Introduction

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is one of the oldest universities in Eastern Europe and a famous scientific and educational center in Ukraine. It is located in Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine.

Overview

Student size: about 20,000 students, including more than 4,000 international students from 68 countries.

Teachers: more than 2,500 scholars, including 418 doctors of science and professors, 1,327 doctors and associate professors.

History and establishment time

The university was founded in 1804 and officially began to enroll students on January 29, 1805. It was the earliest university established in Little Russia and today's Ukraine. It is also one of the five universities built by the Russian Tsar. The other four are Vilnius University, Tartu University, Moscow University, and St. Petersburg University.

School strength

Faculty: The faculty is strong, with many highly educated and experienced teachers, such as more than 300 professors (doctors of science) and 800 Many doctors can provide high-quality teaching and guidance for students.

Teaching achievements: In the two centuries of history, it has cultivated countless outstanding talents, including Nobel Prize winners such as Michnikoff, Landolf, Kuznets, and many world-renowned scientists, writers, historians, etc., who have made outstanding contributions to the country's social, cultural and scientific progress.

International cooperation: As an international university, it actively promotes international cooperation and exchanges, establishes cooperative relations with universities around the world, and carries out academic research, student exchanges and other forms of cooperative projects. The university is one of the initiators of Magna Charta Universitatum (Bologna, 1988), a member of the International Association of Universities and the European University Association, and an associate member of the European Nuclear Education Network, etc. It participates in 13 international projects such as Erasmus+, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, etc.

Institutional Nature

Public University.

Educational Philosophy

Karazin University focuses on cultivating the all-round development of students, emphasizes the advantages of classical education, and is committed to providing students with a comprehensive knowledge system and in-depth subject expertise, cultivating students' thinking ability and unique personal abilities so that they can quickly adapt to the real needs of the modern world.

Key Laboratories and Disciplines

Key Disciplines: Covering multiple fields such as natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, with strong strengths in biology, physics, economics, medicine, and computer science. For example, the school's medical major is well-known in Ukraine and even internationally, and its business school and economics school have also trained a large number of outstanding economic management talents.

Key laboratories: The school has many advanced laboratories and research centers, but no detailed reports on specific key laboratory information have been found.

Faculty

The school has 23 colleges and educational research institutions, including the School of Biology, the School of Geology, Geography, Leisure and Tourism, the School of Economics, the School of Foreign Languages, the School of History, the Institute of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Education and Research, the School of Mathematics and Computer Science, the School of Medicine, the School of International Relations and Tourism Business, the School of Psychology, the School of Radiophysics, Biomedical Electronics and Computer Systems, the School of Sociology, the School of Physics, the School of Languages, the School of Philosophy, the School of Chemistry, the School of Law, the Institute of Ecological Education and Research, the School of Public Administration, the Karazin Business School, the Institute of Computer Physics and Energy Education and Research, the School of International Education and Research, the School of Physical Technology, etc.

Ranking

Ranked 691st in the 2024 QS World University Rankings.

Cost

Tuition is approximately US$2,285 per year.

Campus

Location: Located in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Campus facilities: It has the oldest botanical garden in Ukraine, which was opened in Founded in 1804, it covers an area of ​​2,000 square meters. The Natural History Museum, founded in 1807, is one of the oldest museums in the world, with 23 exhibition halls and about 250,000 exhibits. In addition, the campus also includes a library, the contemporary art center "Yermilov Center", the Henryk Semiradsky Art Gallery, the Landau Center, the Biological Station and 4 museums, providing students with a good learning and living environment.