University of Kharkiv
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| Kharkiv National University | |
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| Харківський національний університет імені В. Н. Каразіна | |
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| Latin: Universitas Charkoviensis | |
| Motto | Cognoscere, Docere, Erudire |
| Motto in English | To learn, to educate, to enlighten |
| Established | 1804 |
| Type | Public university |
| President | Vil S. Bakirov |
| Academic staff | 1,300 |
| Students | 15,000 |
| Postgraduates | 500 |
| Location | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Affiliations | IAU, EUA |
| Website | univer.kharkov.ua |
The University of Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Харківський університет) or officially the Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukrainian: Харківський національний університет імені В. Н. Каразіна) is one of the major universities in Ukraine, and earlier in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts of Vasyl Karazin becoming the second oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv.
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[edit] Ranking
In 2010, according to University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP),[1] it is the best university in Ukraine and 1415th university in the world.
[edit] Units
[edit] Departments
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Ecology
- Department of Economics
- Department of International Economic Relations and Tourist Industry
- Department of Foreign Languages
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Geology and Geography
- Department of History
- Department of Law
- Department of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Physics
- Department of Philology
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Radiophysics
- Department of Sociology
[edit] In the frame of the Institute of High Technologies
- Department of Physics and Technology
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Energy Physics
[edit] Notable alumni
Among the scholars associated with the university there are three Nobel prize winners:
- Élie Metchnikoff (Medicine, 1908)
- Lev Landau (Physics, 1962)
- Simon Kuznets (Economics, 1971)[2][3][4][5][6][7]
[edit] References
- ^ University Ranking by Academic Performance (2010). "Rank by Country. Ukraine". http://www.urapcenter.org/2010/country.php?ccode=UA. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ Goldthwaite, Richard; Abramovitz M. (1986). "Association Notes: In Memoriam: Frederic C. Lane 1900-1984, Simon Kuznets 1901-1985". The Journal of Economic History 46 (1): 239–246. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2121281. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ Weyl, E. Glen (2007). "Simon Kuznets: Cautious Empiricist of the Eastern European Jewish Diaspora" (PDF). Harvard University Society of Fellows; Toulouse School of Economics. p. 8. http://home.uchicago.edu/weyl/Kuznets_Final_11_10.pdf. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University. "Our University. Historical Background". http://www.univer.kharkov.ua/en/general/our_university/history. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ Perlman, Mark (2001). "Schumpeter and Schools of Economic Thoughts". In Chaloupek, Günther; Guger, Alois; Nowotny, Ewald (in German and English). Ökonomie in Theorie und Praxis: Festschrift für Helmut Frisch (German ed.). Springer. p. 286. ISBN 3540422404. http://books.google.com/books?id=kcFP8wJLOdMC&pg=PA286&dq=Simon+Kuznets+Kharkov&hl=en&sa=X&ei=orcqT4i6GofRtAb0vaCUDQ&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Simon+Kuznets+Kharkov&f=false.
- ^ Pressman, Steven (2006). Fifty Major Economists. Routledge. p. 181. ISBN 0415366488. http://books.google.com/books?id=3H11Xu1F_MkC&pg=PA181&dq=Simon+Kuznets+university+Kharkov&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IbkqT4b2LM_IswagxvD8DA&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Simon%20Kuznets%20university%20Kharkov&f=false.
- ^ Simon, Kuznetz (2011). Weyl, E. Glen; Lo, Stephanie H.. eds. Jewish Economies: Development and Migration in America and Beyond. I. Transaction Publishers. p. xix. ISBN 1412842115. http://books.google.com/books?id=IswkeZElA70C&pg=PR19&dq=simon+kuznets+university+kharkov&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ebwqT4DwGMjjtQaahIXeDA&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=simon%20kuznets%20university%20kharkov&f=false.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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- Official Website (English) (Ukrainian)
- University of Kharkiv at Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- University Library (English) (Ukrainian) (Russian)
Coordinates: 50°00′16″N 36°13′42″E / 50.00444°N 36.22833°E
