s. During the Ukrainian State's independence formation period, the research and teaching staff rapidly reformed the one-field building engineering institute into the multi-field technical University (1993) meeting the region's demand for experts in nearly 30 specialities.
In 1997, on the occasion of the 100-the anniversary of the outstanding cosmonautics theorist from Poltava, a brilliant engineer and inventor, Yuri Kondratyuk (Olexandr Sharkey), according to the Ukrainian Government's decision, the University was awarded his name.
In 2002 the University was given the national one's status for its notable contribution to national science and education development and was internationally recognized. It is training over 10 thousand students from 23 regions of Ukraine and 11 foreign countries. In April 2010, the University staff was awarded the Honorary Certificate by the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers.
The University is located in a picturesque area of Poltava, with nine academic buildings, a cosy campus with five hostels with a students' canteen, an Internet club, a prophylactic sanatorium, and an entertainment centre. In the pine forest, near the village of Vakulentsy, there is a training recreation centre "Vorskla", where students relax, undergo their geodesy training practice and where the best University sportsmen refresh.
We are proud of our leading scholars: winners of Ukraine's State Prizes in the sphere of science, engineering and architecture doctors of sciences, professors, who are contributing to the national research and education potential by their innovative ideas and studies.
When choosing your path in life, you are welcome to use the accumulated experience of teaching over 65 thousand highly qualified specialists, trained by the University research and teaching staff for the benefit of Ukraine and the world.
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