Donetsk National University

Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University
Донецький національний університет імені Василя Стуса
Донецкий государственный университет
TypePublic university
Established1937
RectorIlya Khadzhynov
Location
Vinnytsia
until 2014: Donetsk
,
Ukraine
Websitehttp://www.donnu.edu.ua
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1]301-350 (2022)

Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University (Vasyl Stus DonNU) (Ukrainian: Донецький національний університет імені Василя Стуса, romanized: Donetskyi natsionalnyi universytet imeni Vasylia Stusa; Russian: Донецкий государственный университет, romanized: Donetskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet) is one of the leading higher educational institutions of Ukraine. The university's history starts in 1937 from the moment of the creation of a pedagogical institute in Donetsk (then Stalino). In 1965, the institute was transformed into Donetsk State University. It was accorded the National status in 2000.

In 2014, due to the war in Donbas, a number of teachers and students left Donetsk and subsequently reestablished the university as Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University in Vinnytsia.[2] At the same time, some teachers and most students remained in Donetsk, therefore splitting the university in two.[3]

  1. ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Order of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine about university relocation to Vinnytsia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  3. ^ Bilenky, Serhiy (2020). "Donetsk National University". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. It is still disputed how many faculty members and students relocated to the university's new location, but it is estimated that around 60 percent of its faculty and less than 20 percent of its students did so. The rest of the former faculty and students remained in occupied Donetsk where they continue to use DonNU's former campus with its extensive material resources, including library, laboratories, and research collections.