Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

The University awards Junior Specialist’s and Bachelor’s degrees. Training and retraining programs are provided in 12 specialties of Junior Specialist qualification, 47 fields of Bachelor training programs. More than 26 thousand students study at the University. Courses are provided by 192 Departments. 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, 600 members of staff with Doctor's degrees and 1,570 staff with higher postgraduate degrees. There are 16 Faculties within the University: Geography, Geology, Economics, History, Cybernetics, Mathematics and Mechanics, Preparatory, Sociology, Radiophysics, Psychology, Physics, Philosophy, Chemistry, Law, Military Training, and Faculty of Foreign Citizens. There are 7 Institutes (the Military Academy, the High Technology Centre, the School of Journalism, 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). Kyiv University has a number of 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.