University

Zaporizhzhya National University (ZNU) has been created in 1930. The educational institution went through the long way of development: an institute of public education - a pedagogical institute of professional education - a state pedagogical institute - a state university - a national university.

The history of Zaporizhzhya National University dates back to a pedagogical institution founded in Alexandrovsk (the former name of Zaporizhzhya) at the end of the XIX century. A school was founded in one of its buildings in 1897. The teaching system was later transformed into three-year pedagogical courses (1921), and in 1930 an institute of public education was set up. In 1933 it was reorganised into the state pedagogical institute. In 1986 the institution has got its present status of the Classical University.

Zaporizhzhya National University is a higher education institution of the 4th level of accreditation, an outstanding center of education, a place of gathering and spreading out of the values of the Ukrainian culture of the Prudpiprovskyy region, and one of the most well-known classical universities of Ukraine. There are more than 600 university staff members, among whom are 72 Professors and Doctors of Science and 343 - Associate Professors, Candidates of Science in the university. More than 14 thousand of the intra- and extramural students study in the university.  Nowadays ZNU includes such departments, which offer following specialties:

• The Faculty of Physics (Physics, Applied Physics)
• The Faculty of Mathematics (Mathematics, Applied Mathematics)
• The Faculty of History (History, International Relations)
• The Faculty of Sociology and Administration (Sociology, Political Science, Social Work)
• The Faculty of Foreign Languages (Philology: English language and literature, German language and literature, French language and literature, Spanish language; translating: English, German, and French languages)
• The Faculty of Philology (Philology: Ukrainian language and literature, Russian language and literature)
• The Faculty of Biology (Biology, Ecology, Environmental Protection, Chemistry, Forestry and Garden Maintenance)
• The Faculty of Economics (Finance and Credit, Accounting and Audit, Economical Cybernetics)
• The Faculty of Physical Culture (Physical Education, Sport, Human Health, Tourism)
• The Faculty of Law (Law)
• The Faculty of Social Pedagogy and Psychology (Social Pedagogy, Theatre Art, Psychology)
• The Faculty of Management (Management, Management of Organizations, Management of the Foreign Affairs, Logistics)
• The Faculty of Journalism (Journalism, Publishing and Editing, Advertising and PR)
• The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies
• The Faculty of Pre-Academic Preparation
• Kryvyy Rig Faculty
• Crimea Faculty
• Nikopol Institute 

University accommodations, technical and material resources are six studying buildings, a sport center, four dormitories, PC labs with the Internet access (there are about 600 modern computers in the university), a scientific library, which offers 3 subscription departments and 8 halls of specialized literature, serves more than 30 thousands readers trough out a year. It proposes them more than one million modern publications.

As a strategically important scientific center in the region ZNU maintains scientific research in such priority directions:

•     fundamental research in the most important problems of natural history, social science and humanities;
•     problems of the demographic politics, human potential development and formation of the civil society;
•     environmental protection and constant development;
•     new biotechnology; diagnosis and methods of treatment of the mostly spread diseases;
•     new computer devices and technology for the society informatization;
•     new technology and technology of the resources saving in power engineering, industry and agricultural complex;
•     new substances and materials.

 

The university staff takes part in organizing and holding of national and international conferences, and cooperates with scientists from Ukraine and abroad. For example, exchanges have taken place with USA, Great Britain, Poland, Russia, Bulgaria, Holland, Austria, France and Germany.

There are student social club, sport club, student FM radio station Universe, local TV-network Universe-TV, newspaper Zaporizhzhya University, press-center, and scientific journals Herald of ZNU and New Philology in the university.