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Odessa National University
Одеський національний університет імені І. І. Мечникова
Odessa National University logo
Established 1865
Type Public
Rector Igor Koval
Admin. staff 1800
Location Odessa, Ukraine
Campus Urban
Website www.onu.edu.ua

The I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University (Ukrainian: Одеський національний університет імені І. І. Мечникова, Russian: Одесский национальный университет имени И.И. Мечникова), located in Odessa, Ukraine, is one of the country's major universities, named after Élie Metchnikoff. It was founded in 1865, by an edict of Czar Alexander II of Russia, reorganizing the Richelieu Lyceum of Odessa into the new Imperial Novorossiya University. In the Soviet period, the University had the name I. I. Mechnikov Odessa State University.

Odessa State National University named after Mechniсkov was founded in 1865. During 146 year activity it earned reputation of one of the best educational formations in Ukraine. The university is also highly recognized by world society - Odessa National University is recognized as one of the high ranked world universities (it occupies the 48th place in the world rating of universities).[1] The university is named after scinetist I.Mechnikov (scientific fields are immunology, microbiology and evolutionary embryology), the Nobel prizeman in 1908.

Odessa National Mechnikov University consists of 4 institutes, 10 faculties, 7 specialized councils. The university is famous by its scientific library. The scientific library of the University is the biggest and the oldest Ukraine universities' library (3.6 mln. volumes issued from the 15th century until the 21st century).[2]

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Background [edit]

The main building of the university.

I.I. Mechnikov Odessa National University is one of the oldest in Ukraine. It was founded in 1865, when by the Edict of the Emperor of the Russian Empire Alexander II the Richelieu Lycee which had existed in Odessa since 1817 was reorganized into Imperial Novorossiya University. All academic and scientific life of the University - from the day of its foundation - was directed by the Statute of 1863 that formed the liberal-democratic tradition of the Higher Institution which has been preserved in it until now, in spite of all the disturbances in the social and political life of the country. From the very first years of its existence the University of Novorossiya became an important center of science and of training the science and education cadres of the Northern Black-Sea Coastal Region.

At Odessa (Novorossiya) University, world-famous teachers and scientists have been working in different periods of its existence, such as: the Nobel Prize winner I.I.Mechnikov after whom University was named. Professors I.M.Sechenov, A.A.Kovalevskiy, N.F.Gamaleya, N.Y.Zelinskiy, D.l.Mendeleyev, the outstanding physicist G.A.Gamov, the mathematician A.M.Lyapunov and others. Through their activities, the University of Novorossiya had quickly become one of the centers of the culture of the Ukrainian, Russian and many other peoples dwelling in the Northern Black Sea Coastal Region and begun to play an important role in the development of science. The first Rector of the University was Professor I.Y.Sokolov. In different periods of time, the University was headed by Professors P.N.Lebedyev, A.l.Yurzhenko, A.V.Bogatskiy, V.V.Serdyuk, I.P.Zelinskiy-all are prominent specialists in different branches of knowledge. At the present time, the Rector of I.I. Mechnikov Odessa National University is the Fellow of the Academy of Higher School of Ukraine V.A.Smyntyna, known specialist in the surface physics.

Organization [edit]

Nowadays I.I. Mechnikov Odessa National University is situated in two parts of the city and occupies summarily 70 hec. The university is divided into a number of faculties. These faculties are directly administered by the university. Structurally, the University consists of 10 Faculties, 4 Institutes, College, two Preparatory Departments for citizens of Ukraine and foreign countries, 15 scientific-research laboratories (SRL), five scientific institutes, administration departments, experimental training shops and nine dormitories for students, post-graduates and trainees. The University has a sports- and health-rehabilitation complex with its own stadium and rest-base for the students, personnel and university guests in a picturesque section of Odessa, the village of Chernomorka. In all the areas of the University location, there are cafeterias, cafes, bars and medical sections.[3]

Education [edit]

Science [edit]

  • 11 Scientific research laboratories
  • Botanic garden of ONU
  • Scientific-Research Institute of Physics (director – Doctor of physics and mathematics Professor A.V. Tyurin)
  • Astronomic Observatory

Notable alumni [edit]

Joshua L Goldberg

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://www.universityparadise.com/odessa-i-i-mechnikov-national-university
  2. ^ http://www.edu-ukraine.com/iimechnikov-odessa-national-university.html
  3. ^ http://www.news.onu.edu.ua/eng/faculties

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